Manyuchi's moment of reckoning
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Africa Boxing Union champion Charles Manyuchi carries the hope of a nation when he takes on Ghanaian Patrick Allotey for the World Boxing Championship in Zambia on Saturday....
View ArticleHarare International 7s moved to rugby section
HARARE - The fourth edition of the Harare International Sevens, on this weekend, will be played at Harare Sports Club’s rugby field after organisers used part of the cricket stadium for the first...
View ArticleIt's do-or-die for Zim!
HARARE - The fifth edition of the ICC World Twenty20 is looming, and Zimbabwe find themselves in a perilous position. Brendan Taylor and his troops are ranked in a tricky qualifying group alongside...
View ArticleZifa election fever, as nominations close tomorrow
HARARE - Nominations for the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board elections are set to close tomorrow with all indications pointing to incumbent president Cuthbert Dube winning another four-year...
View ArticlePSL preview No2: City begin life without Songani
HARARE - The challenge facing Harare City this season is replacing mercurial winger Silas Songani, who joined Danish top-flight side SønderjyskE at the beginning of the year. Songani was...
View Article'Gloomy economic outlook to persist'
HARARE - Prospects of Zimbabwe’s economic revival remain gloomy with developments indicating a tough time ahead, economic analysts say. Among the challenges, the economists say the country faces a...
View ArticleGold earnings slump 20pc
HARARE - Zimbabwe's total gold earnings slumped 20 percent to $626 million last year from $783 million realised in 2012, latest Chamber of Mines (CoM) figures reveal. This comes as escalating...
View ArticleNIAA music festival roars into life
HARARE - Over 2 000 artistes will feature in the annual National Institute of Allied Arts (NIAA) music festival that will run at various Zimbabwean schools until March 29. This year’s edition of the...
View ArticleBambelela, WIT to grace Inxusa Theatre Festival
BULAWAYO - Bambelela Theatre Arts Ensemble will premiere its new play The Civil Servant during the Inxusa Theatre Festival and World Theatre Day Colloquium at Amakhosi Cultural Centre. The play,...
View ArticleBev ventures into gospel music
HARARE - Beverly Sibanda, who recently quit pole dancing after joining Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Walter Magaya, is working on a gospel album. The former leader of the...
View ArticleSix dead in New York City buildings collapse
NEW YORK - At least six people have died and several are missing after a gas leak sparked an explosion which levelled two buildings in New York City. Scores of others were injured in the incident,...
View ArticleHubby beds girlfriends in wife's presence
HARARE - A woman yesterday claimed her husband beds his girlfriends on their matrimonial bed in her presence. Gladys Goronga alleged that her husband Zvichauya Ndlela brings his “sweethearts” at their...
View ArticleEx-human resources boss in $6 200 maintenance arrears
HARARE - Golden Chekenyere, ex-National Foods Limited human resources director, has been dragged to court by his estranged wife for failing to pay maintenance since January 2009. The maintenance...
View ArticleJudge, accused give conflicting statements
HARARE - High Court Judge Charles Hungwe and murder suspect Jonathan Mutsinze have given conflicting statements on progress in Mutsinze’s murder trial, 10 years on. The Constitutional Court in January...
View ArticleI am not gagging legislators: Speaker
HARARE - Jacob Mudenda, Speaker of the National Assembly, yesterday said he was not gagging legislators from debating high-level corruption. Speaking at an awareness seminar for Zimbabwe Agenda For...
View ArticleAnother Mangoma 'attacker' freed on $100 bail
HARARE - A Harare magistrate yesterday freed Paul Gorekore, accused of assaulting MDC deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma, on $100 bail after ruling that the State’s case was weak. Magistrate...
View ArticleEx-mayor Masunda defends council perks
HARARE - Former Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda has said the salary of town clerk Tendai Mahachi and his 18-member management team is reasonable. Mahachi insists he earns $13 000 which he claims was...
View ArticleSikhala rejoins Tsvangirai
HARARE - MDC 99 leader Job Sikhala has officially rejoined the MDC, as the party president Morgan Tsvangirai continues to reach out to other opposition leaders to join him. Sikhala returned to the...
View ArticlePlease act now, Mr President
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s service delivery sectors are on a death spiral that could produce a crisis, with hospitals in the intensive care unit, water getting scarcer and thousands of children dropping out...
View ArticleChina lost plane images 'a mistake'
KUALA LUMPUR - Chinese satellite images that were said to show debris from a missing Malaysian airliner were released by mistake, Malaysia's transport minister says. Hishammuddin Hussein also denied a...
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