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Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
ZIMBABWE Newspapers (1980) Limited is ready to introduce a radio station to articulate Zimbabwe’s aspirations, celebrate its culture and promote social cohesion, the firm’s board chairperson Dr Paul Chimedza has said.
He said the project, to be launched within few months of securing a licence, will reflect positive language, build hope and reflect Zimbabwe’s cultural and ethnic diversity.
The news content, he said, will portray life in a resurgent Zimbabwe.
Dr Chimedza said this during a Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe public hearing in which Zimpapers, one of the four shortlisted firms, is seeking a radio licence.
I wanted to take power by force: Tsvangirai
Herald Reporter
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai says he thought of taking up arms to force himself into power after failing to outrightly win the 2008 presidential election.
Mr Tsvangirai said this in his recently published book: “Morgan Tsvangirai: At The Deep End” that he was surprised to learn there was going to be a presidential election run-off.
“For a moment I did not know what to do,” he said. “I had no arms of war. I lacked the necessary wherewithal to force myself into power to fulfil the people’s wish.”
Mr Tsvangirai got 47,9 percent of the vote in the first round when the Electoral Act required one to garner more than 50 percent to be declared a winner.
President Mugabe got 43,2 percent while Mr Simba Makoni
Gaddafi shot dead
LIBYAN leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was yesterday killed in unclear circumstances when NATO forces and the rebel National Transitional Council overran his seaside hometown of Sirte.
He was 69.
Western media reports claimed that a number of his supporters and family members; among them his son Mutassim and ex-Defence Minister Abu-Bakr Yunis, were also dead while his son Saif al-Islam managed to escape to the desert.
The bodies were transported to Misrata, but the exact location was kept a secret for security reasons though the rebels promised to parade Colonel Gaddafi’s body.
The NTC said it had a video and photos proving Col
Mujuru probe complete
Crime Reporter
POLICE have completed investigations into the death of Retired General Solomon Mujuru but the details cannot be revealed
Mwando granted UBO licence
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWEAN boxer Brian Mwa-ndo has been granted a Universal Boxing Organisation licence that puts him on course to fight
Zim open set for December
Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
TENNIS Zimbabwe have set the dates for the Zimbabwe Open tournament, which is now scheduled for December in Harare.
Tough tie for Bulls
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Reigning Premiership champions Motor Action will be out to add a bright touch to a difficult period for them when they face
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Johannesburg. – The desire to succeed never fades away for Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha, who begins yet
Conrad chases historic double
From Collin Matiza in POLOKWANE, South Africa
ZIMBABWEAN motor rallying champion driver Conrad Rautenbach will be out to score a historic double when he tackles the
Brendan Taylor’s ton in vain
Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter
BRENDAN TAYLOR’S century was in vain as New Zealand took a 1-0 lead in the Castle Lager One-Day International cricket