HARARE – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe yesterday admitted that his charges are firmly in the Castle Premiership title race after overcoming battling reigning champions Chicken Inn here to pile pressure on log leaders FC Platinum. A Leonard Tsipa’s solitary strike from the spot-kick in the second half was all the Green Machine needed to…
MUTARE – Relegation-threatened Mutare City Rovers showed their intent to survive the dreaded chop when they cruised past Triangle with a comfortable win in an exciting Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match here yesterday. Taku Shariwa’s charges scored in either side of the half through a penalty conversion by Aggripa Murimba before second half substitute…
HARARE – As the government continues with its savage clampdown against dissenting voices in the country, it emerged yesterday that hundreds of opposition members and pro-democracy activists were arrested by police at the weekend — amid charges by critics that the country is now effectively operating under a state of emergency. At the same time,…
HARARE – It is a terrible indictment on President Robert Mugabe and his warring Zanu PF that Zimbabwe, under their misrule of the past 36 long years, has more often than not resembled a fatal combination of the fabled Animal Farm and the ill-fated luxury ocean liner Titanic. The Titanic, as many Daily News readers…
HARARE – Rights lawyers in troubled Zimbabwe warned they were in for “a busy weekend” after dozens of activists were reported arrested in several towns and cities during demonstrations for electoral reforms. The Tajamuka (We are Agitated) pressure group that has been co-ordinating protests put the total number of arrests at 87, though this has…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) makes it very difficult for local authorities to provide effective services due to their steep raw water prices, chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Local Government Irene Zindi said. Speaking at a Combined Harare Residents Association meeting, Zindi said fights between Zinwa and local authorities over…
HARARE – The Computer Crime and Cybercrime Bill has come under heavy scrutiny with stakeholders raising concerns over some sections that give the State power to spy on citizens. A panicky Zanu PF — that is faced with rising protests has proposed a raft of measures to curb what it calls cyber terrorism and among…
HARARE – Independent candidate for the Norton constituency by-election Temba Mliswa has accused police of selectively applying the law and aiding his Zanu PF rival Ronald Chindedza ahead of the October 22 poll. The former Zanu PF legislator on Friday had to file an urgent High Court application to get permission to hold a rally…
HARARE – The government’s savage clampdown against dissenting voices got even heavier this weekend, with panicking authorities deploying tens of thousands of police and other law enforcement agents around the country in their desperate bid to thwart planned protests by fed up citizens against Zimbabwe’s deepening rot. At the same time, opposition parties told the…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo High Court yesterday thwarted a police bid to stop a demonstration called by opposition parties in the city to protest the delays in implementing electoral reforms. Judge Nicholas Mathonsi ruled that police were wrong in refusing to sanction the protest which was organised by 18 opposition political parties coalescing under the…
