HARARE – Soccer Star of the Year finalist Godknows Murwira has joined champions FC Platinum on initial one-year contract from Ngezi Platinum Stars. Murwira, who can play either as a defender or attacking midfielder, started training with FC Platinum on Wednesday together with Perfect Chikwende from Bulawayo Chiefs. A former Dynamos player, Murwira —…
HARARE – Dynamos have started the year on a depressing note — to shows club president Solomon Sanyamandwe the exit door on New Year’s Day following a board resolution. Sanyamandwe replaced long-serving Kenni Mubaiwa mid last year after the auctioneer tendered his resignation in June citing pressure and undue encroachment into his zone of space…
HARARE – After a busy holiday season for musicians, some have decided to take a break, but for others it is business as usual. Among those who are taking a break are Suluman Chimbetu who is taking a two-week break, Baba Harare is returning with his January 11 album launch, while Alick Macheso has not…
HARARE – The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is prepared to provide assistance to the general population in the event of impending heavy rains as forecast by the Meteorological Services Department. In an interview the CPU director, Nathan Nkomo, yesterday said the department — which is housed under the Local Government ministry — had ready food…
HARARE – Nelson Chamisa’s opposition MDC has called for an inquiry into an Alouette III helicopter that was forced into crash landing in the Mchakazi area in Gutu Central this week. The helicopter crash-landed near Ranga School after it developed a fault while airborne. According to State TV, the chopper was travelling to Gutu from…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube needs to reconsider his decision to totally throw out of the window suggestions by Members of Parliament for the non-taxable income threshold to be raised to $400. In his 2019 national budget, Ncube raised the non-taxable income threshold to $350 from $300 but parliamentarians and many Zimbabweans still believe…
HARARE – Ever since Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain 38 years ago, the majority of its people have never experienced real prosperity, joy and peace — as there has been one tragedy after another. There can be any number of reasons why the people of Zimbabwe have always been a suffering lot — most of…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to cut short his vacation to deal with the crisis in the health sector where junior doctors have been on a month-long industrial action, which is costing lives. In a statement, Mnangagwa said he ended his annual leave to directly engage his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, over the…
HARARE – Government was yesterday left with egg on its face after Zimbabwe’s embassy in the United Kingdom was named among 23 diplomatic missions that are not paying their rates. The diplomatic missions now owe the British taxman more than £1,5 million in unpaid business rates, which should have been paid on December 31, 2017….
HARARE – Junior doctors have lost their quest to get permission to appeal against a Labour Court ruling that ordered them to end their month-long industrial action. The doctors had filed an application for leave to appeal in a bid to challenge justices Betty Chidziva and Gladys Mhuri’s ruling that the medical practitioners did not…
