HARARE – Catherine Makaya was yesterday crowned the new Miss Zimbabwe 2014, replacing Thabiso Phiri who stepped down last Friday. The Miss Zimbabwe 2014 was stripped of her crown, sparking frenzied speculation that she could have failed to fulfil the obligations that go with the beauty title because of her studies, had lied about her…
HARARE – A passenger bus slammed into a reversing truck, killing at least 13 people on Monday evening along the Harare-Nyamapanda road, police confirmed yesterday. The accident came a week after 16 people died in an almost identical crash between a truck and a bus near Bubi River enroute to Beitbridge. State and police officials…
HARARE – London Stock Exchange-listed low-cost airline Fastjet flew its maiden flight to Zimbabwe yesterday on the Dar es Salaam-Harare route. The airline will service the route twice weekly with one way tickets available from as low as $50 — (excluding government charges and taxes) and approximately $114 including government taxes, significantly cheaper than fares…
HARARE – London-based SW Radio Africa has been forced to cease broadcasting after losing donor support. SW Radio Africa, a non-profit station which broadcasts daily into Zimbabwe on shortwave, is winding up it operations on August 10. Gerry Jackson, SW Radio Africa founder and editor, confirmed the impeding closure of the radio station which used…
HARARE – Absolom Sikhosana, the Zanu PF youth secretary, yesterday branded as “imperialist machinations”, mounting calls that he steps down to make way for a younger leader. Sikhosana, 61, told the Daily News in a telephone interview that he will not relinquish his post. As the Zanu PF youth league prepares to host its conference…
BULAWAYO – A 34-year-old Nkayi man yesterday wept uncontrollably after a regional magistrate sentenced him to 20 years in prison for raping a minor. Prosper Mnkandla from Dimpamiwa area in Nkayi was convicted for raping a 10-year-old neighbour. Regional magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi cited the prevalence of adult men who abuse the trust bestowed upon them…
BULAWAYO – Paul Siwela, a former presidential candidate and self-exiled leader of Matabeleland Liberation Organisation (MLO), has said the “people of Mthwakazi” were getting ready to execute the secession plan. The 50-year-old Siwela, who is thought to be domiciled in Sweden after skipping the country amid a treason trial, accused the ruling Zanu PF party…
HARARE – Ian Gorowa last night quit as the Zimbabwe national football team coach ahead of today’s crucial Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board meeting that was set to decide his fate. The resignation is a pre-emptive move to today’s Zifa board meeting that was expected to sack the coach as part of the recommendations made…
HARARE – Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas is confident that his team will to bounce back to winning ways when they face Dynamos at Gwanzura Stadium this afternoon. The Gamecocks, who have been blowing hot and cold this season, are currently in 10th place on the log with 20 points, just one above the last…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top order batsman Vusi Sibanda is poised to return to his opening spot in the on-off Test against South Africa that starts this Saturday at Harare Sports club. Sibanda was dropped by the selectors after scoring just four runs in the opening match of the drawn One Day International series against Afghanistan…
