Zuma remains defiant on land

JOHANNESBURG. — President Jacob Zuma took a strong stand at this weekend’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Irene in Gauteng, defending his position on the issue of land expropriation…

23 injured in road accident

Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau AT least 23 people, including 18 members of the Joice Mujuru-led National People’s Party, were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tree…

Court orders fired bank boss to repay $63K damages

Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A FORMER NMB bank manager who won a labour dispute and was awarded $63 000 four years ago, now has a burden of repaying the money…

Eastern Region tighten up

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter ZIFA Eastern Region Division One soccer league will this year not include teams which are not from their jurisdiction says chairman Davison Muchena. The region, whose season is…

‘Hayatou ouster not a surprise’

JOHANNESBURG. — South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan said he was not surprised that veteran Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou was finally removed from his seat after…

Qatari connection casts long shadow over Barclays

On a balmy evening in 2007, the Tunisian wife of an Italian industrialist introduced a high-flying Scottish banker at Barclays to the Anglophile prime minister of Qatar — the sort…

Local athletes flop in Uganda

Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter ZIMBABWEAN athletes found the going tough at this year’s IAAF World Cross-country Championships in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday where they failed to make an impression. Zimbabwe had Wellington Varevi…

TIZ funds regime change agenda

Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter— Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) — publicly touted as a watchdog against corruption — is reportedly funding shadowy political groups pushing for regime change, a departure from…

Lyon roars for Aussies

DHARAMSALA. — Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon emerged as the unlikely hero, taking four key Indian wickets on an engrossing second day of the decisive fourth and final Test cricket yesterday.

Gunners, United to be crowded out

LONDON. — When the English Premier League returns after the international soccer break it does so as if making up for lost momentum; a full midweek programme follows this coming…