HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has assured President Robert Mugabe that if the increasingly frail nonagenarian retires from office now, long-suffering Zimbabweans would ensure that he will not suffer retribution or end up being hauled before the courts for the human rights violations he allegedly committed in his 36 years in power. Tsvangirai’s assurances…
HARARE – Chaos could once again engulf Harare today as pro-democracy groups mount yet another demonstration in the capital, to protest the country’s deepening political and economic crises, as well as the government’s reluctance to implement much-needed electoral forms ahead of the eagerly-anticipated 2018 polls. And most ominously for the capital’s residents and visitors alike,…
HARARE – We are not sure whether President Robert Mugabe, who is in Cuba for the funeral of his ally and dictator Fidel Castro, would have returned home on Thursday and give us his State of the Nation Address (Sona) but we have some points that we hope he will cover on the day, provided…
HARARE – Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions CAPS United and runners-up FC Platinum dominate the 2016 Soccer Stars of the Year list selected yesterday. The two teams provided three players each with the Soccer Star of the Year and his two runners-up set to be announced at a banquet slated for Friday in the…
HARARE – If the attendance of this week’s edition of City Sports Bar Monday Jam Session is anything to go by, then the year 2016 has proved to be one of the most fruitful seasons for female musicians. Since City Sports Bar launched the weekly programme early this year, the all-divas sessions where only female…
HARARE – One of Africa’s largest seed producers, Seed Co, yesterday said its half year revenues went up 32 percent to $24,8 million compared to $18,7 million in the same period last year. The group’s chief executive, Morgan Nzwere, attributed the increase to early maize sales and improved vegetable sales. Although Seed Co witnessed solid…
HARARE – The High Court yesterday deferred a hearing on bail, a plea of jailed former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke, currently serving a 10-year jail term for raping his 11-year-old niece at gunpoint. The court will resume its hearing tomorrow on whether to grant bail to Kereke. The maverick businessman has approached the High…
HARARE – Banks and ATMs were, for the second day running, overwhelmed by long queues of cash-starved depositors who scrambled to withdraw newly-introduced bond notes. Long winding queues were witnessed at bank branches across the capital Harare, especially in the Central Business District. Similarly, people were seen impatiently waiting outside ATMs to withdraw money. This…
HARARE – Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) founder Walter Magaya will be back in the dock today as the cleric anticipates a withdrawal of alleged rape charges after the complainant procedurally filed an affidavit to drop the case. Magaya is set to appear before Harare provincial magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe. He is represented by lawyers…
BULAWAYO – Dumiso Dabengwa’s deputy has reportedly asked him to consider his position as Zapu’s opposition leader after a co-ordinated party coup intensified. Zapu secretary-general Strike Mnkandla, who has sought his own mandate at the party congress this year but lost, has reportedly ventilated that he had lost the confidence of the former intelligence supremo….
