HARARE – Mines minister Walter Chidakwa has buckled under pressure and complied with a High Court order that okayed the return of Mbada Diamonds (Mbada)’s security officers to its Chiadzwa mining site to secure its diamonds and equipment. This also comes after Chinese diamond mining firm Anjin Investments (Anjin), which was operating in the same…
HARARE – Thousands of Harare church-goers could find themselves in limbo from this week onwards, after the city council gave more than 100 churches operating from illegal premises around the capital a 48-hour ultimatum to vacate their premises or face the full might of the law, as the council strives to restore order in the…
HARARE – The family of missing human rights activist Itai Dzamara yesterday demanded to know his whereabouts following his disappearance exactly a year ago today. Dzamara was getting a haircut at the local barbershop on March 9, last year when five unidentified men seized him, shoved him into an unmarked truck and sped off. He…
HARARE – A cop attached to Police Reaction Group at has been charged with insulting President Robert Mugabe and his wife. Thompson Joseph Mloyi, 44, of Tomlison Depot, allegedly shouted: “President Robert Mugabe is too old to rule and had married a prostitute Grace Mugabe.” Mloyi appeared before magistrate Elijah Makomo on Monday charged with…
HARARE – An ex-cop who lied that top cops were part of Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru’s convoy was yesterday fined $300 for deliberately supplying false information to public authorities. Shadreck Chingoma Mutota, 58, of Ocean Pentagon in Epworth, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe. He…
HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday allocated emergency aid to save lives and bring help to people in Chivi District hardest hit by a devastating drought. The first lady, an established philanthropist who runs an orphanage in Mazowe, provided food aid, including maize meal, sanitary ware and other emergency aid to more than 6…
HARARE – Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday revealed that the Warriors’ 2016 African Nations Championships (Chan) matches were fixed by Asian betting syndicates linked to self-confessed serial match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal. [GoogleAd] Former Zifa CEO Henrietta Rushwaya, who was implicated but later pardoned in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal, and former Warriors coach Ian Gorowa also…
NAGPUR – Zimbabwe were not at their best in the opening Group B contest against Hong Kong, and yet were able to come through with a fairly comfortable win to open their account in the ICC World Twenty20 2016 on Tuesday. The batting had its moments but by and large didn’t live up to reputation,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby coach Cyprian Mandenge insists there will be nothing friendly about the President’s XV match against reigning Vodacom Cup champions — the Steval Pumas — set for Hartsfield Grounds in Bulawayo on March 18. Mandenge, who will steer the second string side, says the team is determined to put on a good…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe senior women’s football team yesterday failed to train as they protested against unpaid bonuses from the games they played against Cameroon and Tanzania. Zimbabwe is due to face Tanzania next week at Rufaro Stadium, in a crucial second leg qualifier of the Africa Women Cup of Nations to be hosted by…
