HARARE – The Zimbabwe rugby side’s relegation to the Africa Cup Group 1B at the weekend following the 27-34 home defeat to Uganda is a true reflection of the state of the game according to coach Cyprian Mandenge. The Sables put in a better show from the first home defeat to Kenya a fortnight ago…
HARARE – The stunning fallout between President Robert Mugabe and war veterans is getting more ominous, amid revelations yesterday that law enforcement agents are close to arresting and throwing the kitchen sink at the hapless former freedom fighters who have been identified as the chief rubble-rousers. Well-placed sources confirmed to the Daily News last night…
HARARE – The government is headed for further collision not only with small traders and ordinary Zimbabweans, but also with its biggest trading partner, South Africa (SA). This comes after Industry and Commerce minister Mike Bimha said yesterday that the government was considering widening the ban on imported basic commodities from outside Zimbabwe into the…
BULAWAYO – A former cabinet minister says embattled President Robert Mugabe, who is struggling to fend off growing resistance to his governance — both from with and outside — could use bloodletting violence as the last line of defence to protect his family and job. The warning, made by former Education minister David Coltart, comes…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP Temba Mliswa said he will contest the Norton constituency seat as an independent candidate, after it was left vacant following the expulsion of Christopher Mutsvangwa from the governing party. The outspoken Mutsvangwa was expelled from Zanu PF over a fortnight ago after the party’s disciplinary committee found…
HARARE – The MDC youth executive has given President Robert Mugabe an August 31 ultimatum to leave office, as the embattled leader faces escalating protests from ordinary Zimbabweans. The party’s youth chairperson, Happymore Chidziva, told the press yesterday, following an executive meeting, that they had resolved to push out 92-year-old Mugabe through a campaign dubbed…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s newly-appointed deputies — Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri — have been endorsed by the party’s structures across the country, despite criticism from some quarters. The two’s recent appointment was met with disapproval from critics who alleged that the move was designed to spite Tsvangirai’s long-serving deputy, Thokozani Khupe —…
BULAWAYO – Lawyers representing four youths who were arrested for allegedly shouting “Mugabe must go” during the recent stay-away have applied for discharge after the witnesses failed to prove the case. The accused, Alfred Dzirutwe, Mthokozisi Ncube, Robson Tera and Thembelihle Sibanda yesterday appeared before magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa facing criminal nuisance charges. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human…
HARARE – Legislators have petitioned government to commission a team of investigators to Kuwait following growing fears that more Zimbabwean women could be trapped in the Middle East. This comes as 101 women have so far been rescued from Kuwait — where they worked as “slaves” — with five more currently in the care of…
HARARE – A report on the country’s ports of entry presented in Parliament last week revealed that not only are our borders porous, but also that the country has lost revenue running into millions of dollars because of that sorry state as goods are smuggled without paying excise duty. We are aware that presently, Zimbabwe…
