adminZapu official nabbed
Crime ReporterA ZAPU member has been arrested in Bulawayo on allegations of removing and tearing up Zanu-PF campaign posters. According to police, Hector Tichaona Chikowore’s behaviour was likely to incite violence in Bulawayo. Chikowore (34) was arrested last Friday after he was spotted removing the posters by two Zanu-PF youths near the intersection of George
ZBC-TV hails scrambling of SABC channels
Herald ReportersZBC-TV has described the scrambling of South African Broadcasting Corporation channels on free-to-air decoders as a welcome development and urged viewers to pay up their radio and television licences to enable them to improve their programming. The majority of Zimbabweans and Batswana who could not afford to watch pay per-view bouquets like
MSF workers under investigation
Beitbridge BureauMedecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without borders) is investigating the conduct of its four workers who were last week chased from Beitbridge by the local authority for engaging in political activities following the discovery of subversive material at their offices recently, an official has said. Hanna Mari Majenen, project co-ordinator (Finland), Alexandro
Congestion at Chirundu Border Post
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauTHERE is congestion at the Chirundu Border Post that has seen long queues of haulage trucks stretching more than five kilometres while some drivers have spent more than five days queuing in a development that has been attributed to slow processing and inspection of goods. Although it could not be verified, drivers alleged that Zimra officials were on
Customs clearance field day held
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge BureauTHE Association of Freight Forwarders have agreed to co-operate with their Middle East counterparts to collaborate in addressing challenges facing member states from the two regions under the Federation of International Freight Forwarders Association’s Region Africa and Middle East (RAME), an official has said. Zimbabwe’s representative to RAME Mr
Candle fire destroys property
Crime ReporterPROPERTY worth over US$2 000 was destroyed last Thursday when a bedroom at a house in New Canaan, Highfield, caught fire. Police said the fire was caused by a lit candle that had been left in the bedroom by a 21-year-old woman. National police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident. “A 21-year-old female left the
Fifa’s three-member team jets in
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports EditorFIFA have maintained that they will continue to avail resources to help member associations such as Zifa to adopt the best practices for corporate governance that will help them retain the confidence of the football stakeholders in their respective countries. The world soccer governing body yesterday dispatched a three-member team to Harare that will for
Orlando Pirates offload Chinyama, Okonkwo
Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE international Takesure Chinyama will have to find a new home in the South African Premiership after Soweto giants Orlando Pirates offloaded the former Legia Warsaw and Dynamos striker ahead of the start of the 2013-14 season. Just a year after he joined the Bucaneers, Chinyama and Nigerian Onyekachi Okonkwo have been deemed excess
Zim searching victory at Partille Cup
From Collin Matiza in GOTHENBURG, SwedenTHE world’s largest and most famous youth handball tournament — the Partille Cup — entered its second day yesterday with Zimbabwe still searching for victory in three different age-groups which they are playing in. Zimbabwe are fielding three school teams — Harare’s Girls High School, Howard High School and Chishawasha Primary
Editorial Comment: People in Mat’land should strive to economically empower themselves
Matabeleland and some parts of the Midlands witnessed political disturbances a few years after independence which claimed many lives and destroyed properties running into millions of dollars. Stability in the…