HARARE – FC Platinum’s intentions of making a mark in the African Champions League this year will come under a stern test when they take on defending champions Esperance of Tunisia this afternoon. Pure Platinum Play left Harare on Wednesday evening before arriving in Tunis for today’s match at the Stade El Menzah. Kick-off is…
HARARE – Warriors captain Knowledge Musona has got a chance to resurrect his career in the Belgium First Division A after Anderlecht agreed to loan him to Sporting Lokeren for the remainder of the season. Musona joined Anderlecht before the start of the 2018-19 season but failed to establish himself in the Brussels-based side first…
HARARE – A number of musical events that had been lined up for this weekend have been affected by the on-going industrial action that started on Monday. Everything in the country is on standstill; there is little or virtually no movement of people from one point to another, because of the mass stay away, hence…
HARARE – Gospel singer Mathias Mhere is in the studio working on his 2019 album despite the fact that last year’s project Panogara Nyasha is still doing well. Mhere said getting in the studio early in the year allows him time to perfect his art. “I understand that there are concerns that the album is…
HARARE – Gun-wielding members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday assaulted Daily News drivers who were distributing the country’s leading independent paper in and around the capital city. The assaults were part of the vicious clampdown by both soldiers and riot police on ordinary citizens following the deadly violence which broke out in Harare…
HARARE – Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social media group #ThisFlag. The protest brought the country to a total shutdown for three days as of yesterday, with industry and commerce…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has dismissed social media messages urging customers to buy electricity in large quantities to counter suspected electric faults. In a statement ZETDC said the messages are malicious as the authority has everything under control. “The ZETDC would like to advise its valued customers countrywide that the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has increased crackdown efforts on crime which has seemingly been rampant and on the rise in Zimbabwe. In a statement, ZRP Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba revealed that the police has since intensified patrols and intelligence gathering in a bid to thwart crime rate that has escalated. “ZRP…
HARARE – Information, Communication and Technology activists have blasted government for shutting down the Internet saying the arbitrary action was ultra vires the constitutionally enshrined right to information. The cyber activists said the draconian shutdown also precipitates a humanitarian emergency in the country. Government shutdown the Internet in a bid to stifle protests instigated by…
HARARE – Civil society organisations and political parties have condemned State security agents for using high-handed tactics to put down protests. This comes after the so-called “shutdown” entered its third day yesterday, with workers and general members of the public demanding better living conditions. The protests were sparked by a 150 percent increase in fuel…
