HARARE – Zimbabwe national team — blighted by financial woes and often chaotic preparations for big matches — yesterday rose seven places on the Fifa rankings to make a mockery of the country’s current football status. The Warriors moved from 119 to 112 on the back of impressive showings in the last two months. And…
HARARE – Life on the streets is getting harder and rougher for Harare’s desperate vendors, some of whom lost their wares worth tens of thousands of dollars on Thursday night, which they had left locked up in the disused Speke Avenue footbridge close to Town House — heightening tensions between the hawkers and authorities. The…
HARARE – The social media writings of controversial musician-cum-politician, Energy Mutodi — a prominent Zanu PF supporter and self-confessed follower of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa — is getting more bizarre by the day. In his tall tales this week, he insinuated that Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo are allegedly part…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party has absolutely no lawful authority to dethrone any urban council mayor or councillor, Morgan Tsvangirai’s opposition MDC has said. This comes as new Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has threatened to fire the MDC Mayor of Harare Bernard Manyenyeni and his MDC councillors from office and instead allow…
HARARE – High Court judge Owen Tagu has denied bail to jailed former Air Zimbabwe boss Peter Chikumba after ruling that he was a flight risk and that he had no prospects of success on appeal. Chikumba is serving an effective seven-year prison term together with former Air Zimbabwe legal secretary Grace Pfumbidzayi. “In my…
HARARE – Political analysts have dismissed the recent mini-Cabinet reshuffle by President Robert Mugabe saying the move is just like re-arranging of chairs on the deck of a sinking Titanic. Former minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Jonathan Moyo was shunted to position of minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development…
LONDON – Oil prices may have further to fall despite stabilising in recent months – and even beginning to rise modestly – because of a massive oversupply the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The IEA said lower oil prices were likely to last well into 2016. The agency added the world oil market was…
HARARE – Red-hot Jah Prayzah will kick-start his weekend programme tonight at the Big Apple in Harare. The Uzumba-born music star, whose latest album is dominating radio playlists and the club scene, will be supported by Double WekwaMarange. Tomorrow, the Tsviriyo singer, who is currently attracting the biggest crowds on the local music scene, will…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has given telecommunications companies, including mobile network operators (MNOs), a 90-day ultimatum to conclude and launch an infrastructure sharing framework, a top government official has said. Supa Mandiwanzira, Information and Communication Technology minister yesterday said telecommunications sector players must come up with a framework on infrastructure sharing before government can adopt it…
HARARE – Zimbabwe risks losing more than $42 million in revenue through leakages from clearing agents lodging false Removal in Transit (Rit) declarations through Beitbridge Border Post (Beitbridge), a latest report from the Auditor General reveals. In her latest narrative report on State Enterprises and Parastatals for 2014, Mildred Chiri, the Auditor General, said between…
