HARARE – Attempts by war veterans aligned to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to sabotage next month’s planned “million-man march” against the Midlands godfather by Zanu PF youths associated with the governing party’s ambitious Young Turks, the Generation 40 (G40), are dead in the water. The party has now officially moved to direct all its…
UMZINGWANE – At least 70 percent of crops in Matabeleland South are wilting and reservoir water levels are at their lowest, agriculture experts have said. Yet President Robert Mugabe’s government has not held a high-level meeting to discuss drought relief for farmers even as the Met Department forecasted — correctly as it turned out — that…
HARARE – By brutally assaulting pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara’s younger brother Patson on Independence Day for protesting the abduction of Itai in front of President Robert Mugabe, are the authorities trying to cover up his carefully planned abduction? It may seem so — going by the conduct of the government since he went missing on…
HARARE – Tsenekai Mabika was butchered by her husband Kudzai Ndongwe after a heated argument. The loving mother, as her family would like her to be known, came from Mbeure Village in Chipinge. She had two children aged five and two. She had strong family support. She was loved. Mabika died at a borehole in…
HARARE – A High Court ruling declaring that it is illegal for spouses to pry into each other’s cell-phones without permission has highlighted the fervour that has destabilised many marriages. High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapa ruled that evidence obtained through looking into the cellphone of a partner without their knowledge could not stand in…
MUTARE – Having failed to collect a single point in their opening two Castle Lager Premiership matches, Mutare City Rovers believe they will get their first win against Dynamos at Sakubva Stadium tomorrow. Rovers, who were promoted to the top flight this year, began the season with a demoralising 3-0 home defeat to fellow debutants Ngezi…
JOHANNESBURG – Khama Billiat and Tendai Ndoro surely rank among the hottest players in the Absa Premiership right now. As Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates prepare to meet this evening in the Nedbank Cup quarter-finals, the talk within the public sphere, media and football circles has been who between Billiat and Ndoro will come out…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi will take the commemorations of his late son Sam to Bulawayo’s Large City Hall on April 29. The Bulawayo gig, that will feature Tuku, Gary Tight, Jeys Marabini and the Pakare Paye Ensembles, is a follow-up to the mega concert held at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton…
HARARE – The Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) has lined up a series of workshops that will take place during the CABS Classical Weekend to be hosted by St Georges College from April 29 to May 1. The CABS Classical Music Celebration will feature South African group Coda Africa, fronted by vocalist Zami…
HARARE – The world’s largest platinum producer Anglo-American Platinum (Amplats) says production at its Zimbabwean unit went up 14 percent to 19 000 ounces on the back of improved production. Amplats, which owns and operates Unki Platinum Mine (Unki), said the Shurugwi-based mine’s contribution resulted in a four percent increase in the group’s total platinum…
