HARARE – West Indies cricket coach Ottis Gibson says this month’s tour to the Caribbean by a “modest” Zimbabwe side offers his team an opportunity to experiment at Test level. Gibson has hinted that the Windies will hand hard-hitting batsman Kieron Pollard his Test debut against the African tourists after the 25-year-old Trinidadian impressed with…
HARARE – Police have arrested dozens of hookers in an operation they say is aimed to get rid of prostitution in the city. The operation called “No to Loitering” targeted commercial sex workers operating the red light Avenues area in Harare. Of the 36 women arrested during the operation, 30 were released after paying admission…
HARARE – Edward Heath, the late British prime minister is credited with coining the phrase “the unacceptable face of capitalism” to describe Lonrho’s Tiny Rowland back in 1973. How it morphed into (if there is any connection at all) the now commonly used “ugly face of capitalism” I am not too sure but capitalism…
HARARE – The absence of a Cuban pathologist has stalled the trial of 29 MDC activists accused of killing a cop in Glen View, as the other five in custody launched a fresh bail bid. Prosecutor Edmore Nyazamba told the court yesterday he was yet to get a response from the Cuban Embassy on the…
HARARE – Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) is mulling plans to send the national side to Spain for a training camp ahead of the 2013 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III tournament scheduled for May. TZ administrator Cliff Nhokwara said Spain was a fitting meeting place, due to its central location, for Zimbabwean players dotted around the…
HARARE – A group of rowdy youths — purporting to be Zanu PF members — went on rampage tearing copies of the Daily News in Harare’s Kuwadzana suburb yesterday. The five youths harassed a female vendor selling the popular newspaper, which they branded as an “unwanted element”. “They approached me and asked to check out…
HARARE – Bulawayo’s Khumalo Hockey Stadium is set to host a new Southern Africa schools hockey tournament, known as Sabi Stars, in April. Tournament organiser Ginny Ross said they are expecting over twelve schools from the Southern African region for the hockey extravaganza. “Invites have been extended to schools from South Africa, Botswana and Zambia…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s indigenisation drive has turned out to be a massive cash cow for well-heeled and politically-connected elites, as details of massive misrepresentation and grand looting for deal makers emerge. A three-month investigation by the Daily News revealed shocking details — including that of advisory firms netting massive cash contracts without going to tender….
HARARE – Zimbabwe is getting a raw deal and losing billions of dollars to developed countries through exporting rough diamonds, a local mining expert has said. Zimbabwe Diamond Education College (ZDTC) principal, Stephen Muchenje, told a diamond seminar currently underway at the college that the country has vast deposits of diamonds but is getting little…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s negotiators to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) have snubbed South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team. The meetings were supposed to tackle the contentious security sector and media reforms among other issues. On Sunday, representatives from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Industry and Commerce minister Welshman Ncube’s MDC formations met…
