HARARE – Former Air Zimbabwe (Air Zim) company secretary Grace Pfumbidzayi and ex-group CEO, Peter Chikumba jointly charged with criminal abuse of duty and contravening the procurement Act will be put to their defence after the court’s ruling that they have a case to answer. Pfumbidzayi and Chikumba through their lawyer Admire Rubaya applied for…
HARARE – Zimbabwean boxer Charles Manyuchi is confident of retaining his World Boxing Council (WBC) International title against David Avanesya of Russia next month in Zambia. The 26-year-old from Masvingo, who is rated the 28th best welterweight boxer in the world by the WBC, has a professional record of 21 wins, two loses and one…
HARARE – Despite the defeat to the West Indies on Tuesday, Zimbabwe cricket fans have applauded the team’s effort in the 2015 World Cup so far. Zimbabwe could not withstand the West Indies acceleration of scoring late in their innings as Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels piled on a one-day record stand of 372 to…
JOHANESBURG – Mamelodi Sundowns striker Cuthbert Malajila always scores against AmaZulu, so says Brazilians coach Pitso Mosimane. The Zimbabwean netted his eighth League goal in a 1-0 defeat of Usuthu on Tuesday night, as Downs closed the gap on leaders Kaizer Chiefs to 10 points, but with a game in hand. Malajila, who also has…
CANBERRA – Zimbabwe seamer Tendai Chatara was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday for bowling two successive dangerous deliveries at West Indies record breaker Chris Gayle in their World Cup clash. The incident happened in the 50th over of the West Indies innings at Canberra’s Manuka Oval on Tuesday when Chatara bowled a…
HARARE – Organisers of the much-hyped Zahara-Mafikizolo Harare concert, Simmad Entertainment, say the high-profile concert will go a long way in promoting little known local artistes. Simba Madziwa, the Simmad Entertainment boss said a good number of upcoming artistes are yearning for an opportunity to prove their mettle at the concert pencilled for March 6….
HARARE – The National Art Gallery and the Commissioner for the Zimbabwe Pavillion on Monday announced the three representatives to the 56th International Art exhibition in Venice, Italy. La Biennale di Venezia is an international art expo that introduces new works of art from international artistes every two years. Chikonzero Chazunguza, Masimba Hwati and Gareth…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has given Meikles Limited (Meikles) a seven-day ultimatum to “respond to issues” concerning overstatement of its $90 million debt owed by the central bank. This comes as the diversified group’s week-long suspension from the bourse was lifted on Monday after a successful High Court challenge. Alban Chirume, the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) plans to embark on a debt restructuring exercise, with the group floating a tender seeking a “strategy consultant”. The energy company — a subsidiary of power utility Zesa Holdings — is currently battling to pay a four-year-old $12 million debt owed to coal miner Makomo Resources, among other…
HARARE – Thanks to the State media, we were alerted on Monday evening to a strong Twitter posting by Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Senegal and Gambia, one Trudy Stevenson, regarding an article that we published recently about the tragic death of a Zimbabwean woman in Guinea, last year. “@DailyNewsZim This article is a disgrace to yr…
