HARARE – Former Masvingo minister of State, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, has lashed out at Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying the Zanu PF strongman should make a public apology for misleading the nation about the reasons why he had been booted out of government last month. Bhasikiti was the last of the group of ministers who were…
HARARE – Apart from the fact that the matter is still before the courts, and therefore sub judice, I also don’t know enough about the case in which Steward Bank successfully applied to the courts last week to be granted authority to search and seize documents from online business news agency, The Source, to offer…
HARARE – The wait is finally over for superstar musician Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi’s controversial ‘‘tell all’’ biography, Tuku Backstage, which was written by his former publicist, Shepherd Mutamba. The book, intended to be released at the end of last year was launched in Harare on Saturday and provides an insight into Mtukudzi’s never-before-told secrets about…
HARARE – The Supreme Court has dismissed a bail application by a police officer, currently serving 15 years in jail for brutally murdering his wife and dumping her body in a dam. Deputy chief justice Luke Malaba dismissed Mike Matanga’s application, after ruling that it lacked merit. Malaba said there were no prospects of success…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s teachers want government to give them more incentives to improve the quality of education but as the economy continues to wobble; their request seems like a pie in the sky. Senior Assistant Editor Guthrie Munyuki (GM) speaks to Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Ptuz) president Takavafira Zhou (TZ) and below are the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s teachers, reeling from poor remuneration and working conditions, want government to allow them to import cars without paying duty. Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Ptuz) says this would help teachers whose majority in the rural areas resort to walking long distances to access their salaries. “Government could also just accept that a…
HARARE – CAPS United rode their luck to produce a hard-fought 1-0 win against resilient FC Platinum as they maintained their 100 percent start to the new Castle Premiership season. Left back Ronald Pfumbidzai delivered a true moment of genius when his team needed it most with a well taken goal 16 minutes before the…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders picked up their first win of the 2015 Castle premiership season after beating newboys Tsholotsho FC here yesterday. The win brought a huge relief to new Bosso coach Bongani Mafu, who saw his reign get off to a bad start with a 2-0 to ZPC Kariba last weekend. Teenage Hadebe scored the…
RUSAPE – How Mine picked up their first win of the 2015 Castle Premiership season after subduing a spirited Dongo Sawmills 1-2 in a closely contested encounter here yesterday. Wonder Sithole drew first blood for the visitors during a rain socked afternoon in the fifth. The leagues debutants rallied back and were level 14 minutes…
HONG KONG – Russia beat Zimbabwe 22-19 to win the World Rugby Sevens Series qualifier, a victory which leads Andrey Sorokin’s side to become one of the 15 core sides on next year’s series. Starting with 12 regional qualifiers – two from each World Rugby region – Russia won all six of their matches to…
