HARARE – Leg-spinner Tino Mutombodzi took five wickets while Regis Chakabva scored an unbeaten 113 runs in Takashinga 2’s eight-wicket victory over Glenshire in a Vigne Cup Cricket League encounter in Highfield on Sunday. There was a slight delay to the match as umpires assigned to officiate failed to attend before the two teams agreed…
HARARE – A Nigerian national who sneaked back into the country and married two Zimbabwean women within five days was last week sent packing after being convicted on bigamy and perjury charges. Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe last Friday ordered 46-year-old Henry Ihedoro to pay a $100 fine or face 20 days in prison, after which…
HARARE – The exorbitant cancer treatment fees have become a serious cause of concern among the ordinary Zimbabweans. Cancer kills more people globally than tuberculosis, HIV and malaria combined, and the number is growing quickly, adding to the disease burden of non-communicable diseases. According to the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe, each year, over 12,7 million…
HARARE – Listed construction group, Murray & Roberts Zimbabwe (M&R) says it has concluded its dispute with British firm, Mace International Limited (MIL) over payment for the construction of the new British Embassy in Harare. M&R chairperson Paddy Zhanda in the company’s results for the full year to June 30 said $432 411 had been…
POLOKWANE – Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was granted bail of R10,000 by the Polokwane Regional Court. Malema was officially charged with money-laundering, for “receiving proceeds from unlawful activities”. The affidavit he made in support of his application for bail was not read out in court. The case was postponed to November 30.Malema…
HARARE – Television Overall there has been a two percent increase in television viewership for any channel. Viewership of ZBC Channel 2 increased from four percent to nine percent. This channel is now accessible in Bulawayo. ZBC TV channels are viewed by everyone. Satellite viewership percentage increased from 45 percent to 50 percent. Subscription for…
HARARE – The long-awaited one-day indaba of football stakeholders to look at the financing and administration of football kicks off in Harare this morning. Vice President John Nkomo is expected to officiate at the meeting, which is the brainchild of Sports minister David Coltart. Coltart and Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Cuthbert Dube will also…
HARARE – Harare Province Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club — Wednesday Chapman Golf Club Wednesday sponsored by Conplant 4ball better ball stableford winners were: 1. HK Naguland and B Gulab — 49 points; 2. HK Naik and S Naik — 48; 3. S Frampton and B Lagesse — 46; Thursday Imire Rhino golfday 4ball Alliance winners…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s visual and performing artists have in the past years received pro bono legal representation from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, ZLHR after their artistic productions were banned by police in conjunction with the Censorship Board. Kumbirai Mafunda, a ZLHR information officer said the firm was a non-profit human rights organisation whose core…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Sevens rugby side left the country yesterday for Casablanca, Morocco, ahead of the Africa Zone qualifiers for the 2013 IRB Sevens Rugby World Cup. After bowing out at the semifinal stage of the Middleburg Sevens in South Africa last week, the Cheetahs are perfectly poised to qualify for next year’s World Cup…
