‘Highlanders -Bosso Refuse To Play In The Joshua Nkomo Legacy Cup Tournament’

‘Highlanders -Bosso Refuse To Play  In The Joshua Nkomo Legacy Cup Tournament’

ORGANISERS of the Joshua Nkomo Legacy Cup were yesterday forced to cancel the tournament after Bulawayo giants Highlanders refused to take part.   The match, which was supposed to be played over two legs, will now be replaced by the zifa Unity Cup set for Barbourfields next Tuesday.   The Joshua Nkomo Legacy Cup was cast in doubt on Wednesday afternoon when the Bosso leadership said they had not consented to be part of the…

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“Say And Write What You Want Responsibly”- Welshman Ncube

“Say And Write What You Want Responsibly”- Welshman Ncube

  In my more than two decades in academia and as a politician I have heard again and again the often repeated assertion that the bond of any professional and ethical media practitioner is the maxim, “Facts are sacrosanct and opinion is free”, and with equal measure I have heard it repeated by rogue states and politicians that, “You are free to express yourself, but you cannot be guaranteed your freedom after expression”.   In…

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Victoria Falls Girl (9) Escapes 53-Year-Old Pest

Victoria Falls Girl (9) Escapes 53-Year-Old Pest

A 53-year-old man from Victoria Falls allegedly proposed love to his neighbour’s daughter, 9, and locked her in his bedroom for hours while she turned him down.   A court heard how the terrified girl cleverly escaped from potential abuse by Morgan Tswere of Chinotimba suburb by lying that her mother was in the house.   Tswere and the girl’s family are tenants in the house.   “He asked me to carry his glasses and…

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Gvt Orders Zifa To Re-instate Fired National coach Callisto Pasuwa.

The government yesterday joined the majority of the domestic football family in roundly condemning Zifa’s abrupt move to fire national coach Callisto Pasuwa ahead of the 2016 African Nations Championships and want the association’s board to rescind its decision. Sport and Recreation Minister Makhosini Hlongwane yesterday said he had also asked Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa to cut short his leave and return to work to resolve the crisis sparked by Pasuwa’s sacking and the dissolution…

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‘Bulawayo Man Overjoyed At Discovering Son In Maintenance Court’

‘Bulawayo Man Overjoyed At Discovering Son In Maintenance Court’

A Bulawayo man on Thursday jumped with joy at the maintenance court after discovering he had a four-year-old son.   Mlungisi Sibanda had been dragged to the maintenance court by his ex claiming US $100 for the upkeep of their son.   Sibanda told magistrate Adelaide Mbeure that he did not know he had a son.   “I’m so happy right now. I was shocked when I got the summons. He’s a duplicate of me. My heart…

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Soldier (36) Jailed 20 Year For Raping Landlord’s Daughter (4)

Soldier (36) Jailed 20 Year For Raping Landlord’s Daughter (4)

  A 36-year-old soldier from Redcliff has been slapped with a 20-year-jail sentence for raping his landlord’s four-year-old daughter. The court heard how the military man called the defenceless minor who was playing with her friends into his living room and forced her to lie on her back before raping her once. Vengesai Matema of Simbi Park appeared before Gokwe-Kwekwe Regional magistrate, Amos Mbobo facing one count of rape. Mbobo convicted Matema despite his plea…

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Zimbabwe Registers 14 Murders In One Week

A TOTAL of 14 people were murdered in the country last week and the Midlands Province had the highest number of four. Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South provinces did not record murders during the week. National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday said the 18 to 35 age group committed the most murders countrywide. She said the country had been recording about four murders weekly from the beginning of the year. She said…

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Mugabe To Open Mphoko’s 27th Choppies Supermarket Branch

Mugabe To Open Mphoko’s 27th Choppies Supermarket Branch

  Zimbabwe’s despot president Robert Mugabe yesterday , was excepted to oversee the official opening ceremony of Choppies supermarket in Chitungwiza.   As impressive as it may appear to others, to the discerning eye, it is not so, because this is yet another firm indicator of the monopoly of wealth and power by Mugabe, Zim 1 family, Zanu PF stalwarts and securocrats.   Zimbabwe’s Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, a Zanu PF stalwart since way before…

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“Mr President The People Are Suffering, Proverbs 21:13” -Pastor Patrick Mugadza

The arrest of Pastor Patrick Mugadza,after he demonstrated in Victoria Falls during Zanu PF conference telling President Robert Mugabe that people are suffering has been condemned as violation of freedom of expression. Simbarashe Manhanga said Patrick Mugadza, 45, travelled all the way from Kariba to Victoria Falls on Friday to stage a demonstration against the Zanu PF leadership. “He carried a placard written “Mr President the people are suffering, Proverbs 21:13” as he moved around…

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