HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels has been forced into making another injury-inspired change after Highlanders midfielder Masimba Mambare joined the squad for next Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier away to Egypt. Pagels, preparing for his first competitive assignment as Warriors coach, has seen his decision to name only 18 players backfire on him terribly…
HARARE – The four-part crit race enters its final lap with the decider scheduled for the National Sports Stadium on Saturday. The stage has been set for an intriguing battle where top performers will be rewarded with prizes. These will be awarded to the best boys, girls, school and club. The race, however, has been…
HARARE – United Family International Church (UFIC) founder Emmanuel Makandiwa (pictured) has threatened to walk on Kariba waters to confound those doubting his powers. Makandiwa made the claim three weeks ago just before he jetted out to the United States. His spokesperson Prime Kufa told the Daily News the “man of God did not directly…
HARARE – Exiled Chimurenga super star Thomas Mapfumo will release his long-awaited album World on Fire before the end of this month despite his misgivings about rampant music piracy in Zimbabwe. Late last year the Zimbabwe music legend told the Daily News he would withhold the release of new albums until pirates were put in…
HARARE – Despite targeting a $10 billion growth in Africa by 2015, Samsung Africa Electronics (Samsung) says it will not optimally invest in Zimbabwe due to restrictive legislation which repels investment. James Kim, Samsung’s southern Africa business strategic director, said the rising electronics giant would “love to invest more” in the country, but investment is…
HARARE – The constitutional referendum came and passed with few incidents. However, this is never cause for complacency. The incidents in Mbare illustrate the deep-seated animosity between the MDC and Zanu PF which may soon flare up in wider proportions before the elections. How the police deal with these seemingly minor incidents will indicate how…
HARARE – Zimbabweans passed a new constitution in a relatively peaceful referendum that could reshape the political landscape of the troubled country, official results showed yesterday. Greater checks on presidential powers, a strengthened and expanded legislature, socio-economic rights and greater civil liberties were among changes voted through in Saturday’s referendum, which came five years after…
HARARE – Although I still have the honour and privilege of writing for the Daily News, it is probably common knowledge by now that I have taken a back seat in the commentary box, and have been keeping a very low profile in general. Many people and in particular former colleagues have been displeased bordering…
HARARE – News that just over two million Zimbabweans out of an estimated six million people voted in the just-ended referendum shows that a lot of work needs to be done in terms of voter education ahead of general elections expected this year. With Zec having printed 12 million ballot papers — possibly in anticipation…
BULAWAYO – A team of fire-fighters from the United Kingdom is in the country to train officers in the fire and ambulance services. The 22-member strong foreign delegation going by the code name ‘‘Operation Florian Team’’, is led by veteran fire fighter Tony Burscough. It is set to take local participants through a three-week intensive…
