HARARE – South African Premiership giants Mamelodi Sundowns have included their Zimbabwean trio of Method Mwanjali, Esrom Nyandoro and Nyasha Mushekwi in a strong squad set to tour Zimbabwe next week. Sundowns announced a strong 57-member delegation for the five-day tour, which they will open against Highlanders in Bulawayo on Wednesday before travelling to Harare…
HARARE – The hunt for the new national team has started in earnest, with three local contenders in the running for the post. Current batting coach, Grant Flower, assistant coach Steven Mangongo, and surprise package, Andrew “Bundu” Waller has also made himself available for the job. All three candidates are in with a chance of…
LUANDA – Isabel dos Santos, the eldest daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo do Santos, is Africa’s first woman billionaire, according to research by American financial magazine Forbes. Isabel dos Santos bought shares in several Portuguese companies in recent years, including a bank and a cable television firm. “Those stakes, combined with assets Isabel dos…
HARARE – The Chitungwiza “house of death” mystery continues to deepen amid reports that $40 000 cash was stashed in the house. This comes as sources close to the late traditional healer said he used to keep large sums of money at his home. Police sources also told the Daily News that a soldier and…
HARARE – Two Mashwede Diesel workers accused of trying to bribe Zanu PF’s Harare youth leader Jim Kunaka are now free men following their acquittal. Magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta yesterday acquitted the two after founding them not guilty. Isheanesu Maribha, 34 and Gwezuva Changamire, 35, were accused of trying to bribe Kunaka to smoothen the way…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s mellowing and his concessions to democratic reforms have sent shivers down Zanu PF officials and his military backers who fear he is capitulating and “has sold out”. Stabbing his loyalists and military backers in the back, Mugabe accepted a raft of measures which in one stroke dealt with his succession…
HARARE – Like a knight in shining armour, President Robert Mugabe cut short his holiday early this month and returned home to rescue a constitution-making process which his officials and supporters desperately wanted dead. To millions of crisis-weary Zimbabweans, Mugabe’s masterstroke and charm came as a relief following chilling statements by top Zanu PF leaders…
BULAWAYO – Former journalism lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) and Fort Hare University head of department, Bhekimpilo Sibanda, has described Zimbabwean journalists as the most educated but a frightened lot who squirm from freely executing their duties. He said it was this fright that leads to self-censorship therefore denying the…
HARARE – Parties involved in the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators Association (ZNWCA) legitimacy wrangle have decided to settle the issue out of court. ZNWCA filed a High Court application seeking to bar some of its members Joseph Kandemiri, Winne Madekufamba and a man identified only as Chimombe from running a parallel organisation and purporting…
HARARE – Organisers of the Bob Super Cup celebrations have shifted the fund-raising dinner of the tournament to February 6. The dinner was originally set for February 8 but tournament co-ordinator Stan Kasukuwere said they have rescheduled the function due to some commitments. “We have rescheduled our Bob 89 fund-raising dinner to the 6th of…
