adminSenior Syrian official refutes defection reports
DAMASCUS. — The former head of Syrian military intelligence in Lebanon, Rustom Ghazali, refuted yesterday reports circulated on Arab TVs claiming his defection from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.Let’s have Zim’s revolutionary history in ‘flesh and blood’
Stephen Mpofu
Zimbabweans tout themselves, and are saluted by others abroad, as the most literate people on the African continent. That record makes them walk with a calculated swagger, flex their neck and cough with a genuine boost.
Former Israeli journalist appeals sentence
JERUSALEM. — Anat Kam, currently in prison for leaking secret military documents to a journalist, appealed to the Supreme Court yesterday in a bid to reduce her sentence.Indigenisation now on home stretch
Kurai Prosper Masenyama
THE publication of General Notice 280 of 2012 by the Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment outlining plans to extend the indigenisation policy to cover all important sectors beyond mining to include finance, tourism, entertainment, energy services, transport, communications and education has stirred a hornet nest.
Berbatov blasts Fergie
LONDON. — Dimitar Berbatov has accused Sir Alex Ferguson of sabotaging his career by pricing him out of a move away from English Premiership soccer giants Manchester United.Williams’ stunning double
STANFORD. — Serena Williams became the first woman since 2006 to repeat as champion at the WTA Stanford tennis event as the five-time Wimbledon winner defeated lucky loser Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday.Tevez to stay: Mancini
LONDON — Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has insisted Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko will remain City players next season despite transfer speculation.Blatter wants Havelange gone
LONDON. — Fifa chief Sepp Blatter has confirmed his intention to rally for the removal of the organisation’s disgraced honourary president Joao Havelange.Havelange, the 96-year-old former Fifa president, and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira were named in court documents last week as having received millions of pounds in bribes from collapsed marketing company ISL during the 1990s.
Activist gets access to private medical doctor
Daniel NemukuyuSenior Court Reporter
ONE of the 29 MDC-T activists accused of murdering a police inspector in Glen View last year has been allowed access to a private doctor after he failed to attend court yesterday.
Child sent to defecate on neighbour’s doorstep — Court hears
Court ReporterTWO tenants at a Harare house appeared in court yesterday with one accusing the other of sending her toddler to relieve on his doorsteps on a daily basis.