HARARE – Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana’s application challenging his placement on remand was thrown out yesterday after a Harare magistrate ruled that only President Robert Mugabe enjoyed immunity from arrest under the law. Tomana, 48, is facing charges of criminal abuse of office and obstructing the course of justice after he allegedly withdrew charges against two…
HARARE – Sungura musician and Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) ambassador Alick Macheso has said the magnitude of poverty and hunger he has witnessed over the past months in drought-prone and impoverished rural communities has left him in tears. Macheso said there is unimaginable hunger among rural villagers in Chivi, Chipinge, Gwanda, Muzarabani and Mudzi…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s renowned girl guerrilla and anti-colonialism activist, Joice Mujuru, who is set to launch her political outfit soon, poses a credible threat to the hegemony of Zanu PF and represents the first real opportunity for a change of regime, a respected South Africa-based think tank has warned. Former Vice President Mujuru, expelled from…
BULAWAYO – Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa has revealed that he warned President Robert Mugabe to step down almost a decade ago but he allegedly threw caution to the wind. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News yesterday, Dabengwa said the current ugly factional fights devouring the governing party were signalling the end of…
JOHANNESBURG – Fifa presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale says he is “open to negotiations and alliances” with his rivals before Friday’s vote. The South African faces Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman, former Fifa deputy general secretary Jerome Champagne, Jordanian Prince Ali and Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino in the race to succeed Sepp Blatter. Blatter,…
KAMPALA – Uganda’s main opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been taken into police custody after vowing to lead a protest march against President Yoweri Museveni’s election victory. Mr Besigye was bundled into a police van when he tried to leave his home, where he had been under house arrest. His wife Winnie Byanyima said it…
HARARE – Chicken Inn’s chances of reaching the African Champions League first round at the expense of Mamelodi Sundowns are looking brighter with each passing day. The Zimbabwe champions carry a slender 1-0 lead from the first leg at Barbourfields Stadium a week ago going into Saturday night’s second leg at the Lucas Moripe Stadium…
HARARE – Mauritius’ Fabienne St Louis and Ayan Beisenbayev of Kazakhstan emerged the 2016 Schweppes Troutbeck ATU Triathlon African Cup winners in their respective women’s and men’s elite category competitions on Saturday. St Louis completed an impressive comeback after coming out of the water in last position to win her first gold medal after 11…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfers Ryan Cairns, Mark Williams, Scott Vincent and Mohammed Mandhu all missed the cut at the Sunshine Tour’s Dimension Data Pro-Am in George, South Africa at the weekend. Cairns had started the tournament in fine form after carding a five-under 67 in the opening round on Thursday. He however, followed up with…
HARARE – New York-based Zimbabwean performer/choreographer Nora Chipaumire is slowly becoming Tumbuka Dance Company’s knight in shining armour. The Mutare-born Chipaumire, who donated her production titled Portrait of Myself as My Father’ to Tumbuka last year, has returned to Zimbabwe’s leading contemporary dance company with an acclaimed dance piece called Dark Swan. Tumbuka with Chipaumire…
