HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC’s planned nationwide demonstrations will provide a sucker punch that will end President Robert Mugabe’s misrule, the opposition party spokesperson Obert Gutu said. After shaking Zanu PF from its slumber with a peaceful demonstration last week, Gutu said the planned series of rallies in each province will culminate in a…
HARARE – Zanu PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke who is on trial for allegedly raping his wife’s two nieces yesterday claimed that the private prosecutor involved in his case fabricated the allegations to bring his business down. This was said during the on-going trial before Harare regional magistrate Noel Mupeiwa. Kereke claimed that in…
HARARE – The match-fixing scandal involving top and influential football personalities exploded yesterday with former Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya appearing in court charged with trying to bribe players in the national soccer team into deliberately losing games. Rushwaya, 49, appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe charged with bribery. She was remanded…
HARARE – Police roadblocks in Zimbabwe are scaring away tourists as they feel their presence is an indication that there is something wrong in the country, a top tourism official has revealed. Zimbabwe Council for Tourism (ZCT) executive director Paul Matamisa told the Daily News, tourists and even ordinary motorists are now in the habit…
HARARE – Luscious Chibvongodze, popularly known as Chief Negomo has been arraigned before a Bindura magistrate after he reportedly stole presidential farming inputs for the 2013/2014 season. Chibvongodze appeared before the court yesterday to answer to fraud charges. It is alleged that Chibvongodze made a misrepresentation to the Grain Marketing Board, intending to deceive Sondelani…
HARARE – As more and more churches sprout, Hope and Honour ministries that is based in Harare’s Mabvuku suburb claims that its prophets have superpowers to pluck people condemned to hell and take them to heaven. The church’s secretary Euphemia Makoni claimed that the ministry can convince God to pardon dead people’s spirits believed to…
HARARE – Harare lawyer Dumisani Mthombeni, who runs an anti-graft organisation, has said corruption is being fuelled by leaders who abuse the youths for personal gain. Mthombeni said this while making a presentation on the role of youths in the fight against corruption in Krakow, Poland, where he represented Zimbabwe at the International Youth to…
HARARE – Jonathan Mashingaidze’s reign as the Zifa CEO came to an abrupt end yesterday after the association’s board decided against renewing his contract. Mashingaidze’s contract expired at the start of this month but he had continued in his role as Zifa had not made a decision. However, Mashingaidze’s fate was decided during yesterday’s board…
HARARE – The Junior Sables technical department has made four changes to the team to face Fiji in today’s World Rugby U20 Trophy Group A match at Harare Sports Club. Front rowers Tinotenda Musasanura and Justin Mendelsohn have been dropped to the bench together with lock Tinashe Muchena and second centre Mudiwa Manhombo. Hooker Lebogang…
HARARE – Opender Precious Marange scored an impressive half-century before grabbing a wicket to guide Zimbabwe to the ICC Twenty20 Global Qualifiers with a 68-run win over Kenya here yesterday. The left-hander was at her usual best hitting four boundaries and seven maximums on her way to 71 runs from 56 balls before she was…
