adminBosso, Chicken Inn snub Caf continental contests
Sports Reporter
Premier Soccer League and Mbada Diamonds Cup champions Dynamos will be Zimbabwe’s only representatives in the 2013 Caf inter-clubs competitions after Bulawayo’s Highlanders and Chicken Inn turned down offers to go for the continental contests.
World relations shift from hard to soft politics
Makhosi Sibanda
DR Congo rebels prepare to leave Goma
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who last week seized strategically important territory in the east of the country, say they have pulled back several kilometres and are on track to leave the key city of Goma by Friday, in accordance with a pullout deal brokered by Uganda.
Govt to slash licence plates prices
Harare Bureau
Government will soon slash prices of licence plates for vehicles, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Central Vehicle Registry achievers’ awards ceremony in Harare yesterday, Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development Minister Nicholas Goche said the move would make vehicle registration easy for all people from different walks of life who own vehicles.
Vehicle licence plates are pegged at $160 while licence plates for a trailer cost $140.
“We intend to reduce the price of registration plates from their current price. We are targeting to reduce them further such that they remain affordable to every one.
“The prices have to be in the range where the department would not incur losses for producing the number plates.Bosso Legends, City of Kings Select square off
Sports Correspondent
FOOTBALL fans will be taken down memory lane when former Highlanders players clash with the City of Kings select side that is largely made up of former Zimbabwe Saints players.Egypt assembly adopts draft constitution
Egypt’s constituent assembly has adopted a draft constitution after a marathon all-night session that began shortly afternoon on Thursday and ran until yesterday morning.Tuskers’ fine run continues
Senior Sports ReporterMATABELELAND Tuskers made it four wins out of four in the Logan Cup first class cricket competition when they defeated Midwest Rhinos by three wickets on the fourth and final day at Kwekwe Sports Club in Kwekwe yesterday.
I will resign: Tsvangirai
Freedom Mupanedemo
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he would resign as MDC-T president and pass on the baton if he loses next year’s presidential elections.
Addressing the party’s provincial committee in Gweru, Mr Tsvangirai who was accompanied by senior party officials among them his deputy, Ms Thokozani Khupe, said his working with Zanu-PF in the inclusive Government helped him understand how to run the country’s affairs.
However, he said he would step down as party leader if he loses in elections scheduled for March next year.
“We have had a great experience working with Zanu-PF in the inclusive Government and we now have what it takes to rule the country, we should therefore work on winning elections next year. If we lose again to Zanu-PF I will step down and pass on the baton because I would have tried my best. It would be proper to let someone take over as the party leader,” he said.Commuters beat man to death
Masvingo Correspondent
A 23-year-old man from Chiredzi was beaten to death by passengers in a commuter omnibus when he and a friend allegedly disarmed security guards before assaulting them, police confirmed yesterday.
Prof Ncube shooting self in the foot
Lungile Tshuma