© FORMER Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s bid for the temporary release of his passport has been dismissed after a Harare magistrate claimed he wanted to use the travelling document to skip the border and avoid prosecution. [GoogleAd] Chombo is facing a slew of corruption charges emanating from his tenure as Local Government minister. He had…
© A SIX-MEMBER gang of armed robbers with two pistols among them raided a home in Rusape’s Vengere suburb, taking away thousands of dollars worth of laptops, tablets, cell phones and batteries. [GoogleAd] The robbers lured the family to open its doors by forcing the security guard to scream for help, leading to them coming…
© A NYANYADZI man hung himself outside his divorced lover’s house on Monday after she had broken off their relationship saying she was rekindling her marriage. [GoogleAd] Mwadaingei Mabika, 39, of Chitinha Village under Chief Muusha was found dangling on a wire at Tahwina Mangweka’s home in Makotamo Village. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa…
© A 16-YEAR-OLD boy committed suicide by hanging himself at their home in Chikanga on Monday. [GoogleAd] The teen was discovered hanging from the trusses in his bedroom by his step-mother. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said he had not left any suicide note but they were not suspecting any foul play. The…
© THE Zimbabwe Institute of Geomatics (ZIG) is engaged in a program that allows geomatics professionals based in the diaspora to transfer their skills back home. [GoogleAd] ZIG president, Wilson Mhuri, said in an interview that the country has many professionals in the sector who are based all over the world and whose skills…
© JITTERY authorities yesterday caved in to massive pressure from both locals and the international community to end the escalating abductions of government critics — setting up a special team to probe the latest disappearance, that of a medical doctor, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This came as State hospitals remained paralysed by the ongoing doctors’ strike…
© Former president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki has paid glowing tribute to his Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, at a memorial organised by the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, calling him a “fellow combatant” who had made a massive contribution to the liberation of South Africa. [GoogleAd] Mbeki told a packed Durban City Hall that Mugabe had backed the…
© CAPS United coach Darlington Dodo does not want his charges to be pre-occupied by former coach Lloyd Chitembwe when they face Harare City this afternoon in a rearranged Castle Lager Premiership tie at Rufaro Stadium. [GoogleAd] Much of the attention in the run-in to today’s match has been centred on Chitembwe, who will face…
© FOLLOWING an indifferent Castle Lager Premiership season, Ngezi Platinum Stars yesterday made a surprise decision to sack coach Erol Akbay and his assistant Tendai Chikuni with 11 games until the end of the campaign. [GoogleAd] Akbay, who arrived at Ngezi in January this year on a performance-based contract, seems to have paid the price…
© THE Zimbabwe Netball Association (Zina) has been given until today to respond to the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to a raft of damning allegations. [GoogleAd] The Leticia Chipandu-led netball administration must submit a detailed report to the country’s supreme sports body on accusations of gross mismanagement, lack of accountability, misappropriation of funds and…
