Fifa speak on Asiagate

Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor
FIFA have requested Zifa to furnish them with more details regarding the process that led them to slap life bans on 15 individuals before the world football governing body can endorse the sanctions to take effect around the world. Zifa banned 15 individuals the association claims were the

Biti under fire over foreign funding

Hebert Zharare Political Editor
Finance Minister Tendai Biti has come under fire for proposing to borrow money from Western countries and other world bodies to finance the constitutional referendum and harmonised polls next year. Political party officials and analysts say opening the country’s electoral processes to

Medical aid societies face ban

Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
Government has said that it will ban medical aid societies that fail to clear arrears to service providers by December. Those that beat the December deadline would be required to clear future arrears within 60 days or have their licences revoked. The medical aid societies’ licences are

Judge claims US$3m from litigant

Fidelis Munyoro Assistant News Editor
A High Court judge is claiming US$3 million from a litigant for damages he allegedly suffered as a result of a defamatory letter, affidavit and utterances claming the judge and the person he was suing were related. Justice Francis Bere also wants Mr Bernard Vengai to pay the cost of suit and

One-way benefits still to be seen

Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
HARARE motorists are yet to fully enjoy the benefits of the city’s new one ways because of poor traffic lights sequencing. The situation has been compounded by motorists who flout road regulations. A survey of traffic flows has shown that movement is very smooth during off-peak hours, but

One day the source will run dry

Jokomo
When I was young my mother used to tell us a story of a man who wanted to have a hot glass of milk. So he put milk in a pot to heat it up. After a few minutes the milk started to foam and boil threatening to fill up the pot. The man was overwhelmed, because he thought that the quantity of

Cash-strapped Zesa losing plot on free bulbs

Zesa appears to be spending around US$6,1 million on free light bulbs for consumers, most of whom do not pay their inflated bills, while it slows down on the spread of pre-paid meters. It all seems very odd. Of course energy saving fluorescent bulbs will save a lot of energy. Zesa reckons it

Mutasa speaks on award

Agriculture Reporter
Zimpapers chief executive Mr Justin Mutasa, who on Thursday scooped the Tobacco Sales Floor 2012 Tobacco Grower of the Year Award coming third in the commercial farming competition, has attributed his success to proper planning. Such success, he said, testified to the nobleness of black

Singer Meat Loaf endorses Romney

DEFIANCE — Like a bat out of hell, aging hard rock legend Meat Loaf stormed the stage at a Mitt Romney campaign rally on Thursday to declare his support for the Republican flag-bearer in the White House race. In a town chosen as much for its evocative name — Defiance — as for its location in

More than 40 killed at Afghan mosque

KABUL — A suicide bomber killed more than 40 people, including five children, when he struck at a mosque in northern Afghanistan after Eid al-Adha  prayers  yesterday, officials said. It was the worst death toll in a single attack in Afghanistan since 80 died on December 6 last year in a suicide blast

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