HARARE – FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza says he is building something special at the Zvishavane-based club but he is not getting carried away by the impressive form that has seen his side emerging as title contenders. A veteran of tough campaigns both as player and coach, Mapeza has swept away the early season’s demons…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has spent $744 million on petroleum products in the seven months to July from the import of 747 million litres of petrol and diesel, official statistics show. This compares favourably well with $769 million the country spent last year in the same period for the importation of 838 million litres of fuel….
HARARE – Zimbabwe Platinum Holdings (Zimplats) says it has recorded a $74,3 million loss for the year ended June 30 on the back of a surge in tax costs. The Australian-listed miner yesterday said the loss — a 177 percent slump from a prior period profit position of $97,1 million — was a result of…
LONDON – Sometime in the 90s, I and a former colleague, Lovemore Ngoma, went to visit a friend at a block of flats in the Avenues. As we walked in the courtyard, we passed a woman wearing black tights, and well behind her, a young girl. It all seemed a mundane encounter until a quick…
HARARE – Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has announced plans to invest in Zimbabwe’s power and mining sectors, saying he also intends to construct a 1,5 million tonne per annum cement grinding plant in the southern African country. The richest man in Africa told delegates at the State House, where he paid a courtesy call on…
HARARE – Former war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda, who is being charged with insulting President Robert Mugabe by claiming the veteran leader planned to remove his deputy and replace her with his wife has been further remanded pending the hearing of his appeal in the Constitutional Court (Con-Court). Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo further remanded Sibanda…
BULAWAYO – Residents here say they will on Friday unfurl mass demonstrations against the introduction of prepaid water meters in the city. The protests are being called by civic group Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) which said it was mobilising over 10 000 residents to take to the streets against council’s move. The planned protests…
HARARE – Last week’s matter-of-fact suggestions by controversial First Lady Grace Mugabe and embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa that time is not on President Robert Mugabe’s side have rekindled calls for the nonagenarian to stand down in his interest and that of the country. Analysts and opposition spokesmen who spoke to the Daily News yesterday…
WASHINGTON – Thousands of Hillary Clinton’s emails while US secretary of state have been released, including many that have been censored after being deemed classified. Mrs Clinton, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2016 presidential election, has been under fire for using a private computer server for work emails while in office. But…
