Highlanders……………0 CAPS United…………..0 BULAWAYO – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe was left a satisfied man after his largely-changed side held Highlanders to a goalless draw during yesterday’s Castle Lager Premiership match. After losing two of his last three matches, Chitembwe changed his back line with Dennis Dauda, Stephen Makatuka, Praise Tonha all making way for…
HARARE – Harare City fathers should spare a thought for motorists and put markings on the city’s roads which have now become death traps, especially at night. The markings on our roads in and around the city are no longer visible and motorists are unknowingly encroaching into other motorists’ lanes. I do not think it…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) should be applauded for re-launching patrol units countrywide as this will help curb crime. Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga was spot-on when he recently bemoaned the absence of police officers on the streets, ordering them to resume patrols. Matanga said it was worrisome that streets were devoid of police patrols…
HARARE – Chaos yesterday rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC primary elections after the party shelved the internal polls to choose parliamentary candidates until Wednesday. The postponement was ostensibly to allow the party’s national executive members, who are currently monitoring selection of council candidates, to return. The MDC has since held primary elections in two of…
HARARE – The Supreme Court has shut the door on the government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) after throwing out its appeal, in which it challenged a High Court order barring it from selling diamonds belonging to Grandwell Holdings (Grandwell) in the Chiadzwa mining fields. The Supreme Court order comes after Grandwell, which is represented…
HARARE – A Chinese couple has been arraigned before the court after they were found in possession of five sachets of cocaine. Cheng Lixiang, 34, and Zhang Xiaohui, 33, who are husband and wife were granted $500 bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba. State had opposed bail arguing that Lixiang had a…
HARARE – The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has ventured into selling of small grain in a bid to compete with other millers and deliver on its mandate in a financially sustainable manner that is less reliant on the fiscus. This comes as Cabinet recently approved GMB’s request to have two separate entities, one dealing with…
HARARE – The squabbling in the ruling Zanu PF party and the opposition MDC, is likely going to create a serious crisis that will result in many aspiring candidates contesting as independents, analysts have said. There are currently serious fights in the ruling party and MDC as disgruntled candidates are planning to contest as independent…
HARARE – Thirteen pedestrians plunged to their deaths by jumping in front of moving trains in the first five months of the year, the Daily News can exclusively report.
HARARE – Government has suspended the licensing and growing of marijuana — popularly known as mbanje. Last month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration gazetted licence fees for those interested in growing cannabis (mbanje) for research and medicinal purposes. This was seen as part of strategies to shore up revenue flows to the depressed fiscus. The development,…
