HARARE – Rare as it is to see cops in the dock it is now happening often. And as the cancer of corruption spreads several law enforcement agents have recently been dragged to court as accused persons and not testifiers as is oft the norm. True to the cliché no one is above the law…
JOHANNESBURG – With only a couple of games to go before the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying matches are completed, the Cosafa region is in distress. The region has only one representative still with a good chance of going to Gabon 2017 bar a miracle happening. The only team that can save the…
HARARE – Junior doctors have turned to clinical directors to help them past their contract impasse with the Health Services Board (HSB). The junior doctors were availed a revised contract by the HSB last week but rejected it on the grounds that it was a one-sided document that violates fair labour practices and existed only…
HARARE – Harare businessman Eddie Zviitwa aka Eddie Kebab, who is facing an $85 000 theft charge, has been freed on $300 bail.This is not the first that the Kebab Centre owner has had a brush with the law under more similar circumstances. In 2013, he reportedly connived with the police to extort $20 000…
MUTARE – Plans by Zesa Holdings (Zesa) to increase tariffs ostensibly to cover import costs hit a brick wall after government ordered that it should first recover more than $1 billion it is owed by its customers and also plug loopholes that cause losses. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa revealed that Cabinet placed Zesa’s tariff increase…
BULAWAYO – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) says it cannot wait to take part in the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections, adding that it will do everything within its power to oust President Robert Mugabe from power in order to rescue the country from Zanu PF’s misrule. Speaking in an interview with…
MUTARE – Despite the government’s insistence on “cancelling the licences” of diamond miners in Marange, villagers say their lives had improved significantly in the past few years as the companies were contributing to community development. This follows the recent move by Mines minister Walter Chidakwa to order all diamond mining companies in Chiadzwa to stop…
SEOUL – Confused, shocked, bewildered. Just a few of the words used in recent days to describe Japan and South Korea’s reaction to some of Donald Trump’s latest comments about the region. The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination stunned two of America’s strongest allies with the suggestion that the U.S. military would be withdrawn…
HARARE – Zora music star Leonard Zhakata is surprised that Gramma Records, Zimbabwe Music Corporation (ZMC) and Ngaavongwe Records are being sold when the record companies have not spoken to musicians who happen to own the products at the company. Zhakata said 19 of his music albums are with ZMC and he only has one….
HARARE – Dendera crooner Suluman Chimbetu is returning to Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield, Harare tonight before moving to Mutare where he will perform at Club Mandisa on Saturday. On Sunday, Chimbetu will be showcasing in Ruwa at The Plaka Bar and Restaurant. Macheso takes Tsoka Dzerwendo to Gokwe SUNGURA ace Alick Macheso is taking his…
