HARARE – Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo lept to the defence of President Robert Mugabe, who has been under criticism for threatening to crush war veterans loyal to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Writing on his twitter account, Moyo said Mugabe’s stance is not bad considering that they threatened bloodshed if their preferred candidate did not…
HARARE – Outspoken former Zanu PF Mashonaland West chairperson Temba Mliswa says it is high time the country’s youths rise up and liberate Zimbabwe from the present problems that he said cannot be solved by President Robert Mugabe. Speaking to members of his Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) in Harare recently, the former…
HARARE – Suspended Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni actually advised Harare Sunshine Holdings (HSH) of an audit that was to be conducted on the city’s wholly-owned companies and joint ventures as requested by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere, the Daily News has learnt. Manyenyeni was on Tuesday last week suspended by the then acting Local Government…
HARARE – Civic organisations have called upon Parliament to exercise its legislative and oversight powers derived from the Constitution to reject the Local Government Laws Amendment Bill which they say leaves intact the powers of central government to issue directives to local authorities, to suspend mayors and councillors and to appoint caretakers to assume the…
LAGOS – The Nigerian Army on Sunday denied allegations that those affected by the recent retirement exercise it embarked upon were deliberately pooled from a section of the country to further advance a ‘northern agenda’, describing the reports as “unfair and unethical.” The Army had come under fierce criticism following claims that senior army officers…
PARIS – The French government has urged cities hosting Euro 2016 matches to ban alcohol near venues and fan zones. It follows three days of clashes between fans and police in Marseille. Uefa is investigating after Russia supporters appeared to rush at England fans in the stadium after their draw on Saturday. It has threatened…
PRETORIA – A sentencing hearing for South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has started in Pretoria. He faces a jail term of at least 15 years, but his sentence can be reduced due to time already spent in prison and mitigating factors. The hearing is expected to last all week…
ORLANDO – The father of a gunman who killed 50 people in an Orlando gay club says he did not know that his son had “hatred in his heart”. Omar Mateen killed 50 people and wounded 53 more in the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history, before being shot dead by police. Seddique Mateen…
HARARE – Defender Elisha Muroiwa scored with a spectacular overhead kick to rescue a point for the Warriors in their Cosafa Castle Cup Group A opening match against Swaziland in Namibia yesterday. Sihlangu looked set to collect maximum points, courtesy of a brace by Felix Badenhorst, but the Dynamos defender stepped up with 12 minutes…
HARARE – Dynamos dedicated their hard-fought 2-1 win over Chapungu in a Castle Lager Premiership match at Ascot Stadium to their supporters who passed away in a road accident on their way to Gweru. Seven supporters died when the vehicle they were travelling in burst its front tyre and overturned at Battlefields just before Kwekwe….
