HARARE – Jamaican dancehall and reggae musician Busy Signal says no country can match Zimbabwe in terms of hospitality. The Reggae Music Again musician, who will perform in Bulawayo on Friday and Harare the following day, arrived in the country on Sunday after a performance in Kenya. This is the 35-year-old’s second visit to Zimbabwe….
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday demanded and was granted an unscheduled meeting with President Robert Mugabe to express his disquiet over utterances by First Lady Grace Mugabe during an explosive Zanu PF youth interface rally on Saturday where she appeared to suggest that relations with the Midlands godfather had become strained over…
HARARE – Former South African president Thabo Mbeki — who brokered unity government talks in 2008 — on Monday quietly jetted into the country on a private visit to meet with President Robert Mugabe. His visit has fuelled speculation that the politician, who served as the second post-apartheid president of South Africa from June 1999…
HARARE – Joice Mujuru has invited fraud-accused ex-Malawi President Joyce Banda to her National People’s Party (NPP) convention as the guest of honour. This comes as Malawi has issued an arrest warrant for its former president over alleged abuse of office and money laundering offences over a two-year period when she was in office. Banda,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 400 police officers to the Support Unit, which is reportedly being beefed up with more sophisticated riot gear ahead of next year’s general elections. The Support Unit is a branch within the ZRP headquartered at Chikurubi in Harare whose roles include public order management, protection of…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe is confident that his side will start picking up maximum points despite a difficult start to their Castle Lager Premiership title defence. Makepekepe’s season has been largely interrupted by their participation in the African Champions League where they reached the group stages of the competition before finishing fourth…
HARARE – At 33, cricketer star Hamilton Masakadza is proud that half of his lifetime has been spent on the field, let alone that he still serves the Zimbabwe senior men national team with impunity. His coach at Mountaineers where he has been attached for so long for his provincial cricket formally known as franchise…
HARARE – While at school she was pugnacious and an unwilling marathon runner, today, thanks to Zimbabwe’s long-distance runner Collen Makaza’s persistence — Fortunate Chidzivo — is at home in both boxing and long-distance running. The 30-year-old, like a few before her, got into the sport by accident rather than by design after being encouraged…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC — which has not been spared by the economic meltdown — has hit hard times, casting doubts over its capacity to withstand the well-oiled Zanu PF machinery in the 2018 elections. The country’s biggest opposition party, whose leader is the only one to have beaten President Robert Mugabe in…
HARARE – A tanker carrying 30 000 litres of hazardous sulphuric acid overturned near Hwange National Park last week with the spill said to be drifting towards Inyantue River — a major water source for the local community. A massive decontamination exercise has since ensued, with the authorities burning the midnight oil to ensure the…
