HARARE – The current cash shortages at local banks is a sign of worse things to come as it is analogous of the 2007 cash crisis although this time government cannot print the United States dollar, social and political analysts contend. Amid the cash crisis war veterans are demanding payouts from government which, if granted,…
HARARE – When record-breaking Zimbabwean fashion designer Adel Kaseke uploaded a picture of herself wearing a dress she had just made on Instagram last October, she didn’t realise she had conjured up an ascent into cash-rich Hollywood. No sooner had the United Kingdom based Kaseke posted the picture than Hollywood’s royalty began contacting her. The…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Paulo Jorge Silva refused to talk to the media after his side’s defeat to Chicken Inn during the Independence Cup semi-final match here yesterday as pressure mounts on the Portuguese gaffer. The Gamecocks scored the only goal of the match through striker Mitchell Katsvairo at the stroke of half-time and it…
BULAWAYO – progressed to the final of the Independent Cup after beating 10-man FC Platinum on penalties in an exciting semi-final here yesterday. Bosso will now meet city rivals Chicken Inn in Monday’s final set for the National Sports Stadium. Impressive home side goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda turned out to be the hero when he saved two…
HARARE – Breyten Meyer equalled the Royal Harare Golf Club course record of 63 on his way to snatching a one-shot lead of the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open after a thrilling third round yesterday. Meyer began the round tied for 13th with a score of three-under-par 141 but a run of five consecutive birdies from…
HARARE – Former Warriors defender Guthrie Zhokinyu wants to make up for lost time after he was handed a chance to resurrect his career by Castle Lager Premiership side Triangle. For close to four years, Zhokinyu was in the wilderness after he was banned from all football activities by the previous Zifa board led by…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe National Army officer who is standing trial for allegedly attempting to bomb President Robert Mugabe’s Alpha Omega Dairy says he only facilitated a date for the core perpetrator with a fellow female soldier and denied being a mastermind of the alleged plot. Borman Ngwenya, who is charged with Possession of Weaponry…
HARARE – Hard pressed students at the country’s cash-strapped tertiary institutions will have to wait longer to receive the much-awaited government grants and better living conditions, an official from the ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education said on Thursday. Conditions at most government colleges are in a state of disrepair while thousands of students have…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his resurgent MDC party plan to roll out more protest marches around the country as they ratchet up the pressure on President Robert Mugabe in a bid to force the under-pressure and increasingly frail nonagenarian to call an early election. A buoyant MDC spokesperson Obert Gutu — speaking…
HARARE – Outspoken Zanu PF activist and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa loyalist Energy Mutodi (pictured) has fired yet another salvo at President Robert Mugabe and his deputy Phelekezela Mphoko saying the party’s leadership is watching with false bravado like “toddlers” while another “bhora musango” is being plotted. In a clear sign that indeed despite feigning…
