HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) insists Rufaro Stadium will be ready to be re-opened in the second week of April just before the 2017 Castle Lager Premiership season commences. The 2017 top flight season is scheduled to start sometime next month with two sides Dynamos and Harare City mainly using the facility. The…
HARARE – Radio and TV personality Tichafa Matambanadzo — popularly known as Tich Mataz — was yesterday convicted of import duty evasion and smuggling clothes. He was fined $300 or serve two months in prison. The 48-year-old was facing charges of contravening Section 182 of the Excise and Control Act after he under-declared suits and…
HARARE – Scores of prisoners face a health risk after Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Parirenyatwa) threatened to cut off medical services to Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) over a $567 000 debt. Parirenyatwa provides medical care to incarcerated people, including midwifery services to expecting inmates. ZPCS health services director Evidence Gaka made the revelation…
HARARE – The Office of the President and Cabinet has failed to account for over $12 000 in funds it had allocated to an unnamed official for travel to India. The financial improprieties in President Robert Mugabe’s office Appropriation Account has been revealed by an auditor-general (AG) investigation. The report was made public last week…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has secured a international friendly match for the Warriors against former African champions Zambia on Sunday at the National Sports Stadium. The Warriors’ last competitive match was during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Gabon where they performed dismally before being knocked out in the group…
HARARE – State-owned Air Zimbabwe (Air Zim) has failed to fulfil the obligation to submit financial statements for audit for the past eight years. The insolvent airline — grappling with $300 million in debt — is currently working on the 2010 financial statements, according to the office of the Auditor-General (AG). The primary objective of an…
HARARE – Highlanders coach Erol Akbay has demanded victory from his charges when they face PSL champions CAPS United in the ZNA Commander Charities Soccer Shield final showdown at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturday. Akbay, who has transformed the Bulawayo giants into a powerful force since joining them last year, insisted he will be looking for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairperson Tavengwa Mukuhlani is confident that the proposed ICC changes that might see the locals playing second-tier cricket will hit a brick wall. Last month, ICC passed in principle a new constitution that sought to redress the imbalance of power and finances created by the “Big Three” — Board of…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe was this week in Mauritius where he attended the African Economic Platform (AEP) inaugural conference. We sincerely hope the nonagenarian leader and his Zanu PF government took a few minutes to reflect and learn the economic success story of the island nation. Mauritius has been branded a success story in…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, said the new interest rate regime which capped lending rates at 12 percent will apply in retrospect. “When you change the interest rate in the system, it means that you are changing interest rates for both the new and the old loans,” the central bank…
