LAGOS – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he will not resume power immediately and instead leave his deputy in charge after returning from nearly two months’ medical leave in Britain. A Nigerian Air Force jet carrying the 74-year-old landed at the airport in the northern city of Kaduna at about 07:40. He was…
BULAWAYO – A grieving Bulawayo family was hit by double tragedy on Wednesday night when 13 of its members were killed on the spot in a horrific accident when their minibus, which was ferrying the body of a deceased relative for burial in Masvingo, was mangled by a haulage truck near the National University of…
HARARE – The Warriors fall on the international landscape continued unabated when they plunged four places down the ladder on the latest Fifa/Coca-Cola world rankings released yesterday. The Warriors, who last saw action at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Gabon, where they were knocked out in the group stages, are now…
HARARE – Zimbabwean hospitals are struggling to cope with the surge in patients living with signs of chronic kidney disease, with the death toll rising. Health minister David Parirenyatwa said hospitals were finding it difficult to provide enough beds and treatment for kidney patients, with the total number of cases increasing. “Facilities are being created…
HARARE – War veterans banned from convening a meeting to discuss Zimbabwe’s deepening political and economic crisis have vowed to wage a war against President Robert Mugabe. On Wednesday, police announced that they would not allow the ex-freedom fighters’ meeting scheduled for today to proceed because the veterans did not meet the requirements of the…
HARARE – Fuming Mbare residents yesterday subjected a City of Harare (HCC) engineer to all manner of insults after incessant rains flooded their homes and destroyed their property again. The local authority had set a January 31 deadline to improve drainage. Apparently, the drainage ways were damaged after the construction of Gulf Sunshine Bazaar along…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfer Scott Vincent failed to finish his first round at the at the $1.75 million Hero Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club in India due to bad weather. Vincent, who is now in his second season on the Asian Tour, is tied on 17th place on the leaderboard as…
HARARE – Missing journalist-cum-political activist Itai Dzamara’s brother Patson has called on Zimbabweans to continue piling pressure on President Robert Mugabe’s government to stop the enforced disappearance of rights activists. Speaking yesterday during commemorations for Dzamara’s abduction two years ago, Patson called on citizens to gather the courage to stand up against excesses by government….
HARARE – Businessman Timothy Trombas’ woes continue to mount as he is back in court today for allegedly stealing from cigarette tycoon Simon Rudland — barely a month after the self-styled consultant was also slapped with costs in another case against the latter. In the current case, the embattled retail trader is accused of taking…
HARARE – Expelled Zimbabwe People First official Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has been dragged to the High Court for allegedly failing to settle a $133 000 Zesa bill. The debt — owed to Zesa’s subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), and dating back to February last year — was incurred by the former Masvingo…
