You’re a bad debtor, China told Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government was arm-twisted into settling its long-outstanding debts to China before the shrewd Asians agreed to new deals, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has...
View ArticleSithole settling in at Highlanders
HIGHLANDERS new forward Simba Sithole says he has adjusted into the club’s system after joining the Bulawayo giants last month.Sithole was dumped by South African side Ajax Cape Town and made his...
View ArticleThe Pistorius judge who rose from nothing
THE fate of Oscar Pistorius lies in the palm of one Thokozile Masipa, a woman who grew up in poverty but rose to become only the second black female to be appointed a judge in South Africa.From day one...
View ArticleLesotho: Zuma will not brief Mugabe
SOUTH African President and Sadc’s Troika chairperson Jacob Zuma will not brief the regional grouping’s chairperson President Robert Mugabe on his recent visit to the troubled Kingdom of Lesotho.Zuma’s...
View ArticleSA judge clears Pistorious of murder
A South African judge cleared Oscar Pistorius of all murder charges on Thursday, saying prosecutors had failed to prove the Olympic and Paralympic track star intended to kill his girlfriend or an...
View ArticleMDC-T: Tsvangirai to put ‘thinking cap on’
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai will this weekend launch his party’s new campaign programme codenamed ‘Re-Thinking’ in which the party says it will solicit fresh ideas on how the country should be...
View ArticlePeople waiting for ‘the event', Mafume
AN opposition politician has said Zimbabweans are a docile people who have now resigned to allow “nature to take its course” to resolve their political and economic problems.Jacob Mafume, who is the...
View ArticleSuccession stalling economy, Mutsvangwa
OUTSPOKEN Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Christopher Mutsvangwa has lashed out at his ruling Zanu PF party for being preoccupied with President Robert Mugabe’s succession while the economy...
View ArticlePictures: VP Mujuru house gutted by fire
A FARMHOUSE owned by Vice-President Joice Mujuru was burnt down in a freak accident in Harare on Thursday.The vice president's husband, General Solomon Mujuru, was killed three years ago when a still...
View ArticleHighlanders axe captain, players warned
HIGHLANDERS on Thursday axed veteran captain Innocent Mapuranga and replaced him with goalkeeper Arial Sibanda as the inquest into last Saturday’s 4-1 loss to Dynamos in the TM Challenge Cup...
View ArticleHwange fined US$32,000 by Fifa
FIFA have slapped Hwange with a 10,000 Swiss francs (US$32,000) fine for the improper transfer of Creven Banda to Botswana side Motlakatse Power Dynamos.The player’s 2011 transfer was not clearly...
View ArticleMapeza relishes CAPS round two
NORMAN Mapeza will again welcome Caps United to Mandava Stadium-this time in the Chibuku Super Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, hoping to complete a quick double over the Harare side.The game, to be...
View ArticleCash-strapped govt to tax cellphones
THE finance minister on Thursday announced a raft of tax hikes, including on mobile phones, in a bid to boost dwindling government revenue as economic growth stalls.Zimbabwe is facing a revenue crisis...
View ArticleViolence rocks Tsvangirai faction
VIOLENCE flared once again between opposing forces in a faction of the MDC-T party led by former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ahead of an elective congress next month.Chitungwiza provincial...
View ArticleMugabe reminisces about late wife Sally
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, who has watched as his young wife Grace takes a plunge into the country’s political minefield, on Thursday took time to reminisce about his much-respected first wife, Sally.The...
View ArticleRenewal Team on MDC anniversary
ON Saturday, 11 September 1999 at Rufaro Stadium in Harare, the people of Zimbabwe from all walks of life decided to come together by joining hands and forming the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC);...
View ArticleTime to give energetic youth a chance
Our Youth should stand up and be counted as their chance has come to replace the clueless and tired leadership in Zimbabwe. It is the prerogative of the government to start crafting policies which are...
View ArticleMugabe rants: After whites, who - Ndebeles?
PRESIDENT Mugabe was at it again last week, calling for White Zimbabweans to go back to the land of their forefathers. He was quoted as having said; “The British who are here should all go back to...
View ArticleMore misery as bust govt hikes fuel taxes
THE cash-strapped government has introduced fresh taxes on struggling Zimbabweans already battling to earn living with increased levies on petrol and diesel as well as taxing airtime and mobile...
View ArticleMid-term fiscal policy highlights
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa on Thursday announced the 2014 Mid Term Fiscal Policy which reflected an underperforming economy on the back of weakening commodity prices and lack of investment....
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