HARARE – Dynamos coach Lloyd Mutasa says he will dedicate time during this weekend’s Premier League break to improve his team’s weaknesses which have seen them languish in the bottom half of the table. This weekend’s Castle Lager Premiership action has been shelved to pave way for harmonised elections scheduled for Monday across the country….
HARARE – Despite working their way back into Castle Lager Premiership title matrix, Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas still sees the platinum teams — FC Platinum and Ngezi Platinum Stars — as PSL title favourites. Following an indifferent start to this season’s campaign, the Gamecocks have slowly worked their way back and are unbeaten in…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) finance manager yesterday recounted in court how former chief executive officer Moses Juma made him sign a back-dated document that reportedly concealed a fraudulent transaction. Shadreck Matengabadza was testifying during the graft trial of Juma before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. Juma is facing allegations of flouting…
HARARE – In an emotional farewell yesterday, outgoing Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni said the city needs an executive mayor for real development to take place. Addressing his last press conference at Town House, Manyenyeni said until there is political will from all involved in local governance issues, things will remain the same. Manyenyeni, who has…
HARARE – After Monday’s crucial harmonised elections there will be joy for the winners and despair for the loser; such is the nature of any contest. The most important thing is for Zimbabweans to remain calm after the election as we eagerly await the announcement of the final results. While we can add results from…
HARARE – Election Resource Centre (ERC) conducted an analysis of the voters’ roll shared by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) on June 18, 2018. Below are some key aspects of the analysis done by the ERC which complements efforts of other partners in assessing the state of the voters’ rolls shared by Zec ahead of…
HARARE – The 2018 tobacco marketing season ended on Friday with the country having surpassed the 2000 production record of 236 million kiligrammes(kg) which earned Zimbabwe over $920 million. Statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board show that 2018 production increased to 240 million kg setting a new record for Zimbabwe. Last year production…
HARARE – Zimbabwean women must remove their nail polish on the July 30 election day or face having it stripped off by election officials. While chief elections officer Utloile Silaigwana was not picking his phone, a senior Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) official told the Daily News that nails must be clean so that ballot workers…
HARARE – Southern African Development Community (Sadc) eminent persons’ observer mission has no plans to meet ousted former president Robert Mugabe. The mission, comprising 23 eminent persons from the Southern Africa region, is in the country to observe the elections across the 10 provinces from July 25 to August 1. Addressing a news conference in…
MUTARE – MDC secretary for defence and security Giles Mutsekwa has claimed his party is enjoying unprecedented support among Zimbabwe’s armed forces — a mainstay of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — amid what he claimed was discontent within the ranks at dwindling salaries and poor economic stewardship. The former Home Affairs co-minister said the MDC…
