HARARE – A Harare City Council employee who was allegedly part of a gang of protesters caught on camera while waving a Robert Mugabe Road sign that had been detached during a riot last month was dragged to court yesterday. Spencer Mhako, 31, of New Tafara in Harare, appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Guuriro charged…
HARARE – Zanu PF is the major perpetrator of the politicisation of food aid in drought-stricken areas, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said. The finding is on the back of an investigation by ZHRC in food insecure areas that include Bikita East, Buhera North, Mazowe Central, Muzarabani North and South and Zvimba South. “The…
BULAWAYO – A Gwanda white commercial farmer, George Watson, has filed an urgent application at the Bulawayo High Court seeking to interdict wife to State Security minister Kembo Mohadi, Tambudzai, from illegally taking over his productive banana farm. Watson, who was last year saved from eviction from Makado Ranch — also known as Double “O”…
HARARE – Alleged match-fixing kingpin Jonathan Musavengana says the scourge is “worse than drug trafficking” and will soon consume the world’s most beautiful game. Musavengana rose to notoriety in 2010 after the previous Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board led by Cuthbert Dube claimed he was one of the ring leaders of the Asiagate match-fixing scandal….
HARARE – Fifa development officer for southern Africa Ashford Mamelodi arrived in the country yesterday to attend a number of meetings regarding Zifa’s ballooning debt. Mamelodi, who is based at the Fifa Development Office in Gaborone, Botswana, will hold a series of meetings with Zifa officials and the associations’ creditors. “He is here on a…
HARARE – The Chinese Embassy yesterday unveiled the table tennis friendly tournament against their Zimbabwean counterparts scheduled for Harare’s Belvedere Technical Teachers’ College in Belvedere on September 17 and 18. Dubbed “The Chinese Ambassador Cup”, the friendly developmental encounter is aimed at further strengthening the bilateral friendship and promoting bilateral sport exchanges between Zimbabwe and…
HARARE – High-flying current Mr Zimbabwe and two-time Mr Ironman physique champion Simbarashe Mhaka is set to compete at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Diamond Cup in the United Kingdom in October. The aesthetically gifted athlete is looking forward to establish himself as one of the finest men’s physique athletes in the…
HARARE – Dynamos’ volatile ownership wrangle has reignited after a group which is trying to oust the current board of directors led…
HARARE – Oscar Pistorius will be stuck inside a single cell on the hospital wing of Pretoria’s maximum security jail as the Paralympics — he dominated in successive Games — kick off today in Rio de Janeiro. He will perhaps be staring out the window from his single cell, where he is being held for…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman – Wilson Manase – has set his sight on returning to the game following the lifting of his four year ban by the Administrative Court last week. The prominent lawyer had been slapped with the ban following the tour of Pakistan last year against the wishes of the…
