4,000 retrenched as firms shut down
A TOTAL of 4,172 people lost jobs between January and September, confirming a worsening economic crisis that has seen several businesses shutting down, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has...
View ArticleYoung Warriors take on Swaziland
ZIMBABWE Under-23 assistant coach Saul Chaminuka has named an 18 man squad with only three new faces to face Swaziland in an international friendly in Mbabane on Wednesday.The ZPC Kariba coach was in...
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Papers round up: Ozil leaves in January
Ozil ‘wants to quit Arsenal’: That’s the bold claim in the Daily Mail, with the newspaper reporting that Arsenal’s record signing is fed up and may even have played his last game for the club given he...
View ArticleCrocked Byo comic eyes Nov comeback
BULAWAYO-based stand-up comedian, Clive Chigubu is readying himself to bounce back on stage in November, after a three month absence from the comedy scene after going down with a serious...
View ArticleBlanket gold mine trims output forecast
GOLD production at Blanket Mine has been adversely affected by lower than anticipated tonnages and grades resulting to the company’s targets being reviewed downwards to 40,000 tonnes from 45, 000...
View ArticleRBZ readies country’s bad loans bank
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is close to making key appointments to run a unit that will buy non-performing loans (NPL) running as high as 90 percent at some lenders in the country.“We have...
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Hurting Bosso face new Harare pain
JUST a week after their Harare massacre, Highlanders return to the capital - where they are yet to win this season - to face Harare City on Sunday in the $500,000 Chibuku Super Cup semi-finals at...
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Paper round-up: Madrid force Utd action
United keen to ward off Real interest in De Gea: Manchester United hope to ward off interest in David De Gea from Real Madrid by handing the goalkeeper a bumper new deal. The Daily Mirror reports that...
View ArticleRhinos plot FC Platinum cup upset
BLACK Rhinos coach Joestein Mathuthu is confident his charges will floor FC Platinum when they clash in the semi-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup scheduled for Rufaro on Saturday.According to the...
View ArticlePistorius offered family cash after killing
OSCAR Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but they rejected it because they did not want "blood money," a prosecutor said Tuesday at the...
View ArticleEbola: Facebook founder donates $25m
FACEBOOK co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday he and his wife were donating $25 million to help US efforts to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic."The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It...
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Pregnant Keys stages Nigeria protest
ALICIA Keys held a protest in New York City on Tuesday to raise awareness about the 200-plus Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in April.Tuesday marked six months since the...
View ArticleDr Chireka: Let's talk about Ebola
I DELIBERATELY did not compile an article on Ebola as I thought that every media on earth was covering it and the message was being spread to everyone. But I was taken aback when I visited my former...
View ArticleCry, Cry, Wail Oh Zimbaaaabwe!
‘MUGABE loses Zanu PF grip’ on daily news is a sickening read. Proof of a scramble for a country whilst its people go hungry. To the highest bidder it goes. Cut the country up, give it several names,...
View ArticleMDC-T congress: What is in the Pie?
THE forthcoming MDC congress is a defining moment not only for the survival of the political organisation, but also for the well-being of the people of Zimbabwe. It comes at a time when the party is...
View ArticleMozambicans go to the polls Wednesday
MOZAMBICANS vote on Wednesday in elections that are expected to see the dominant Frelimo party maintain power in one of Africa's fastest-growing economies that is looking to escape years of poverty and...
View ArticleZanu PF youths stage Harare rampage
A GROUP of rowdy Zanu PF youths in Southlea Park in Harare South on Monday went on the rampage beating up residents and shutting down tuckshops in a campaign that has been disowned by the ruling...
View ArticleEx-PM still seeks Biti gang Parly recall
FORMER Prime Minister and opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai still wants errant legislators who rebelled against his leadership to be recalled from Parliament, it has emerged.The MDC-T split for...
View ArticleMP cleared of raping fellow MSU student
OPPOSITION MDC-T legislator, Costa Machingauta, has been acquitted on charges of kidnapping and rape by Gweru Regional Magistrate Morgan Nemadire.Machingauta, who is MP for Budiriro, had been accused...
View ArticleSchool girl hangs self after sex romp
AN 18-YEAR-OLD girl from Zaka who had travelled to Chiredzi for a weekend outing with her boyfriend hanged herself after her lover refused to give her bus fare to travel back to school the next Monday...
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