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Amidu quits Caps
CAPS United powerful forward Abbas Amidu turned down a $1 million deal from five-time African football champions Zamalek to settle for modest Egyptian side Smouha, who have been playing in the Caf Confederation Cup tournament.
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Mnangagwa, Moyo square-off
ZANU PF succession protagonists Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo came eyeball to eyeball in a titanic battle for President Robert Mugabe’s attention as the ruling party’s politburo meeting turned into a political theatre on Wednesday.
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Zapu calls for 2018 elections postponment
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa yesterday called for the postponement of the 2018 elections, arguing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown they were not ready and not capable of holding credible polls.
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Govt budget overrun sours to $900 million
The government had a budget overrun of a whopping $902,2 million by the end of 2016 on the back of huge employment costs and agriculture recovery that were largely unplanned for in the annual budget.
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TD Jakes confirms Zim trip
PROMINENT United States preacher and senior pastor of the Potter’s House, Thomas Dexter Jakes — popularly known as TD Jakes — said he was excited about his maiden visit to Zimbabwe as a guest at the International Gospel and Music Festival scheduled for September 5 to 9 at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
Enough of chancers, clowns and confusionists
People have every right to be sceptical and suspicious of these former Zanu PF functionaries now professing to be in the opposition ranks. Is it not a dangerous and potentially suicidal political gamble to embrace them with less than a year to go before the 2018 general elections? Is this not the time to close […]
Chinamasa presents ‘empty’ budget review
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said government would soon consider rationalising and cutting foreign travel costs, and maintain a civil service jobs and wage freeze, as part of measures to reduce public expenditure.
Zec relaxes voter registration requirements
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has relaxed voter registration requirements and now allows for “aliens” to participate in next year’s general elections.
Police nab Harare drug dealer
POLICE in Harare yesterday nabbed a suspected drug dealer after finding him in possession of 133 grammes of Ecstasy powder, 8,58 grammes of cocaine, 43 Ecstasy tablets and a dagga-compressing machine, among others.
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Mnangagwa, Moyo square-off
ZANU PF succession protagonists Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo came eyeball to eyeball in a titanic battle for President Robert Mugabe’s attention as the ruling party’s politburo meeting turned into a political theatre on Wednesday.
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Zapu calls for 2018 elections postponment
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa yesterday called for the postponement of the 2018 elections, arguing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown they were not ready and not capable of holding credible polls.
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Shot in the arm for Masvingo flood victims
MASVINGO — Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe has donated $121 000 worth of foodstuffs, blankets and roofing materials to at least 175 families affected by floods during the past rainy season.
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Farmers cry foul over potato production costs
POTATO farmers yesterday cried foul over the high prices of potato seed and shortage of high-producing varieties on the local market.
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Ingutsheni inmate allegedly kills mate over smoking
AN Ingutsheni mental health hospital inmate in Bulawayo allegedly attacked and killed a fellow inmate after he exposed him to the sister-in-charge for smuggling tobacco cigarettes into the rooms, the court heard this week.
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Zanu PF activists in court for destroying village head’s homestead
SIX villagers, including a teacher and a Zanu PF councillor from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province, have been hauled to court on allegations of destroying a village head’s homestead, accusing him of allocating land to people from outside Chief Jahana’s area.
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Killer motorist jailed
BEITBRIDGE magistrate Godswill Mavenge yesterday said the courts had a moral duty to pass harsh sentences to protect society from reckless and unrepentant traffic offenders who do not respect the sanctity of human life.
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4 men in court over illegal possession of elephant tusk, cyanide poison
FOUR Tsholotsho men yesterday appeared at the Hwange Magistrate Court charged with illegal possession of an elephant tusk and 456kg of cyanide poison.
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Govt budget overrun sours to $900 million
The government had a budget overrun of a whopping $902,2 million by the end of 2016 on the back of huge employment costs and agriculture recovery that were largely unplanned for in the annual budget.
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Gold production target reviewed
THE government has revised downwards its gold production target of 28 tonnes to 24,5 tonnes for this year due to loss of production in January and February largely as a result of heavy rains that flooded most mines.
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Mangudya warns bankers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned bankers against conniving with cash dealers, as reports of bank officials getting involved in the parallel market continue to rise.
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Export earnings edge up
Zimbabwe has registered a slight growth in export earnings after earning $2,58 billion up from $2,57 billion as of June 16 this year, compared to the same period last year.
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$175m bond notes in circulation: Mangudya
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has now injected $175 million worth of bond notes in the market, as cash shortages are pushing the central bank to draw on the Afreximbank-backed surrogate currency.
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1 million hectares earmarked for gold mining
THE GOVERNMENT is in the process of releasing one million hectares of land for gold mining purposes in all the country’s provinces to boost the mineral’s production.
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Amidu quits Caps
CAPS United powerful forward Abbas Amidu turned down a $1 million deal from five-time African football champions Zamalek to settle for modest Egyptian side Smouha, who have been playing in the Caf Confederation Cup tournament.
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Warriors suffer injury blows
THE Warriors have been dealt a huge blow with several key players — including skipper Ocean Mushure and rising star forward Talent Chawapiwa — ruled out of the decisive African Nations Championship (Chan) southern zone second round second leg football qualifier against Namibia at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday.
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Mutuma writes off Bosso debt
HIGHLANDERS have benefited by close to $7 000 from nomadic striker Roderick Mutuma’s departure amid revelations that the player wrote off the debt that the club owed him and his new club Yadah FC bought off the remainder of his contract.
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Zimbabwe to lose Talent
WARRIORS forward, Talent Chawapiwa might not play a part in the decisive African Nations Championship (Chan) southern zone second round second leg qualifier against Namibia at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, as it emerged yesterday that he has begun processing his papers to officially join South African Premiership side, Baroka FC.
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Cremer proud despite ‘rollercoaster’ of emotions
With Zimbabwe having come so close to winning their first Test against Sri Lanka, and fallen short, there was disappointment for captain, Graeme Cremer.
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Hwange settle for Bigboy
FORMER Harare City coach, Bigboy Mawiwi was yesterday unveiled as the new head coach at Hwange, taking over from Nation Dube.
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TD Jakes confirms Zim trip
PROMINENT United States preacher and senior pastor of the Potter’s House, Thomas Dexter Jakes — popularly known as TD Jakes — said he was excited about his maiden visit to Zimbabwe as a guest at the International Gospel and Music Festival scheduled for September 5 to 9 at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
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Vharazipi breaks dry spell
COMIC actor David Mubaiwa —popularly known as Sabhuku Vharazipi — has broken his two-year spell of silence with the release of Sabhuku Vharazipi 4 scheduled for later this month.
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Weekend Outing
Mashonaland East province will tomorrow host the provincial competition of the annual Chibuku Road to Fame music extravaganza at the Cocktail Bar in Murewa, where several bands will battle for honours to book a ticket to represent the province at the national finals set for September 30 at Glamis Arena in Harare. Chibuku Road to […]
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Guidance, counselling book released
TWO local authors — Nhamo Chikwava and Priscilla Musoki — have released a guidance and counselling textbook titled Nhaka targeted at empowering Form 1 pupils across the country with knowledge around culture and tradition.
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Matsito back on stage
VETERAN sungura musician, Tedious Matsito, is back on the stage after having gone off the radar for some time due to illness.
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PJ Powers for Green concert
DECORATED South African singer Penelope Jane Dunlop — popularly known as PJ Powers — heads to Zimbabwe, ahead of the Green Concert set for July 28 at Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority headquarters in Harare where she is billed to perform as a guest artiste.
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Zodwa Wabantu fever grips Byo
SOUTH African dancer, Zodwa Wabantu, descends on Bulawayo’s Club Connect in her debut show in Zimbabwe, amid indications that the city has been gripped by frenzy after an advert of her show was flighted on social media networks yesterday.
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Mbare artistes honour ‘Mai Musodzi’
MBARE artistes will on Friday hold commemorations in memory of Elizabeth Maria Ayema, the late Rhodesian feminist and social worker popularly known as “Mai Musodzi”.
