Charity festival to go annual
HARARE - Organisers of the just-ended Soap and Shirt Donation Winter Festival are considering making the charity event an annual concert. Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), the Women’s...
View ArticleHwange stay top despite defeat
HWANGE - Hwange maintained leadership of the Castle Premiership despite going down 1-0 at home to Chicken Inn at the Colliery yesterday. The coalminers stayed on 22 points, and now lead only on goal...
View ArticleTelecel boss resigns
HARARE - Telecel Zimbabwe (Telecel)’s chief commercial officer Ashraf Elguindy has resigned. His sudden resignation, in yet unclear circumstances, comes on the back of the group’s former chief...
View ArticleTime to act against rapists
HARARE - We are impressed that the country’s leadership is now taking the fight against child sexual abuses seriously, and urge government and police to come down hard on the evil perpetrators of...
View ArticleZima to release awards categories
HARARE - Consultants hired by the re-launched Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) say categories for the gongs will be announced within a fortnight. Michelle Fernandes, the events manager of the South...
View ArticleZim, United Kingdom filmmakers collaborate
HARARE - Filmaker Rufaro Kaseke has just finished directing a movie titled Elusive Horizons that was jointly made by local motion picture makers and their counterparts in the United Kingdom. The film,...
View ArticleZim investors set for Mozambique
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s trade facilitation body, ZimTrade, will be spearheading an investment mission in Mozambique as part of efforts to have local companies establish businesses in the country. The trip...
View ArticleEconomy puts Zanu PF on tenterhooks
HARARE - Zimbabwe remains plagued by a financial “leprosy” to the extent that it is seriously considering securitising its minerals, a move which both economists and the World Bank say is risky and...
View Article'Dokora causing discord among teachers'
HARARE - Education stakeholders say the raft of changes being introduced in the sector by Lazarus Dokora, minister of Primary and Secondary Education will cause disharmony and anxiety among teachers....
View ArticleRaise tobacco tax to curb smoking: WHO
HARARE - Raising taxes on tobacco is the most effective way to reduce use of the drug and save lives, a World Health Organisation (WHO) representative has said. David Okello, WHO representative to...
View ArticleMDC readies for congress
HARARE - Jostling for positions has intensified in the MDC as the party embarks on a restructuring exercise ahead of its main congress in October with lower structure congresses set to begin next...
View ArticleAl-Jazeera trio jailed in Egypt
CAIRO - A court in Cairo convicted Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of spreading false news and supporting the now banned Islamist group. The trio had denied the charges. Eleven...
View ArticleSudan death sentence woman 'freed'
KHARTOUM - A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her religious faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC. Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appeal...
View ArticleRose passes fitness test
HARARE - Zimbabwe flank Andrew Rose came through a fitness test yesterday in time for month-end’s World Cup qualification tournament in Madagascar. Rose, who captains Boroughmuir Rugby Club, has been...
View ArticleMexico coach hails Marquez
LONDON - Mexico coach Miguel Herrera hailed the performance of evergreen captain Rafael Marquez after his team beat Croatia 3-1 on Monday to reach the World Cup last 16. Appearing at his fourth World...
View ArticleNeymar leads Brazil into last 16
LONDON - Brazil forward Neymar shot to the top of the World Cup scoring charts with a superb double in-convincing 4-1 win for the hosts over Cameroon on Monday that sent them through as Group A...
View ArticleVan Gaal hits out at 'boring Dutch' critics
LONDON - Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal took journalists to task on Monday as he bristled at suggestions he wasn’t playing attacking football at the World Cup. After his team beat Chile 2-0 to top...
View ArticleDeMbare jinx bothers Bosso coach Kaindu
HARARE - Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu admitted he was “embarrassed” by his team’s defeat to rivals Dynamos on Sunday, but insisted they would not lose focus in their quest for the title. The...
View ArticleMusicians jostle for Big Brother Africa slot
HARARE - A number of artistes are yearning for a chance to represent Zimbabwe in this year’s edition of Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality TV show. This year’s BBA auditions are pencilled for July 12...
View ArticleBand members humiliate Peter Moyo
HARARE - All is not well in Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo’s Utakataka Express band. Moyo failed to show up at the recently held Soap and Shirt Winter Donation Festival at the Belgravia Sports Club in Harare...
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