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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:10
HARARE - An apostolic sect bishop who claims to have received a prophecy about President Robert Mugabe winning the next election has gone a gear up in a bootlicking campaign which has left many Christians embarrassed. Mugabe is king and people...Read More
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 14:18
HARARE - Churchill Boys High thumped St John’s College 32-11 in an ill-tampered Cottco Rugby Festival match here yesterday. The battle between the two powerhouses of Zimbabwe Schools’ rugby saw tempers flying the entire 60 minutes as indiscipline once again continued...Read More
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Business »
Friday, 26 April 2013 11:23
HARARE - Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds (BD) says it has shelved plans to establish a mining venture in Zimbabwe after it lost its targeted Marange diamond claims to the Chinese. The junior gem miner said it is opting for Mozambique instead. John...Read More
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Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:32
HARARE - Zimbabwe's unemployment rate remains very high at more than 70 percent with less than 900 000 people formally employed out of a 13 million population, a leading economist has said. John Robertson told businessdaily that unless Zimbabwe takes austerity...Read More
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Africa »
Wednesday, 10 April 2013 10:30
CAIRO - The leader of Egypt's Coptic Christians has accused the country's president of "negligence" following deadly clashes outside the main cathedral in Cairo. Pope Tawadros II said Mohammed Morsi had failed to protect the building, where two people died after...Read More
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 10:52
ALEXANDRIA - Their proud history in Africa aside, Egypt’s last of only two World Cup appearances was 22 years ago. It’s a long wait the record seven-time African champions are desperate to end. And after missing out on the last two...Read More
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Monday, 25 March 2013 12:14
ALEXANDRIA - Egypt assistant coach Zaky Abdel-Fattah says the Pharaohs will bank on the experienced pair of Mohamed Aboutrika and Wael Gomaa to add steel to a largely developmental team. The Egyptians continue to rebuild under American coach Bob Bradley and...Read More
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Sport » Austin Karonga, Sports Writer
Thursday, 21 March 2013 10:19
HARARE - Scrumhalf Tatenda Gwesu has ended a three-year sabbatical from rugby and is expected to play for Old Hararians in a pre-season tournament involving Zambia’s Lusaka Rugby Club on Saturday. New Old Hararians coach Cyprian Mandenge will use the main...Read More
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:32
HARARE - Two police officers who allegedly stole a plasma TV, laptops and other gadgets from the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo’s house in Bulawayo will continue languishing in remand prison. Bulawayo magistrate Witness Mtetwa yesterday dismissed the cops’ quest...Read More
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:29
HARARE - Four Zanu PF-aligned Chipangano youth militia who assaulted a teenage boy have been slapped with a three-year jail term as the courts continue sending warning shots to hooligans. John Zuze, Antonio Zuze, Alexander Kadzviti and Cosmos Muguzumbi will spend...Read More
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Business »
Thursday, 21 February 2013 10:44
HARARE - Listed conglomerate Meikles Limited (Meikles) is forging ahead with its plans to venture into mining, as the group has applied for a licence from the Mines ministry. Back in November, Meikles’ chairperson John Moxon announced the formation of a...Read More
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Sunday, 10 February 2013 11:50
HARARE - A 61-year-old pensioner lost more than $25 000 after being cajoled into a bogus farming business venture, the court heard. Thomas Scott, 36, allegedly fleeced John Hobard of his $26 410. Scott yesterday appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe on...Read More
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Friday, 08 February 2013 16:01
HARARE - A truck which delivered toxic sodium cyanide to Morton Jaffray Water Works in Harare belonged to the late Vice President John Nkomo, a top cop said yesterday. Crispen Makedenge, a police chief superintendent, told a Harare magistrate during...Read More
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Features »
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:39
HARARE - Once again, Zimbabwe and Africa have been robbed of one of its own, a genuine academic and intellectual par excellence, who was very honest to his opinion and very consistent with his beliefs. News that Professor John Makumbe had...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:35
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s doyen of freedom of speech, rights of the disabled and witty political analyst John Makumbe has gone too soon. We join the nation in mourning the “white man from Buhera” and we all agree that Makumbe was one...Read More
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