Jailed ex-mayor seeks High Court reprieve
FORMER Chitungwiza mayor Israel Marange is appealing against his three-year jail sentence imposed in 2009 for criminal abuse of office.Marange filed an appeal in the High Court seeking to overturn both...
View ArticleBid to block import of cheap quality goods
THE government has engaged the services of global testing, inspection and certification services firm, Bureau Veritas, to help it address the challenge of poor quality imports flooding the country, a...
View ArticleTop radio DJ escapes jail over maintenance
TOP broadcaster Davies Mugadza on Friday escaped jail by a whisker after he was convicted of flouting the Maintenance Act.The 39-year-old DJ sired a son with his former girlfriend, Vimbainashe Ngara,...
View ArticleMSU student in trouble for stealing phone
A MIDLANDS State University student landed himself in soup after stealing his friend's cellphone.Trinity Nyikadzino, of Ascot, pleaded guilty to the charge of theft as defined in section 113 of the...
View ArticleVendors resort to late night shifts
VENDORS in Harare who are against the paying of levies to the city council have resorted to selling their goods during the evening peak hours at bus termini in the central business district.The vendors...
View ArticleImpact of a mother's murder
CAPE TOWN - Standing about a metre from the man who murdered her mother, a woman described how the killing ravaged her life.While Tsungai Paidamoyo Gwatidzo, 21, testified in the Cape Town Regional...
View ArticleGroup wants grassroots input in poll changes
A CIVIC group has urged the government to involve ordinary Zimbabweans in the process to reform the country's electoral laws.The Election Resource Centre, a think-tank and advocacy institution, says...
View ArticleSA’s farewell to slain football captain
SOUTH Africans turned out in huge numbers in Durban on Saturday for the funeral of national football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, who was murdered last weekend.Meyiwa, who had just turned 27,...
View ArticleMusona frozen out at Hoffenheim
FORMER Kaizer Chiefs striker Knowledge Musona continues to kick his heels on the side-lines awaiting his chance at Bundesliga side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.Since returning from a 12-month loan spell with...
View ArticleMike Tyson says he was sexually abused
FORMER heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was sexually abused when he was seven years old by a stranger on the street, he told US radio.The 48-year-old former boxer said an adult male grabbed him."He...
View ArticleGutu new MDC-T spokesperson
HARARE lawyer Obert Gutu is the new national spokesperson for the opposition MDC-T party.Gutu, formerly information secretary for the party’s Harare province, took over as national spokesman Saturday...
View ArticleTsvangirai urges bravery for ‘end game’
THE country’s main opposition party Saturday announced a plan for "peaceful and constitutional demonstrations" to press long-ruling President Robert Mugabe to accept key reforms.The Movement for...
View ArticleMwonzora clobbers Chamisa in SG poll
FORMER Nyanga North legislator Douglas Mwonzora had the last laugh Sunday when he posted a surprise victory over Kuwadzana East MP Nelson Chamisa who was favoured to win the coveted post of MDC-T...
View ArticleTsvangirai pushes constitutional changes
EMBATTLED MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai finally had his way on Saturday when he forced a raft of changes to the party's constitution to concentrate power around himself while further whittling down...
View ArticleBiti slams Mugabe's politics of patronage
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is the single biggest form of economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and the sole reason why the nation is failing to progress, MDC Renewal Team leader Tendai Biti has said.Biti...
View ArticleBaba Jukwa 'funder' speaks out
THE man the police accuse of funding the Baba Jukwa Facebook page, Chawarika Matongorere, on Sunday called for the investigation of Zanu-PF secretary for information and publicity Rugare Gumbo over his...
View ArticleGumbo is a factional spokesman: Mpofu
TRANSPORT Minister Obert Mpofu has lashed out at Rugare Gumbo labelling the party spokesman a "factional spokesman".Gumbo is said to be in a faction led by Vice-President Joice Mujuru that is battling...
View ArticleMujuru is my comrade, says Mnangagwa
JUSTICE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday said there is no bad blood between him and Vice-President Joice Mujuru describing tales of a fall-out between the two as the figment of the...
View ArticleCaps edge Buffaloes to keep hopes alive
Buffaloes 1-2 CAPS UnitedIMPRESSIVE striker Honey Chutimunzeve and Godknows Mangani's first half goals were all that CAPS United needed to secure a hard fought win over an out-of-sorts Buffaloes in a...
View ArticleDynamos held to a draw
Dynamos 0-0 Bantu RoversDYNAMOS coach Callisto Pasuwa has said the Harare giants will need to polish up their act in the last two games of the season if they hope to retain the championship after his...
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