HARARE – Former President Robert Mugabe will not appear before Zimbabwe’s Parliament as scheduled today to answer questions on diamond mining operations, a legislator said. Temba Mliswa, who leads the parliamentary committee on Mines, said the clerk of Parliament hadn’t written to Mugabe to invite him to appear. “It has been delayed but that resolution…
HARARE – World football governing body, Fifa has ordered the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to hold elections for a new executive committee “as soon as possible”. This comes after the Zifa assembly had been split along two lines following last February’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa and his camp were of the…
HARARE – Stung by their dreadful start to the new season, the Dynamos executive yesterday finally decided to end their marriage with coach Lloyd Mutasa just 10 matches into the 2018 Castle Lager Premiership season. Mutasa, who was credited for assembling a competitive side that lost the championship to eventual winners FC Platinum right on…
HARARE – Triangle coach Taurai Mangwiro has lauded his team’s performances so far in the 2018 Castle Lager Premiership season saying they have “given him reason for optimism”. The Sugar Sugar Boys did not have a bright start to the current campaign after defeats in their opening two matches against Shabanie Mine (1-0) and Ngezi…
HARARE – Defending champions Mountaineers take on Rising Stars in their last Logan Cup match of the season this weekend at Takashinga Sports Club knowing that the title is virtually wrapped up. Mountaineers breathed a sigh of relief after log leaders Mashonaland Eagles who had emerged serious contenders for the title suffered a huge dent…
HARARE – A trend is emerging at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) whereby its top officials appear to be averse to subjecting themselves to the same values they would want their stakeholders to follow. It was reported recently that Zimra board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe reversed a decision taken some years back to digitally record their…
HARARE – As was first exclusively reported by the Daily News early last month, it has now been confirmed that the apparent plan by former leader Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace to sink President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election bid in this year’s keenly-anticipated national polls is effectively dead in the water. [Adz]
HARARE – Former Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere is expected in the country any time soon amid speculation that he may take-over leadership of the National Patriotic Front (NPF), currently headed in the interim by retired brigadier-general Ambrose Mutinhiri. Impeccable sources told the Daily News yesterday that the former Local Government minister will…
HARARE – INTRATREK Zimbabwe’s plans to establish a 100-megawatt (MW) solar plant in Gwanda is in jeopardy after its technical partner, Shanghai-listed CHINT Electric (CHINT), was barred from accessing funds in Africa due to fraudulent practices. This comes as CHINT’s executives were due to visit the country this week to renegotiate time extensions for raising…
HARARE – ZANU PF national political commissar (NPC) Engelbert Rugeje is being accused of demanding a bribe from one of the contestants in last week’s hotly disputed party primary elections. Losing candidate for Hurungwe West constituency Keith Guzah yesterday wrote to the ruling party’s national chairperson, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri asking her to initiate a probe against…
