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By Godknows Matarutse Bulawayo Chiefs assistant coach Farai Mujokoro and kit manager Gift Mvela were each slapped with a five-year ban from all football activities by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) for their alleged involvement in an attempt to fix a match earlier this year. The PSL alleges that Mujokoro and Mvela sought to fix […]
By Godknows Matarutse With only two games to go before the Castle Lager Premiership ends, CAPS United’s pursuit of a fifth title has been delayed again after the Premier Soccer League (PSL) postponed this weekend’s matches. PSL called off the matches to pave way for the Warriors’ friendly international against Tanzania at the National Sports […]
By Tendai Kamhungira and Mugove Tafirenyika Feathers are expected to fly when Team Lacoste, the Zanu PF faction rallying behind Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s mooted presidential aspirations, comes face to face with the under-fire Generation 40 (G40) group — which rabidly opposes the Midlands godfather — at tomorrow’s politburo meeting in Harare. This comes as […]
By Tendai Kamhungira The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has re-suspended eight of the 19 investigators that were initially suspended in July this year following a raft of allegations. One of the investigators, who anonymously spoke to the Daily News, said he was immediately served with another suspension letter on the same day he had been […]
By Fungi Kwaramba Amid claims that President Robert Mugabe is dangling huge sums of money to win back the support of disgruntled war veterans, former Vice President Joice Mujuru has set up a committee to also reach out to the ex-combatants. Liberation struggle stalwart and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) elder, Rugare Gumbo, told the Daily […]
By Fungi Kwaramba MDC vice president, Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has claimed that police were behind the ugly violence that rocked Zvishavane over the weekend, prior to his High Court-sanctioned rally. The Kuwadzana legislator was supposed to address a rally in the town before violence and mayhem erupted after police faced off with MDC supporters. Speaking […]
Five people linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have been arrested in co-ordinated raids in Germany, including a senior Islamist figure, reports say. Flats were raided in northern and western Germany and a mosque was searched near Hanover. Among those arrested was an Iraqi who goes by the alias Abu Walaa, or “the […]
Americans are heading to the polls to choose a new president after one of the most rancorous election campaigns the country has seen. Voting gets under way in earnest on the East Coast from 06:00 EST (11:00 GMT), though some villages in New Hampshire have already polled. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump criss-crossed America in […]
Prince Harry has confirmed US actress Meghan Markle is his girlfriend, in a statement from Kensington Palace attacking the media for subjecting her to a “wave of abuse and harassment”. The statement said the couple were “a few months into a relationship” and it was “not right” that Ms Markle should be subjected to such […]
By Whitlaw Mugwiji I had initially planned to pen an article challenging Tendai Biti and his party on their proposal of the National Transitional Authority this week but I just could not bring myself to ignore some videos I saw on Facebook. I found those videos quite disturbing. How can a normal human being bash […]