'Vapositori slapped State in the face'
HARARE - Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday slammed members of an apostolic sect who battered police officers in Budiriro, describing the action as tantamount to slapping the State in the face....
View ArticleZim eyes thriving Angola
HARARE - Zimbabwean businesses can cash in on Angola’s thriving economy by investing in its various sectors, particularly manufacturing, ZimTrade says. The oil-rich Angola currently imports about 80...
View ArticleMacheso is the father
HARARE - Sungura ace Alick Macheso’ estranged wife Tafadzwa Fortunate Mapako could not hide her joy yesterday as the long-awaited paternity tests proved that the musician is the father of her two...
View ArticlePolice storm Herald house
HARARE - Police yesterday raided Herald House looking for the Sunday Mail editor, Edmund Kudzayi, in an unprecedented move which left journalists and executives at the State-controlled Zimpapers...
View ArticleMobile money transactions surge, RTGSs decline
HARARE - ZIMBABWE mobile money transactions increased by 11 percent in the week ended May 30, 2014 to $66 962 959, 51 from $60 551 078, 95 recorded prior week, latest central bank statistics reveal....
View ArticleRefugee figures 'highest since WW2'
GENEVA - The number of people living as refugees from war or persecution exceeded 50 million in 2013, for the first time since World War Two, the UN says. The overall figure of 51.2 million is six...
View ArticleYounger brother of Yaya and Kolo Toure dies
RIO DE JANEIRO - The younger brother of Ivory Coast players Yaya and Kolo Toure died on Thursday, the same day his famous siblings were representing their country at the World Cup, the Ivory Coast...
View ArticleQueiroz plots Messi shut-out
LONDON - The arch-realist in Carlos Queiroz refused to downplay the scale of the task. The Iran coach was never going to try the usual manager trick of talking about it as just another game. Quite the...
View ArticleGermany wary of wounded Ghana
FORTALEZA - Germany will be hoping history doesn't repeat itself when they tackle Ghana in their second World Cup Group G match at Fortaleza tonight. Historically, Die Mannschaft has a tradition of...
View ArticleCosta Rica stun Italy, dump England out of WC
LONDON - Costa Rica saved the Queen. But there was no saving England. The end of Roy Hodgson’s team World Cup dream has been confirmed. England needed Italy to win here in order to cling to the most...
View ArticleMeleka ditches Chiefs
HARARE - Zimbabwean midfielder Elvis Meleka has no plans for renewing his contract with his Botswana club Mochudi Centre Chiefs next season and now eyes a move to the Castle Premiership. Meleka’s...
View ArticleChilumba wants Zim trio
HWANGE - Former FC Platinum coach Tenant Chilumba – now in charge of Power Dynamos in his native Zambia – has confirmed interest in the Zimbabwean trio of Winston Mhango, Rodwell Chinyengetere and...
View ArticleAfrica's embarrassing 2014 WC reps
JOHANNESBURG - One week into the 2014 World Cup and one thing which has become so obvious is that soccer on the African continent has alarmingly gone backwards instead of moving forward. Countries...
View ArticleZim World Cup veteran rallies Sables
HARARE - 1987 ZIMBABWE Rugby World Cup star Grant Davidson has been hugely impressed by the current Sables squad, which has to overcome numerous obstacles in their quest to return to world rugby’s...
View ArticleDraw leaves Mawiwi fuming
GWERU - Harare city coach Bigboy Mawiwi was left fuming after his charges allowed Chapungu to come back into the match and force a late equaliser in a Castle Larger Premiership match at Ascot Stadium...
View ArticlePressure is on Bosso – Mushure
HARARE - Dynamos defender Ocean Mushure has insisted that the pressure will be almost entirely on Highlanders when the country’s two biggest clubs clash in a Castle Premiership match at the National...
View ArticleInjury scare for Sables
HARARE - Zimbabwe national rugby team survived injury concerns yesterday after a number of players limped off during a warm up match between the Wildebeast XV and the Impala XV here. Prop Denford...
View ArticleSunday Mail editor charged with terrorism
HARARE - Edmund Kudzayi, the Sunday Mail editor has been remanded in custody to Monday pending his bail application. He is being charged with subverting a constitutional government by attempting to...
View ArticleMessi the hero in injury time
LONDON - Lionel Messi scored in time added on to give Argentina a barely deserved 1-0 win over a feisty Iran in their Group F encounter at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. The...
View ArticleZC turns to Afghanistan
HARARE - Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) is trying to lure Afghanistan to replace Bangladesh, who cancelled the Zimbabwe A tour that was scheduled for next month. The Zimbabwe national team hosts South Africa...
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