Defying odds, shrugging adversity
HARARE - While they are young, confident, smart and full of life their situation today remotely reflects the challenges they had to endure growing up. Talking to Samantha Mandiriri, 24, from Seke, in...
View ArticleNo holiday for the poor
HARARE - For the rich, the August holiday is for fun. They climb mountains in the Eastern Highlands, watch the smoke that thunders in Victoria Falls, and enjoy life. On the flip side, for the poor,...
View ArticleDriefontein teacher sodomises students
GWERU - Students at Driefontein Mission in Chirumhanzu are living in fear as a male teacher reportedly sodomised boys at the school. This has resulted in some being infected with HIV, with others...
View ArticleWhen reigning queens resign in shame
HARARE - Former Miss Zimbabwe Thabiso Phiri is understood to have stepped down to protect the reputation of the Miss Zimbabwe Trust ahead of the Miss World pageant. Phiri was selected out of 26...
View Article'Langa sleeping on the job'
BULAWAYO - Last week 44 visitors coming for a cultural exchange programme of “Umoja-The Flying Carpet” from three countries, two of which are members of Sadc and AU, that is South Africa and...
View ArticleOne step at a time, Grace
HARARE - First Lady, Grace Mugabe, will never cease to amaze. In the last two weeks, she has made headlines especially following her nomination to lead the Zanu PF women’s league. She has gone about...
View ArticleSA anxious about Zim
HARARE - As Zimbabwe prepares to host the 34th Sadc Summit of Heads of State and Government in Victoria Falls in a week’s time, it has emerged that the regional power, South Africa, is once again...
View Article'We need long-term vision'
HARARE - In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily News on Sunday in Harare last week, Walter Mzembi, the Masvingo South MP and Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister (WM) spoke to our senior...
View ArticleArtistes are a mirror of society: Zhakata
HARARE - Zora music star Leonard “Karikoga” Zhakata believes an artiste is like a church institution that accommodates all members of society. “You are like a hospital,” Zhakata says. “A hospital...
View ArticleNew twist to Trauma Centre saga
HARARE - Vivek Solanki’s Trauma Centre saga has taken a new twist after the medical institution approached the courts, claiming that it was robbed of over $180 000 together with company files by a...
View Article'Mugabe holding Zim hostage'
HARARE - Opposition Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader Simba Makoni says President Robert Mugabe and his cronies are holding the nation hostage, feathering their nest amid a deepening economic decline...
View ArticleIt's never too late to find a soul mate
HARARE - I earnestly believe that true love really exists and that one should do everything they can in pursuit of this God-given gift. Because God himself is love, there is absolutely no reason why...
View ArticleMugabe breathes fire
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday came out guns blazing, blasting faction leaders in his strife-torn ruling Zanu PF party who had abandoned efforts to hold a sussessful youths conferance...
View ArticleIt never rains but pours for Chiwenga
HARARE - The resignation of reigning Miss Zimbabwe, Thabiso Phiri, a 22-year-old University of Zimbabwe law student has become the latest blow to Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson, Mary Chiwenga’s...
View ArticleArsenal thrash City to win Shield
LONDON - Arsenal, who went nine years without a trophy before winning the FA Cup in May, collected their second piece of silverware in three months when they crushed champions Manchester City 3-0 in...
View ArticleMcIlroy wins PGA Championship
LONDON - Rory McIlroy put himself among golf's greatest legends on Sunday by winning his fourth major title in dramatic fashion, capturing the PGA Championship in a shotmakers' showdown at...
View ArticleChitengwa wins Open Classic
HARARE - Wingate Golf Club attached golfer Farai Chitengwa kept a cool head to clinch his maiden Zambezi Tour win by one shot on Saturday at Chapman Golf Club. The Tanzania Golf Union director had...
View ArticleRelief for Antipas as Gamecocks win
BULAWAYO - Chicken Inn Inn coach Joe Antipas spoke of his relief yesterday after his team returned to winning ways in the Castle Premiership with a 1-0 win over Hwange. Ishmael Lawe headed home six...
View ArticleZim keep Proteas in check
HARARE - Zimbabwe continued to make South Africa work for it as the tourists closed the second day of the only Test trailing by 55 runs on 201-4 with six wickets remaining. South Africa’s innings...
View ArticleKnow your limitations, play to your strength
HARARE - Some might describe yesterday’s play as boring and uninteresting. They couldn't have been more further from the truth. Granted, it wasn't the free-flowing and entertaining batting everybody...
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