HARARE – More than a dozen ministers in President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet have their political careers hanging by the thread after losing bids to be nominated into Zanu PF’s powerful central committee in elections held in provinces yesterday. Yesterday, ministers Francis Nhema, Flora Bhuka, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Walter Mzembi and Dzikamai Mavhaire lost in provincial central…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is constructing a reconfigured personalised rule, or a regime unbounded by rules — one that operates at total variance with the ruling party’s 1980 manifesto. The ruling party’s politburo has bestowed upon Zanu PF’s first secretary the authority to allow internal Zanu PF elections at its December 2 to 7…
HARARE – Zimbabwean courts are set to adopt the electronic library system, which will help improve the justice delivery system, Judicial Services Commission (JSC) secretary Rita Makarau said yesterday. Speaking at a handover ceremony of 1 700 books worth R2 million donated by the Danish embassy, Makarau said to complement the hard copies, the country’s…
MUTARE – Wise Owl Motel has given notice of closure, pushing over 60 employees out of their jobs following failure to settle its rentals, the Daily News can report. In a retrenchment notice to its 61 employees, the Hlanganiso Matangaidze-owned motel cited viability challenges for its impending February 2015 closure. In the letter, Matangaidze also…
HARARE – Colleagues have poured praise on Calisto Pasuwa after the Dynamos coach won his fourth straight Castle Premiership title with the Glamour Boys at the weekend. Pasuwa wrote his own piece of history by becoming the first Zimbabwean coach to win four league titles on the trot when he led DeMbare to their 21st…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa yesterday distanced himself from the soon-to-be vacant Dynamos post, saying “I’m too good for local clubs”. Gorowa has been linked with the Dynamos post after Calisto Pasuwa announced he will be leaving the club when his contract expires at the end of the year. Pasuwa, who won his fourth…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has postponed indefinitely this weekend’s crucial Zifa Council and board meetings. On Friday, the full Zifa board was scheduled to meet in the capital to discuss a number of pressing matters. The following day, the Zifa Assembly Extra Ordinary General Meeting was supposed to convene at the Zifa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) has allayed any fears that they will not be able to sponsor their two teams, Whawha and Flame Lilly, who were promoted into the top flight next year. Whawha became the first lower division team to be promoted into the Castle Premiership for the 2015 season when they won…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have stepped up a gear in preparation for the Confederations of African Rugby (Car) Sevens Cup to be held over the weekend at Prince Edward School in Harare. The Cheetahs though will be without the pair of Lenience Tambwera and Biselele Tshamala, who picked injuries on Monday. “Generally camp has gone well…
JOHANNESBURG – The Free State Union have launched an urgent investigation into the naming rights and trademark of the ‘Cheetahs’ name and emblem, as it has emerged the Zimbabwe Sevens team is known by the same name. The Cheetahs franchise Managing Director, Harold Verster, told rugby365 that they are in the process of seeking legal…
