Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER FORMER Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions Simba Bhora say they are open to departures provided the right offers come along, even if it results in a clear-out. This comes amid reports that five of the Shamva-based side’s experienced players have already been sold with 2025 Soccer Star of the…
THE harrowing reality of travelling on our nation’s highways has reached a breaking point. While the blame for road carnage is often laid squarely at the feet of “reckless drivers,” a more silent, structural killer is at work: our crumbling road network. A report in this publication yesterday painted a sobering consensus among key stakeholders…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) wants the government to urgently recognise intersex persons in the country. Intersex persons are born with sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, hormonal patterns and or chromosomal patterns that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. In this regard, the ZHRC has warned that not…
Takudzwa Dhambu THE ministry of Agriculture has officially closed the biological window for planting maize and tobacco for this season. This comes as the closure of the planting window is particularly significant for staple maize and the country’s major cash crop, tobacco, which both require specific heat units and sufficient rainfall over time to reach…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER HIGH Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda, yesterday reserved judgment in a matter involving businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, who are seeking leave to appeal against both conviction and sentence at the Supreme Court. The businessmen were convicted of fraud involving over US$7 million and handed lengthy jail terms in…
MONDAY’S warning from national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi is more than just a routine law enforcement update; it is a sobering warning about the fraying fabric of our social order. As reports of motorists declining to stop at roadblocks or engaging in aggressive altercations with officers rise, we are witnessing the birth of a dangerous…
Brighton Muronzereyi and Blessings Mashaya ZANU PF structures will continue to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a bid to nudge him to accept the party’s drive to extend his stay in power to 2030. So says the former liberation movement’s director for information, Farai Marapira, who adds that the ruling party is confident that this…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER RECENTLY-APPOINTED gaffer Joel Luphahla has set his sights on making FC Platinum the dominant force that they were for nearly half-a-decade when they won four successive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League titles as well as two Chibuku Super Cups. Luphahla’s sentiments come after the Zvishavane-based side yesterday announced the signing…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A HARARE man is in custody for allegedly stabbing a colleague to death following a dispute over a missing cap. Mthandazilwa Gumede, 18, who is facing murder charges, was advised to apply for bail at the High Court by Harare provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo. The State alleges that Gumede was…
Takudzwa Dhambu HARARE City Council has issued an urgent flooding warning following reports of flash floods across the capital. This comes as urban flooding remains a recurring challenge in Harare, largely attributed to poor drainage systems, blocked stormwater drains, and the expansion of informal settlements on wetlands and other unsuitable areas. In a public notice…
