HARARE – Nigerian music star Davido has sold Harare a dummy again, after failing to touch down for the My Lilly Concert, which was scheduled for Alex Sports Club last night, leaving local promoters 2 Kings Entertainment in a fix. Just like fellow controversial South African artiste Zodwa Wabantu, the Skelewu hit maker, has failed…
HARARE – CAPS United are paying the price for failing to tie down their players on time as striker Dominic Chungwa has left the club to sign South Africa’s Absa Premiership side Polokwane City on a free transfer. According to reports from South Africa, Chungwa, who was the Golden Boot winner after scoring 17 goals…
HARARE – Prominet lawyer Gerald Mlotshwa has been appointed chairperson of the organising committee of Zimbabwe’s rugby team — Sables. Mlotshwa, a devout rugby fan and sponsor, this past season he spearheaded the formation of Sables Trust through his law firm Titan Law. The committee is the Sable’s welfare body in the team’s quest to…
HARARE – In a move that has been widely interpreted as aimed at consolidating his grip on power, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed his deputy retired general Constantino Chiwenga to also head the Defence ministry — barely a week after the latter left his position as commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. This is the…
HARARE – Deposed former president Robert Mugabe’s eye-watering exit package has triggered widespread anger among ordinary Zimbabweans and opposition groups alike — who say it is outrageous that a man who presided over the country’s political and economic collapse should “cream it” like this. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for close to…
BULAWAYO – As the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national polls beckon, the People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to introduce security sector reforms to guarantee the holding of free and fair elections then. Mnangagwa recently reconfigured the security sector, retiring and promoting several security chiefs who served under former president Robert Mugabe, as he…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for a crisis meeting with business leaders to try and find a solution to high prices placed on basic commodities which have triggered an outcry from long-suffering consumers. Mnangagwa, who is largely viewed as pro-business in his approach has, however, ruled out imposing price controls. Speaking soon after…
HARARE – Exiled outspoken Chimurenga music icon — Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo who was an arch critic of deposed former president Robert Mugabe — has appealed to sceptical Zimbabweans to give his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa more time to show if he is the right man to lead the country. He was not alone as MDC MP…
HARARE – A group of Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) employees allegedly connived and manipulated Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) and exchanged fake gems for original ones without detection. In the process, the ZCDC lost diamonds worth more than $500 000, the court was told yesterday. One of the employees Anesu Dhliwayo, 34, who was employed in…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is exploring the use of other water treatment chemicals as it seeks to improve the quality of water while reducing the monthly astronomical costs incurred during purification. HCC is stumping out more money in the purchase of water treatment chemicals. According to ordinary minutes circulated during a full…
