Doctors end strike after govt pay deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has finally agreed terms with striking medical staff in a move that will see the cash-strapped administration incur millions of dollars in unbudgeted...
View ArticleDeported Kenyan leader ‘marooned’ in Dubai
NAIROBI: The Kenyan opposition figure who claims he was drugged and forcibly deported to Dubai said Friday he was “marooned” at the airport there but intends to return to Kenya as soon as possible.A...
View ArticleBotswana swears in new president
BOTSWANA'S new president, sworn in as the landlocked country's fifth post-colonial leader, says he would give priority to tackling youth unemployment and diversifying its economy.Retired teacher...
View ArticleChihuri in $240,000 child support row
FORMER Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri has been dragged to court by a Bulawayo woman who is demanding $240,000 towards the support of a child she claims to have sired with the one-time...
View ArticleAG: Zimra wasting thousands on rentals
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is spending thousands of dollars on rentals for staff at Forbes Border Post despite having acquired residential stands in 2003 which remain undeveloped, the...
View ArticleZanu PF 3 up for attempted cop murder
THREE claimed Zanu PF supporters have appeared in court after they allegedly stabbed a police officer while protesting the arrest of a friend.Zonde Mushongwe, 30, Tinashe Gatya, 30, and Ellita...
View ArticlePrisoners fed bread crumps, no drugs
PRISONERS continue to die from a poor diet and the acute shortage of essential drugs in the country’s congested penitentiaries, convicted beneficiaries of a recent presidential clemency has...
View ArticleZimdef fraud: Gandawa for high court trial
FORMER higher and tertiary education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has been formerly indicted for trial over the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) scandal.Gandawa appeared Saturday before...
View ArticleSouth African icon Winnie Mandela dies
Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela‚ a stalwart in the fight against apartheid‚ has died at the age of 81.Her PA‚ Zodwa Zwane‚ confirmed the struggle veteran’s death on Monday afternoon. She said the...
View ArticleBosso hand hosts Dembare third defeat
HIGHLANDERS forward Ozias Zibande struck on the stroke of half time to condemn old rivals Dynamos to their third defeat this season in a lukewarm Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash played at the...
View ArticleCoach: Messi must win WC to equal Maradona
FORMER Argentina manager Carlos Bilardo believes that Lionel Messi must win a World Cup in order to be considered on Diego Maradona's level.Bilardo led Maradona and Co. to World Cup glory in 1986, the...
View ArticleNew govt must be sincere on Itai Dzamara
LAST week Zimbabweans woke up to a message that would have been comical if it were not extremely sad and in bad taste, in a sense.Zimbabweans heard a whole Senior Assistant Police Commissioner in the...
View ArticleMagaya rape trial starts at High Court
Prophetic Healing and Deliverence ministries founder Walter Magaya will stand trial for raping his congregant this week.His trial will commence before a High Court Judge over a year after he was...
View ArticleMan vanishes with Chinese woman’s $2m
A CHINESE national is crying foul after she lost over $2 million in a botched diamond deal recently, a Harare court heard on Saturday.One Mathew Musengezi, 32, who is currently based in Atlanta,...
View ArticleCaught with guns soon after jail pardon
FIVE Domboshawa suspected armed robbers who terrorised people in and around Harare looting property worth thousands of dollars and over $100 000 cash have been nabbed.Luckmore Chibira, 31, Knowlege...
View ArticleChina: Mnangagwa to meet Pres Xi Jinping
FOUR months after the ousting of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, his successor is set to arrive in Beijing on Monday in a bid to ensure Beijing’s continued political and economic support.The...
View ArticleGovernment exposes Grace Mugabe lies
THE government has dismissed as lies claims by former first lady Grace Mugabe that her Mazowe estate has been invaded by 400 illegal gold panners and that some 31 laptops were stolem from an orphanage...
View ArticleFirst post Mugabe poll credibility on line
AS Zimbabwe prepares to hold its first election since Robert Mugabe was toppled after almost four decades in power, a key question is whether the government can accomplish something he failed to do:...
View ArticleBritish Airways rejects London-Hre route plea
TOURISM minister Prisca Mupfumira recently approached British Airways (BA) regarding the possibility of direct flights between London and Harare but was turned down by the UK flag carrier, it has...
View ArticleKhupe cancels Byo congress as Chamisa visits
Thokozani Khupe who now leads a break-away faction of the MDC-T following an acrimonious fall-out with new leader Nelson Chamisa has called off her group’s planned extra-ordinary congress after it...
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