HARARE – Human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko has said Environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri vigorously opposed her 2008 abduction by suspected State security agents. The claims are contained in Mukoko’s book titled The Abduction and Trial of Jestina Mukoko: The Fight for Human Rights in Zimbabwe, published last month. Mukoko was taken away at gunpoint at…
HARARE – At least seven percent of pregnant women in Zimbabwe are still failing to access antenatal care due to religion and culture, putting their babies at risk of contracting HIV. According to the Health ministry, the mothers are not only prohibited by religion and culture, but by economic circumstances as well. “And certainly there…
HARARE – Tendai Biti’s opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said that “power drunk” Zanu PF is back to its old ways of using violence to crush political opponents. This comes after the government intensified clampdown on activists protesting against President Robert Mugabe’s rule. PDP spokesperson Jacob Mafume said that the Zanu PF government’s “cannibalism”…
HARARE – African Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has disowned the prophets who caused the death of six children during a baptism that went horribly wrong in Mashonaland East. While presenting a speech on behalf of ACCZ moderator Johanes Ndanga during the ordination of Bishop Simeon Samanyanga last weekend, ACCZ chief registrar Reverend Taurai Mbewe…
WASHINGTON – The Muslim ban proposed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is “not the America we want”, President Barack Obama has said. Treating Muslim-Americans differently will only make the country less safe by increasing division between the West and the Muslim world, he said. On Monday Mr Trump extended his ban plan to people…
HARARE – Former Warriors coach Ian “Dibango” Gorowa says he will not recognise the 10-year ban handed to him by the dissolved Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) over match-fixing allegations. Gorowa, together with former Zifa officials Henrietta Rushwaya, Jonathan Musavengana, Edzai Kasinauyo and ex-Warriors assistant coach Nation Dube were accused of match fixing by the dissolved…
HARARE – Police yesterday released five names of the Dynamos supporters who perished in a road accident on Saturday on their way to Gweru. The fans were travelling to support their side in a Castle Lager Premiership match against Chapungu at Ascot Stadium. The accident occurred when a minibus the supporters were travelling in burst a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket fans staged a protest following the team’s insipid performance during yesterday’s eight-wicket defeat to a second-string India in the second match of the Killer Cup ODI series. India effectively sealed the three-match series with yesterday’s win having won Saturday’s opening ODI by nine wickets. With all signs during the game pointing…
HARARE – FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza says his team will not allow last weekend’s home defeat to ZPC Kariba to affect their confidence. The defeat ended the platinum miners’ eight-game unbeaten streak with the only consolation being that they remained in pole position on the log. Mapeza’s side had gone on an 28-game unbeaten…
HARARE – Ammara Brown has finally spoken about the tragic deaths that have dogged her family in quick succession with sister Shahla being the latest loss. Ammara, the daughter of the late musician Andy Brown took to social media platform, Facebook, pouring her heart out, painting a gloomy picture of her loneliness after losing a…
