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1/12/2013 11:06:00 AM
LONDON - A 25-year-old Zimbabwean record producer has written his own piece of history by being awarded gold and silver plaques after two of his productions reached number one and four respectively on the UK charts. Kariba-born Rodney Hwingwiri, aka Rymez,...
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1/12/2013 10:56:00 AM
HARARE - Zimbabwe dancehall star Winky D regards “unfounded” allegations against him awash on Facebook as works of his detractors coveting his status as the country’s dancehall king. Two women have hogged the limelight on the social network after both claimed...
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Sport »
1/12/2013 10:43:00 AM
HARARE - Dynamos star defender Partson Jaure will stay with the Glamour Boys for another season to gain more experience, his manager has said. Jaure has had an outstanding debut season for the Glamour Boys last year, establishing himself at...
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1/12/2013 10:41:00 AM
HARARE - FC Augsburg coach, Markus Weinzerl, is not amused over indiscipline of some players in the team. The latest casualty of the stern handling of Weinzerl are Zimbabwean Knowledge Musona and Gambian Dawda Bah. They were suspended for coming late...
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1/12/2013 10:40:00 AM
HARARE - Former champions Motor Action will hold trials next week in a bid to bolster their squad following an indifferent season last year. The Mighty Bulls found the going tough in the 2012 season as they settled for a disappointing...
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Sport » Nigel Matongorere, Senior Sports Writer
1/12/2013 10:39:00 AM
HARARE - Rodreck Mutuma’s agent is confident the striker will travel to South Africa this weekend for a trial stint with Bloemfontein Celtic. Dynamos, however, insist the club will only allow the striker to cross the Limpopo if they get official...
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1/12/2013 10:38:00 AM
HARARE - Monomotapa star midfielder Ronald “Rooney” Chitiyo could be heading to the Absa Premiership following an intense bidding war for one of Zimbabwe’s finest talents. Chitiyo, who was named the country’s third best player in the 2012 Castle Premiership season,...
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
1/12/2013 10:34:00 AM
HARARE - Taipanei Charenzva, who captained the Zimbabwe basketball team at the All-Africa Games back in 1995, believes the sport will continue to sink if funding remains elusive. Basketball is now a barely recognisable discipline in the country despite being one...
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1/12/2013 10:31:00 AM
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Sevens rugby franchise, in partnership with Bakers’ Inn, will on Wednesday launch the “Bakers’ Inn Legacy programme” aimed at promoting rugby in local junior schools. Over 900 children from selected junior schools across the country are set...
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1/12/2013 10:31:00 AM
JOHANNESBURG - The 2013 African Nations Cup finals gets under way next Saturday when Bafana Bafana take on first time participants Cape Verde at Soccer City. Close to 100 000 spectators will witness the opening ceremony and the eventual double-header which...
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Business » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
1/12/2013 10:27:00 AM
HARARE - Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats)’s subsidiary Zimplats yesterday unveiled its indigenisation plan by ceding a 51 percent stake worth $971 million to locals. By signing an agreement or term sheet — outlining the implementation of its enhanced empowerment plan —...
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Business »
1/12/2013 10:25:00 AM
HARARE - A Deloitte & Touche study on the National Social Security Authority (Nssa)’s banks merger plan is expected next Tuesday, officials have said. While the pensions fund’s acting general manager Tendai Mafunda has confirmed the development, Nssa commissioned the study...
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1/12/2013 10:23:00 AM
HARARE - A Harare magistrate has jailed a 24-year-old Chinese woman for three years for attempting to run over her worker with a vehicle following a labour dispute. Magistrate Esthere Chivasa sentenced Li Mengheng to four years in prison before suspending...
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
1/12/2013 10:19:00 AM
HARARE - University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is barring MDC youth leader Solomon Madzore from resuming his studies ostensibly because he has a pending criminal case. Madzore, along with 28 MDC activists, are jointly facing murder charges. Madzore was released late last...
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1/12/2013 10:19:00 AM
HARARE - Zanu PF Masvingo Province has disowned former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) advisor and aspiring senator Munyaradzi Kereke, saying the maverick businessman was not in the party structures. This follows allegations that Kereke entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” with...
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1/12/2013 10:19:00 AM
HARARE - Whistle blower website, WikiLeaks, is on the verge of releasing millions more confidential US diplomatic cables with Zimbabwe bracing for a fresh potential fallout. The reports are likely to cause panic and tremors especially in Zanu PF where...
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1/12/2013 10:19:00 AM
HARARE - Professor Gordon Chavhunduka, president of the Zimbabwe Traditional Healers Association of Zimbabwe (Zinatha) has died. According to George Kandiero, the Zinatha information and publicity secretary, Chavhunduka, 81, passed on yesterday at a Harare’s Avenues Clinic after a long battle...
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1/12/2013 10:18:00 AM
HARARE - Critical organisations and institutions in Zimbabwe should be taught Chinese to bridge the linguistic barrier between Harare and Beijing, a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) official said. Director of Confucius Institute (CI) Professor Pedzisai Mashiri said UZ would want to...
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Africa »
1/12/2013 10:16:00 AM
JOHANNESBURG - On Digital Media (ODM) which runs TopTV has launched a second attempt to introduce pornographic TV channels in South Africa exactly a year after the country’s broadcasting regulator denied TopTV’s first application. TopTV is currently under business rescue according...
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1/12/2013 10:14:00 AM
HARARE - Soldiers deployed at Mataga Growth Point in Mberengwa are harassing villagers in the area for failing to produce identification documents (ID) and allegedly backing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC. The soldiers were deployed at a small army camp at...
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1/12/2013 10:14:00 AM
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has said its youths and supporters in Masvingo are being frustrated while registering as voters at the local Registrar General’s office (RG’s office). At the same time, the party said, Zanu PF supporters are...
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
1/12/2013 10:05:00 AM
HARARE - Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe has returned home to prepare for the forthcoming elections. There was swirling speculation that the Namibian jurist could be replaced after extended period of absenteeism that saw his deputy Joyce Kazembe...
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1/11/2013 12:43:00 PM
HARARE - A councillor who was sacked after blowing the whistle on $1,6 million corruption in the Umguza rural district in Matabeleland North has dragged Local Government, Rural and Urban Development minister Ignatius Chombo to court for unlawful termination. Councillor Mxolisi...
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1/11/2013 12:37:00 PM
MASVINGO - About 43 vehicles belonging to the beleaguered Masvingo City Council will go under the hammer next Wednesday, the local deputy sheriff has said. The first batch of cars was attached last year while more were attached last week after...
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1/11/2013 12:30:00 PM
HARARE - A man who was sentenced to death has approached the High Court appealing against the court’s ruling. Bvumai Machena on Wednesday appeared before High Court Judge Alphias Chitakunye, following a Bulawayo court ruling ordering that he should be put...
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