adminBrothers war over Giro tourney
Collin Matiza Sports Editor
A civil war has broken out in the Gilbert “Giro” Josamu family over the proposed staging of a memorial tournament in honour of the late national middleweight boxing champion in Harare next month. The Gilbert “Giro” Josamu Memorial Tournament
SRC crack whip over levy
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
The Sports Commission have issued a stern warning to national sports associations, among them Zifa, to start remitting the six percent ticket levies in the forthcoming season while working on plans to pay the outstanding dues. Zifa owe the country’s
Youth tourney for Bob 88 Super Cup
Sports Reporter
THE Bob 88 Super Cup is set to incorporate a youth tournament featuring the best teenage talent from the country’s 10 provinces. Tournament organiser, Stan Kasukuwere, revealed yesterday that he is set for a meeting with representatives of the
Zebras fret about Rufaro turf
Roy Matiki
A 25-member Botswana women senior national soccer team delegation flew into the country yesterday ahead of the second leg of their African Women Championships preliminary round qualifier against the bullish Mighty Warriors at Rufaro on Sunday.
Dynamos replace DeMbare
Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
ZAMBIAN giants Power Dynamos have replaced Zimbabwe champions, Dynamos, at the four-team invitational tournament in South Africa this weekend, which will feature CAPS United. The Glamour Boys pulled out of the tournament, which is
Tsvangirai is a stooge, won’t stop Zimbabwe holding elections — Sata
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
ZAMBIAN President Michael Sata has bra-nded MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai a “stooge”
Typhoid cases rise to 756
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
THE number of typhoid cases treated in Harare has risen to 756
Import duty on clothes to be slashed
Golden Sibanda Senior Reporter
GOVERNMENT will slash recent increases in import duty on clothes and textiles following a public outcry, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said.
Minister Biti said this yesterday while add-ressing journalists on the state of the economy.
He also revealed plans to liquidate the US$110 million International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights to fund key projects.
Treasury had raised duty on textiles and clothing products in the 2012 National Budget Statement.
But there was an outcry after imported products became more expensive for cross border traders.
Presenting a US$4 billion 2012 National Budget Statement late last year, Minister Biti retained duty on selected imports and increased to 40 percent +US$3 (per kg) duty on textile and clothing goods from 40 percent +US$1.
Mujuru evidence destroyed – fireman
Court Reporter
HARARE Fire Brigade officers failed to ascertain the cause of the fire that killed General Solomon Mujuru because scores of people who visited the farmhouse during and after the accident destroyed the evidence. Fire Brigade station officer, Mr Clever Mafoti, made the revelations at the seventh day of the inquest into the death of Gen Mujuru at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday.
Mr Mafoti was responding to Mr Clemence Chimbare of the Attorney-General’s Office who sought to know what could have caused the fire.
“When we eventually arrived at the scene, most leads had been destroyed by people present,” he said.
Mr Mafoti said the fire could have started from the bedroom or the main lounge because peeling off of plasters and cracking showed that the fire had been in the two rooms for a long time.
Asked how fire could start from two rooms, Mr Mafoti said it was possible in cases of arson or short circuit.
Fire that burnt Mujuru’s body was bluish: Police
Harare Bureau
POLICEMEN from Beatrice Police Station yesterday said the fire that incinerated the body of General Solomon Mujuru was bluish in colour and different from the ordinary flames that were in other parts of the house.
Inspector Simon Dube and Constable Clatwell Garisayi made the revelations at the resumption of the inquest into the death of the late Gen Mujuru at the Harare Magistrate Courts. Const Garisayi, who was the 23rd witness, said on the day in question Gen Mujuru’s maid Rosemary Short phoned him to tell him that the farm house was on fire. “The caller identified herself as Rosemary Short and I asked her if they had managed to locate the General and she said they had only managed to see his vehicle that was parked near the house.
“She said doors were locked up and further explained that the General had come to her house to collect some keys,” he said. Const Garisayi said he sent his subordinate to make a report to the duty officer who arrived with the officer in charge minutes later. The Officer-in-Charge, Inspector Dube, he said, made a call to Tavistock Farm’s owner requesting for a vehicle to ferry them to Gen Mujuru’s Ruzambo Farm.