Fiyado regains scoring touch
HARARE - CAPS United striker Leonard Fiyado spent the first half of the season desperately searching for goals, enduring a terrible run of form during that spell. Fiyado’s first goal of the season...
View ArticleEthical to use untested Ebola drugs, says WHO
GENEVA - Untested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization says. The WHO said it was ethical in light of the scale of the outbreak and high...
View ArticleBovas champions dancehall in Byo
BULAWAYO - Rising artiste Emmanuel Majaya, 24, believes he has what it takes to make dancehall eclipse kwaito and house music in Bulawayo. The young artiste, who is better known by the stage name...
View ArticleIntwasa partners Byo City Council
BULAWAYO - Decade-old Intwasa Arts Festival has partnered with the Bulawayo City Council to mark 120 years since Zimbabwe’s second largest city was established. According to the latest council report,...
View ArticleFix economy first
HARARE - An astonishing level of outrage has been ignited by President Robert Mugabe’s plea to Zimbabweans to temporarily forget the mounting economic difficulties and smile to delegates at the Sadc...
View ArticleGrace should be mother of peace
HARARE - It is an uncontroversial truism that people in high positions wield influence on the behaviour of members of society who look up to them. For a long time, this country experienced a deadly...
View ArticleSharon Macheso ties the knot
HARARE - Kudakwashe Gladman Munetsi and long-time girlfriend Sharon Macheso wed yesterday at St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, Waterfalls in Harare. Munetsi of Chitungwiza married his...
View ArticleBlood on the floor
HARARE - There are fears Zanu PF factional fights could turn bloody after the party yesterday said dozens of women countrywide had been kidnapped as the fight to replace President Robert Mugabe...
View ArticleRobin Williams: Obama leads tributes to actor, dead at 63
WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama has led tributes to US actor and comedian Robin Williams, who has been found dead, aged 63, in an apparent suicide. Marin County Police in California said...
View ArticleDiscord in DeMbare camp
HARARE - Dynamos players yesterday refused to train for the second day in protest over unpaid bonuses and signing on fees. The Glamour Boys players are also not happy with the club’s policy of not...
View ArticleStrict visa regulations in Super Diski
HARARE - From now on it will be extremely difficult for Zimbabwean players to break into the rich South African Absa Premiership owing to new immigration regulations. Even those players like George...
View ArticleZim go down fighting
HARARE - Zimbabwe would have been comfortable taking it session by session but the urge of taking this Test match into the final day backfired as South Africa seized the initiative to wrap up a...
View ArticleLots to be excited about
HARARE - A nine wicket win with a day to spare is a comfortable and pretty comprehensive win in anyone's language. And when it's one versus 10, you wouldn't expect any different. People who will...
View ArticleIt's the economy, stupid
HARARE - Americans have a saying “it’s the economy, stupid” to rein in politicians and leaders of ruling political parties whenever they try to divert people’s attention from real bread and butter...
View ArticleCop in court for extortion
BULAWAYO - A Fort Rixon cop has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly soliciting for a bribe from a man who mistakenly took his luggage when he alighted from a vehicle they were travelling...
View ArticleHarare hospital goes for months without water
HARARE - Harare Central Hospital, one of the largest referral medical institutions in Zimbabwe, has been operating without water for several months. This alarming development was revealed during the...
View Article'Party caucus yet to endorse Grace'
HARARE - Lawmakers in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF are yet to endorse First Lady Grace Mugabe’s nomination as the new secretary of the Women’s League. Joram Gumbo, the Zanu PF chief whip, told...
View ArticleBoost for Mnangagwa faction
HARARE - The faction led by Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, which is still reeling from a devastating Zanu PF Youth League rout, is now allegedly working closely with the Gushungo clan (or Third...
View ArticlePlot to stop Mujuru
HARARE - Hardliners in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF are working round the clock to derail Vice President Joice Mujuru’s march to the presidency. With the second Zanu PF secretary riding on a...
View ArticleMugabe defies age
HARARE - At 90, President Robert Mugabe, who is among those who played a prominent role in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle, but who now stands accused of running down a once vibrant economy, continues...
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