HARARE – Police “cooked up” documents used to drag MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti from Zambia, where he had sought asylum, a court heard yesterday. This was revealed by Biti’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa who appeared together with Alec Muchadehama and Harrison Nkomo during the continuation of the former Finance minister’s trial. Biti is challenging the…
HARARE – The State has revived a case in which controversial businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Genius Kadungure are being charged for allegedly defrauding two local businessmen about six years ago. Police only brought Chivayo to court yesterday and no indications were made as to when Kadungure would appear before the same court. He was given…
HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared president of Zimbabwe amid protests and violence. But Zimbabweans are now in a post-political, economy-first mood. Before Zimbabwe’s general election on 30 July, there was a lot of talk about there being “landmark change” and “credibility.” But in many ways it was déjà vu. Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF…
HARARE – The under-fire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has cut President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win by a marginal 0,1 percent, but insists the error was purely clerical. [Adz]
HARARE – Harare new arts hub, Red Cafe has become home to several performing artists as it majors on most artistic genres from poetry, theatre, musicals, launches and book reading. The cafe is more than a drinking hole; it is a free expression platform meant to nurture artists. Situated along Harare Street in the capital,…
HARARE – Comedian Charles Merisi aka Marabha is back into the limelight thanks to his new skits doing rounds on social media sites. The 37-year-old actor rose to stardom during the days he acted alongside Freddy “Kapfupi” Manjalima and Rumbidzai Vingirai popularly known as Regina in street theatre productions such as Notorious Kapfupi that showed…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe rugby team is fully aware that a lot hangs in the balance in tomorrow’s Rugby Afrique Gold Cup match against Uganda in Kampala. The Sables arrived in Kampala on Tuesday evening and have so far held two training sessions ahead of tomorrow’s encounter at the Kyadondo Rugby Grounds. Any result other…
HARARE – Aggrieved wheelchair basketball has welcomed the postponement of the Zimbabwe National Youth and Paralympic Games (NYG) owing to a typhoid outbreak in Gweru as a blessing in disguise. The Games will now be held in December with the new dates set to be announced at a later date after consultations with various stakeholders….
HARARE – Rising Zimbabwe pace bowler Blessing Muzarabani has quit international cricket for an England County Cricket deal automatically ruling himself out of the country’s tours of South Africa and Bangladesh respectively. The 21-year-old seamer from Rising Stars is understood to have signed a three-year contract with Northamptonshire joining in the footsteps of local cricketers…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo City caretaker coach Bekithemba Ndlovu has summoned his players to man up and start winning games if they are to remain in top flight league come end of season. Bulawayo City lost their last league match to log leaders FC Platinum 0-1 at home despite a spirited performance. They travel to Harare…
