Zesa, have mercy
HARARE - Zimbabweans are in for a nightmarish “black” winter, with soccer fans salivating at the prospects of an exhilarating 2014 Soccer World Cup likely to miss out completely on this football...
View ArticleSpecial Schools Festival returns
HARARE - Children living with disabilities from all over Zimbabwe will showcase their artistic talents at the third edition of the Special Schools Festival to be held at the Band Shell in Harare...
View ArticleUnique charity concert on cards
HARARE - Top music artistes Jah Prayzah, Suluman Chimbetu, along with Charles and Olivia Charamba will perform at the Soap and Shirt Donation Winter Festival (SSDWF) to be held on June 21 at the...
View ArticleMexico down Cameroon
LONDON - Mexico were rewarded for their attacking intent when Oribe Peralta's 61st minute strike gave them a 1-0 win over Cameroon in their World Cup opener at a rain-soaked Dunas arena on Friday. The...
View ArticleSpain face identity crisis
LONDON - With one disastrous result, Spain's World Cup campaign and overall footballing identity is suddenly facing a crisis. A 5-1 loss to the Netherlands on Friday to open Group B left many...
View ArticleEddie Dube pays tribute to Bosso
HARARE - Although Eddie Dube burst onto the limelight with the now defunct Tanganda in his Manicaland home province, it was however not until he joined Highlanders that he became a household name in...
View ArticleAfrica will never cease to amaze
JOHANNESBURG - With the 2014 World Cup in full swing, the disturbing matters regarding Brazil’s state of readiness have now been forgotten. The showpiece promises all the thrills and spills of the...
View ArticleLang sees positive side of things
HARARE - Zimbabwe loose forward Kingsley Lang feels lack of warm-up games ahead of month-end’s World Cup qualification tournament could be a blessing in disguise for the Sables. Brendan Dawson’s men...
View ArticleTutani praises 'psychologist' Mutasa
HARARE - Black Rhinos coach Arthur Tutani has piled on the praise on FC Platinum gaffer Lloyd Mutasa ahead of the two teams’ Castle Premiership clash at Mandava Stadium today. Tutani, whose team lies...
View ArticleDebt leaves Zim Cricket in dire straits
HARARE - Cricket in Zimbabwe is facing a bleak future and could continue to lose its best talent as the game’s governing body, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), faces up to the financial effects of years of...
View ArticleBe the change you want to see
LONDON - Be the change you want to seeI always feel a bit narcissistic when I am to about to write about myself — a long time battle I have with the powers that be at the Daily News. There is...
View ArticleMasike to perform in Norway
HARARE - Afro-fusion song bird and mbira player Hope Masike will perform at the inaugural Bergen Afro Arts Festival (BAAF) to be held in Norway from June 16 to 22. The week-long Norway Arts Festival...
View ArticleZifa's silence worrisome
HARARE - It’s now almost two weeks since the Zimbabwe national football team put up a pathetic performance to bow out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary qualifying round at the hands of...
View ArticleMhlanga appointed Psmas manager
HARARE - Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) acting chairperson Gibson Mhlanga has formally been appointed the interim manager. Mhlanga, who is a principal director in the ministry of Health...
View ArticleChombo given seven-day ultimatum
HARARE - Human rights lawyers are dragging the minister of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development Ignatius Chombo to court next week to stop the Chitungwiza demolitions after expiry of a...
View ArticleGorden Moyo resigns
BULAWAYO - Gorden Moyo, the MDC Bulawayo provincial chairperson, has quit his party position insisting that he was not prepared to work under conditions where people in the same party fight against...
View ArticleBiti camp collapsing
HARARE - A mere six months after the controversial emergence of former MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti’s renewal team, the faction is already disintegrating, amid further revelations that donor...
View ArticleNo water at Kadoma General Hospital
KADOMA - A sick man staggers, walking with difficulty aided by a stick as he labours to get to the hospital’s water tap within his ward. He is thirsty and writhing in pain. As he finally reaches the...
View ArticleNew MDC provincial executive for Mutare
MUTARE - Morgan Tsvangirai’s provincial executive yesterday co-opted at least nine party members to fill a vacuum left by a group that broke away to the former secretary general Tendai Biti’s renewal...
View ArticleNo preferential treatment on Zim debt: Europe bank
HARARE – The European Investment Bank (EIB) says Zimbabwe will not be given preferential treatment on the repayment of its $300 million loan. Deiderick Zambon, EIB’s division chief for southern Africa...
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