HARARE – Press freedom group Misa-Zimbabwe has condemned the assault of senior journalist with the NewsDay, Blessed Mhlanga by deputy minister of Finance and Member of Parliament (MP), Terrence Mukupe. The assault took place on the evening of May 24 during a live broadcast of Focus, a current affairs programme aired on SFM, a local…
HARARE – For decades, Abraham Mateta has struggled to vote. Poll workers have told the visually-impaired Mateta that he will have to be assisted by a police officer to cast a ballot. A law graduate from the University of Zimbabwe, he refuses to countenance another election as a second-class citizen. He started challenging the numerous…
HARARE – A Chitungwiza woman Eunice Makumbe has asked the municipality to intervene and deal with pirate taxi operators, whom she is accusing of disturbing her business. Through her lawyer Charles Chikore, Makumbe wrote to the Chitungwiza town clerk on May 10, calling for the municipality’s intervention, failure of which she threatened to approach the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s liquidity constraints are now stifling economic activity, with the impact of the currency shortage extending beyond everyday consumers and seeping into other sectors of the economy. This comes as most service stations in Harare have run out of fuel amid a worsening economic crisis, and long queues have formed at the few…
HARARE – On a school gate in the Harare West council elections, a hand-written note details the results of MDC municipal primary elections. The winner, by far, was abstention. Barely a third of the registered voters in this working class neighbourhood bothered to cast a ballot at the school, which doubled up as a polling…
HARARE – Several opposition parties and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF have launched their manifestos, all projecting themselves as committed to providing a messianic solution to the vast majority of the country’s poor in an attempt to redress inequalities in society. All the parties that have unveiled their manifestos have made vague, largely unworkable…
HARARE – Dynamos interim coach Biggie Zuze will be under pressure when he takes charge of the fading Harare giants this afternoon against Herentals in a Castle Lager Premiership match at Rufaro Stadium. The Glamour Boys go into today’s match low on confidence and moral following a disastrous start that has already claimed the scalps…
HARARE – Local sport has hit turbulent airs in recent months due to events unfolding both at the country’s biggest codes, Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). The Zifa executive committee led by Philip Chiyangwa allowed their mandate to run out in March this year without holding elections. This saw Fifa step in…
HARARE – Unattached forward Abbas Amidu, is pleased that he has been called up to the Warriors squad for the 2018 Cosafa Castle Cup. The tournament starts today in Polokwane, South Africa with the group stages but Zimbabwe will only join the tournament on June 3 in the quarter-finals. Zimbabwe as defending champions were given…
HARARE – Debutants Inkomo High School dazzled in front of guest of honour and ZDF commander Philip Valerio Sibanda to win the Hammer & Tongues Invitational soccer tournament yesterday. Team captain Christian Chiware scored the winning spot kick in sudden death to dismiss Nhowe 4-3 on penalties while Maison Kufakunesu ballooned his effort over the…
