HARARE – Three police officers are languishing in prison after they attended a political rally organised by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party, their lawyer has said. Police officers Courage Manyengavana, Marshal Zindoga and Lovemore Mupedzapasi are being held at Chikurubi Support Unit Camp having been arrested on May 9 for attending an MDC rally…
HARARE – As Zimbabweans prepare for the next elections, there is an assortment of confusion over many issues. The most fundamental objection raised by those intending to contest against Zanu PF is the need for reforms to ensure that the harmonised elections are free and fair. I agree in total with the necessity for…
HARARE – Crown troubled forced the abandonment of this Castle Premiership match nine minutes from time after Shabanie fans run amok following two denied goals, which were ruled off side despite being own goals. Harare City, despite the poor officiating, put up a vintage performance at the Maglas Stadium. What was mind boggling was…
HARARE – Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Nelson Chamisa yesterday slammed Finance minister Tendai Biti for allocating “meagre funds” for his ministry in the 2013 national budget. Chamisa — who believes ICT is key in steering Zimbabwe’s moribund economy towards recovery — said the $7 million allocation by Biti is a “drop in the ocean”…
HARARE – Southern Africa’s regional body Sadc looks set to convene an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe after disagreements over a new constitution threatened to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election. A facilitation team dispatched to Zimbabwe by South Africa President Jacob Zuma — Sadc’s point-man in the Zimbabwe dialogue — yesterday concluded a meeting…
HARARE – Over a year since a devastating wave of civil unrest swept across North Africa leaving in its wake a string of deposed long-time dictators, President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is still worried about the prospects of such an action here. Panicking, the party is now fighting the world — literally — after it…
HARARE – Rights groups in Zimbabwe have resolved to engage regional power broker, Southern African Development Committee (Sadc) and the African Union (AU) over the detention of ZimRights director Okay Machisa accused of tampering with the voters’ roll. Machisa’s detention has raised fears within the pro-democracy movement that government is moving in to criminalise the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome for the inaugural Mass of newly-elected Pope Francis. Mugabe is the subject of a travel ban by European nations to protest his human rights record in a decade of political and economic turmoil in his southern African nation, but it does not affect his trips to…
HARARE – Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), publishers of the Daily News and Daily News on Sunday, has awarded its top 10 vendors and country agents who have shown excellence in selling its products. The group’s general manager, marketing and sales, Pilate Machadu said the awards are a way of expressing appreciation for the hard…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-17 football team believe they will overcome the rigours of travelling by road in time for the first round, second leg of the African Youth Championships qualifier against hosts Mozambique in Maputo on Saturday. The Young Warriors, who drew 2-2 at home two weeks ago in the first leg, left for Mozambique…
