HARARE – Zanu PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke’s wife Patience Muswapadare was accused yesterday of being coached to absolve her husband in the ongoing rape trial. Kereke is being accused of sexually molesting two of his wife’s nieces at his Vainona residence in 2010. He is charged with rape and indecent assault. His wife…
HARARE – Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) Advocate Pansy Tlakula expressed her disappointment at the end of her visit to Zimbabwe yesterday after failing to meet government ministers who she had prior appointments with. Tlakula arrived in Zimbabwe from South Africa on Monday on a four-day working visit facilitated…
BULAWAYO – The High Court here has given the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC the green light to hold their planned May 28 protest against President Robert Mugabe’s alleged misrule. This comes after police had banned the demo arguing the previous march in Harare had turned violent, among other reasons. The MDC filed an urgent chamber application…
VICTORIA FALLS – Zesa Holdings (Zesa) has said it has lost equipment and infrastructure worth $14,1 million between 2011 and 2015 to vandalism. The national power utility said yesterday despite increased acts of vandalism, it was still taking action to improve its infrastructure. “In mitigation, we are replacing all copper cables, conductors with aluminium cables…
PARIS – Debris from the missing EgyptAir flight has been found floating in the Mediterranean, Egyptian officials say. Flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew when it vanished early on Thursday. Egypt’s army spokesman said wreckage and passenger belongings were found 290km (180 miles) from Alexandria. Greek Defence…
HARARE – Despite a disappointing start to the 2016 season, Dynamos fans have made sure their team dominates the Premier Soccer League (PSL) fines tables. After only six matches, DeMbare find themselves in turmoil following only one win, two draws and three defeats to leave them in 15th place on the log. Due to their…
HARARE – ZImbabwe Cricket has conducted a redundancy exercise with a number of employees losing their jobs while those left behind are set to take a 50 percent salary cut. The salary cuts which will be across the board have already commenced with a 10 percent deduction after every three months. ZC decided to stagger…
HARARE – ZPC KARIBA coach Sunday Chidzambwa says he is pleased with his team’s progress thus far and is confident of maintaining the same form when they visit CAPS United this weekend. Chidzambwa has led the power utility company to three wins, two draws and one defeat in the opening six matches of the season which…
HARARE – Young Warriors coach Jairos Tapera says he will not tinker with his side when they take on Cameroon at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. Zimbabwe take on the West Africans in the first leg of their 2017 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match with the return leg set for Yaoundé after…
CAIRO – An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece’s defence minister says. Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 had “turned 90 degrees left and then a 360-degree turn to the right”. It then dropped more than 25,000ft (7,620m) before disappearing from radar, he added….
