HARARE – FC Platinum blew a one goal lead against Harare City here yesterday as they succumbed to their third defeat inside five Castle Premiership matches. With the win, the Sunshine Boys moved into sixth place with eight points from five matches. As for FC Platinum, they find themselves in 11th place with a paltry…
HARARE – Alarmed by the escalating anarchy devouring the ruling party, Zanu PF bigwigs — including an under pressure President Robert Mugabe — are planning to devote most of their time looking into the mindless bloodletting when the politburo, the party’s highest decision-making body outside congress, next meets in Harare. Well-placed sources told the Daily…
HARARE – Expelled Hurungwe West legislator and former Zanu PF Mashonaland West chairman — Temba Mliswa (pictured) — is not fazed by the State machinery and security agents deployed in his constituency by his former party — declaring he will die for his people. Our chief writer Fungi Kwaramba interviewed the fiery politician and below…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s announcement that it requires $50 million to acquire equipment to compile a fresh voters’ roll should be taken with a pinch of salt. This is so given the fact that Zec has been, for almost two years, rebuffing attempts by opposition parties to avail the voters’ roll which…
HARARE – Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader, Simba Makoni, says a grand coalition of “progressive forces” including opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, disgruntled Zanu PF stalwarts led by former Vice President Joice Mujuru and Dumiso Dabengwa’s Zapu would defeat President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF in the 2018 elections. The former Zanu PF politburo member, who broke…
HARARE – Over 10 000 people at Chikurubi Maximum Prison including inmates are now benefiting from an improved supply of clean water following repairs and upgrades of water infrastructure at the correctional facility. Thomas Merkelbach, the head of International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC) which has been working with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services…
HARARE – MDC Budiriro legislator, Costa Machingauta, is battling for his life at a local hospital following a vicious attack by suspected Zanu PF youths in the constituency on Thursday night. Machingauta who is also a national executive member of the Morgan Tsvangirai-led party was allegedly assaulted with a sharp object at Budiriro Shopping Centre…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) which has continued to disconnect residents’ water is acting in contempt of court following a High Court ruling by Justice Chinembiri Bhunu outlawing all water disconnections. Bhunu described Section 8 of the water by-law under statutory instrument (SI) 164 of 1913 which gives local authorities the power to…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Marry Chiwenga says only racism can stop one of the 15 girls vying for the national beauty title from landing the Miss World Crown. Speaking on the sidelines of the national pageant’s sashing ceremony; Chiwenga said all the remaining 15 girls were good enough to be Miss World. “We…
HARARE – With President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF having officially split into two bitterly opposed formations, it is becoming more and more likely that former Vice President Joice Mujuru will be among the stellar cast of candidates who will take the nonagenarian head on in the eagerly anticipated 2018 presidential elections. Analysts and insiders…
