Rahman Gumbo and FC Platinum

Two years ago FC Platinum, in its current identity, didn’t even exist as a football club. In its place was a club called Mimosa and it was planning for its campaign in a Central Region Division One championship where its opponents included Gokwe United, Kasirisiri United, Big Valley Masters, you name them . . .

Construction sector on the rebound

Stabilisation of the macro-economic environment following the adoption of multiple foreign currencies in 2009 has allowed the construction sector to slowly emerge from the financial crisis of the past decade, attaining a positive growth of 1 percent in 2011 while a 1,5 percent growth is projected this year.

Top SA agency invests in Zim

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ONE of the world’s leading advertising agencies, the Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa), has partnered with a local agency, Jericho Advertising, to form the Jupiter Drawing Room (Zimbabwe). Speaking at the launch of the Jupiter Drawing Room (Zimbabwe), Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa) founder and

Govt allows millers to buy maize

Agriculture Reporter
Government has allowed milling companies to buy maize from the Grain Marketing Board to raise money to pay farmers. The farmers who delivered their grain last season have not received their

Performing artistes set to be rewarded

Richmore Tera
FOR the first time in the history of national galas, outstanding artistes will walk away with prizes, organisers have announced. The 21st February Movement Celebrations Gala organiser, Retired Major

Homosexuals seeking asylum in the UK likely to be turned down

A UK court ruled that the nation is considered to “not be the worst place in the world to be gay and lesbian” and has a thriving “gay scene”. However, the UK’s Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has left the possibility of asylum still open to those claimants whose personal circumstances

President Mugabe’s teacher speaks

THE world’s oldest man is a retired Zimbabwean teacher who counts President Mugabe among his former students, it has been claimed. Mr Oscar Munyoro Katsukunya says he was born in 1897 in Kutama district, 67km west of the capital Harare. His 115 years equal the oldest undisputed lifespan for a male

Man shot dead

Court Reporter
A 31-YEAR-OLD man from Filabusi was on Tuesday night shot dead by an unknown assailant under unclear circumstances a few minutes after getting to his house. Matabeleland South provincial police

Beverly, Zoey in war of words

Ruth Butaumocho Entertainment Editor
Pole dancing, a new entertainment craze that has literally taken Harare by storm, seems to be getting dirtier each day on and off the stage following reports that some of the girls are now stripping

Defiant farmer fined

Masvingo Bureau
A CHIREDZI magistrate has fined a farmer US$100 for refusing to vacate a gazetted piece of land at Hippo Valley Estates since 2007. The farmer was ordered off the property by April 30 this year.

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