HARARE – After suffering a defeat at the hands of Namibia in their previous international match, the Sables team has recovered and are more than ready to redeem their glory when they face Kenya today at Bulawayo’s Hartsfield Stadium. After six years without hosting an international rugby match in Bulawayo, a full house is expected…
JOHANNESBURG – A raging storm is still going on following last week’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) annual awards which were marred by controversy. In the middle of the storm is the awarding of Sphiwe Tshabalala’s routine free kick goal which fans voted the winner of the Goal of the Season award ahead of Oscar Masuluke’s…
HARARE – The stakes are high for the Miss World Zimbabwe pageant set for Borrowdale Brooke Golf Course tonight. After failing to take place last year amid claims that the pageant had failed to attract the “right girls,” there is pressure on the Marry Chiwenga-led Miss Zimbabwe Trust to deliver an event worth the $300…
HARARE – Mystery surrounds the car which was involved in a horrific accident with a biker who was leading President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade last Saturday. On Saturday, one of the bikers leading the motorcade was involved in a crash with an Isuzu truck near the One Commando military base along Airport Road as Mugabe was…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s politburo has virtually become a war zone for factional fights playing out in the top echelons of the ruling party, with Wednesday’s meeting proving beyond any reasonable doubt that President Robert Mugabe now remains the glue keeping the party from disintegrating, the Daily News can report. At its previous two meetings…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is conducting a training programme for police officers to smile more habitually at roadblocks in the hopes of winning over tourists visiting the country’s holiday resorts. Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni told the National Assembly that Zimbabwe’s hospitality agency is conducting training sessions to make police friendlier toward visitors. Mguni was…
HARARE – Construction of mobile phone towers in residential areas has raised fears among legislators who are concerned about their constituents being exposed to radiation. A mobile phone tower or base station sends or receives radio signals and is responsible for forming the cell area. A typical cell tower is made up of the antennas,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said persons who, before the promulgation of the 2013 Constitution were issued with identity documents describing them as ‘‘aliens’’, must forthwith proceed to the offices of the Registrar General to have their citizenship regularised and confirmed. Zec chief elections officer Constance Chigwamba said on the dates of…
HARARE – Not for the first time, Zimbabwe has been warned that President Robert Mugabe’s failure to resolve the succession issue could plunge the country into bloodletting violence. This comes as much-needed foreign investors are increasingly taking a wait-and-see attitude as the country prepares for the crucial 2018 national elections. Business Monitor International (BMI) —…
HARARE – The family of an eight-year-old boy killed by electrocution after falling into a pit with exposed electrical cables reached a $15 000 settlement with the Zesa Holdings’ subsidiary Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) in a wrongful-death lawsuit. Constance Sinachinga, the 58-year-old mum of the boy, filed summons in the High Court…
