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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.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.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.
Prof Ncube shooting self in the foot
Lungile Tshuma
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.Syria jets bombard rebel targets on airport road
BEIRUT — Syrian air force jets bombarded rebel targets on Friday close to the Damascus airport road and a regional airline said the violence had halted international flights to the capital.
Zim allowed to sell Marange diamonds
Brezhnev Malaba in Washington DC
Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds were finally freed yesterday when the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) took a landmark decision to withdraw monitors and allow unhindered exports.
In a major victory for the nation’s quest to harness the mineral, the KP’s Working Group on Monitoring (WGM) said Zimbabwe had fulfilled all the requirements to certify its own diamond exports.
The WGM said the Government had shown full transparency and accountability by ensuring that 15 percent of royalties in Marange were being directly channelled to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra).Jeys Marabini speaks on tour of Austria
Entertainment Reporter
PROMINENT Bulawayo musician Jeys Marabini believes that he has gained invaluable experience while on his recent trip to Austria.
Police concerned over upsurge in city robbery cases
Paul Nkala and Pamela Shumba