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March 11, 2016

Rushwaya mum on Swazigate

By Austin Karonga Former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya has declined to comment on her involvement in the latest Zimbabwe match-fixing scandal, insisting she is currently working with international law enforcement agents to trap the culprits. An alleged kingpin of the Asiagate scandal, which rocked Zimbabwean football from 2009 to 2012, the Harare businesswoman found […]

Kereke’s rape trial postponed

Bikita West Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke’s rape trial was yesterday postponed to April 4, after the private prosecutor failed to pitch up ostensibly because he fell sick.

Mphoko Daily News lawsuit raises stink

By Tendai Kamhungira Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — the publisher of the Daily News, the Daily News on Sunday and the Weekend Post — has pooh-poohed State media reports that the company has failed to defend a $50 million lawsuit that was launched against it by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko last year. ANZ Group […]

Mugabe under fire over India debacle

By Tendai Kamhungira President Robert Mugabe’s botched trip to an insignificant cultural festival in India earlier this week continues to raise dust, with political opponents ganging up on the increasingly frail nonagenarian and calling on him to call it quits in his own interest, that of his family and the nation. The ever globe-trotting 92-year-old […]

Econet ventures into security industry

Zimbabwe’s largest mobile telecommunications group Econet Wireless has ventured into the security industry following the launch of its ‘connected home’ service that brings together security and energy management under a single internet-based platform. The product known as Econet Connected Home allows one to access, monitor and secure a home from anywhere with the use of […]