HARARE – Unsatisfied with police investigations into the brutal murder of a 12-year -old boy in Headlands, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC says it will engage international private investigators as tensions escalate ahead of elections. Police ruled out foul play in the death of Christpower Maisiri, who died in an inferno at their homestead two…
HARARE – Zimbabwean all-rounder PJ Moor has set his sights on an Ireland call-up following his latest spell in that country’s domestic league. The 22-year-old from Harare reportedly qualified for the ICC Associate member country in January. Moor, who captained Zimbabwe at the Under-19 World Cup in 2010, last month joined Irish club Belmont for…
HARARE – Rising Zimbabwean triathlete Laurelle Brown set a personal best time in defence of her National Under-19 Championship title at Mt Pleasant on Sunday while Arist Koutoungos romped home in the boys’ category. Brown clocked 01:08:21, coming first ahead of rival Laura Hume (01:21:59). “It is sad to think this will be my last…
MASERU – Dynamos’ biggest enemy in their quest to reclaim their African Champions League dizzy heights will not be the opponents they face on the field. Rather, the departure of key players at the club every season-end might see them fall short again of their real potential, says coach Calisto Pasuwa. Pasuwa watched his team…
HARARE – If the three ODIs between the West Indies and Zimbabwe were disappointing, the two T20 internationals were soul-destroying. We have to understand that Zimbabwe were always going to be up against it for two reasons. The first being that Zimbabwe have had no international cricket for a year. And the second being that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels has named an experienced Warriors squad to resume the team’s World Cup qualification campaign with a tough trip to Egypt on March 26 as the Warriors continue to rebuild under the German trainer. Announcing the traveling 18-man squad yesterday, Warriors manager Shariff Mussa revealed that since only five…
HARARE – Public institutions must be credible for them to be effective. The lack of credibility has been the bane of Zimbabwe’s public institutions. The same can be said of the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) after the recent revelations about its handling of indigenisation contracts awarded to Brainworks Capital. But credibility is…
HARARE – If the youths are to avoid curses of posterity and being branded generational failures, it is time they should embrace a democratic leader. Democracy casts a mirror on human rights, equality, constitutionalism, transparency and accountability among young leaders. Since independence, a system of polarisation and intolerance has been rife among youths, preached by…
HARARE – Jonathan Moyo in an article entitled: “Cheap attempts to scuttle indigenisation” published in the Sunday Mail alleged that: “Last Monday and Tuesday Zimra visited the offices of Zimplats and Brainworks over a transaction which everybody now knows is yet to be finalised beyond the non-binding term sheet signed on January 11, 2013 apparently…
HARARE – A Mt Darwin gold panner was stabbed to death after a dispute over a girlfriend turned nasty, a High Court judge has heard. Phillip Chitema lost his life after being stabbed with a seven centimetre long knife following a misunderstanding with Shakemore Mahachi over a girl only identified in court as Brenda. Mahachi…
