HARARE – Warriors’ man-of-the-moment and goalkeeper George Chigova believes Zambia will have extra motivation in today’s Cosafa Cup final at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, South Africa. Kick-off is at 3pm. Zimbabwe reached today’s final following a 3-1 penalty shoot-out victory over Lesotho on Wednesday night after the match had finished goalless at the…
HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has pledged to change the title of traditional leaders from chiefs to kings, saying the former title was imposed by colonialists who wanted to belittle the institution. Addressing thousands of party supporters at a campaign rally in Chiredzi on Sunday, Chamisa who will battle it out with…
HARARE – Self-styled prophet, Gathry Chiredzero, aka Madzibaba Gathry — who allegedly breached President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close security in December and was reportedly nabbed with a loaded firearm — has said he was framed because he left the firearm at the entrance, a Harare court heard yesterday. His trial was adjourned by Harare magistrate Yeukai…
HARARE – Security details yesterday pushed back illegal foreign currency dealers from the Meikles Hotel where President Emmerson Mnangagwa was meeting a high-profile delegation of Chinese investors. Mnangagwa arrived in his motorcade to an unusually clean Third Street and Second Street after the money changers were driven to Fourth Street. Security details used moral suasion…
SINGAPORE – Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have sat down for unprecedented talks between the leaders of two long-hostile nations, as the world watches anxiously for signs of a peace deal and an agreement on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. Trump and Kim met privately from 9:05am local time for 48 minutes flanked only…
LAGOS – Ahead of the completion of the Dangote Oil Refinery, petroleum importing African nations and Bulk Oil Distributors based in Ghana have expressed eagerness to patronize the Nigerian Refinery when production starts. The oil buyers said arrangements have been put in place to import petroleum products from the world’s largest single-train refinery, situated, Lekki,…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere told the court yesterday that he skipped the country’s border and sought refuge in Mozambique after learning that the junta wanted to execute him during “Operation Restore Legacy”. See today’s paper for more details. [Adz]
HARARE – Amid indications that the first round of voting may not produce a clear winner, a section of the civil society in Zimbabwe has started putting together building blocks for a transitional authority — modelled along the lines of the 2009 to 2013 government of national unity (GNU) in which former president Robert Mugabe…
HARARE – An eventful eighth Parliament of Zimbabwe has come to a close. Last Thursday, Senators and Members of Parliament concluded their business as curtains came down to a lively session of the National Assembly. This followed the gazetting of July 30 as the election date on which President Emmerson Mnangagwa will face MDC Alliance…
JOHANNESBURG – James Makamba’s sprawling Johannesburg property could soon be confiscated by Absa Bank to recover a $4,5 million (R59 million) debt owed by the Zimbabwe businessman. The debt is understood to have accumulated in mortgage, credit card and vehicle financing accounts the businessman opened with Absa’s Wealth Unit. Makamba, who is a top Zimbabwean businessman…
