LONDON – The fifth seed Sara Errani became the first major casualty of Wimbledon as she was upset by the teenager Mónica Puig on Monday. Errani, who reached the semi-finals of the French Open before losing to the eventual winner Serena Williams, went down 6-3, 6-2 to her Puerto Rican opponent. The 19-year-old had form…
HARARE – While Simbarashe Chaunoita’s imposing height is intimidating, it is his amazing character that makes him stand out from the rest of his fellow inmates. Not only is he charming, Chaunoita exudes an inner peace which makes one wonder how such an eloquent man finds himself locked at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the largest…
LONDON – Roger Federer began the defence of his Wimbledon title by breezing to a straight sets victory over Romanian Victor Hanescu on the opening Centre Court match of the championships on Monday. The third-seeded Swiss barely broke sweat in demolishing his 48th-ranked opponent 6-3 6-2 6-0 with the final set taking only 17 minutes….
HARARE – Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe (Fidelity) plans to merge its funeral and individual life assurance units as part of a strategy to streamline operations and contain costs. Simon Chapereka, the group’s managing director, said the move is targeted at rationalising business structures in line with international standards. “This will result in rationalisation of…
HARARE – Thrills and upsets characterised the second day of the Select Healthcare Junior Tennis Championships that began Friday across three venues. A number of the leading top junior players failed to reach the finals of the tourney that will take place at the Harare Sports Club Sunday. As the battle for supreme unfolded yesterday,…
HARARE – Since the weekend Sadc summit in Maputo, Mozambique, where the government was urged to seek a delay in the harmonised elections, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has been in the news since he was tasked by the regional bloc with that assignment. Chinamasa on Tuesday filed an appeal against the Constitutional Court ruling ordering…
HARARE – Edward Chindori-Chininga, the Zanu PF lawmaker for Guruve South, had already written up his life-threatening car accident last year, but the former Mines minister could not have predicted the final chapter of the story. On Wednesday night, Chindori-Chininga — who was the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy —…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe hurtles towards watershed elections whose date continues to be contested despite a court ruling and a Sadc summit which gave recommendations for an extension on the date, the Daily News Senior Assistant Editor Guthrie Munyuki, sought the views of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition regional coordinator, Joy Mabenge, on their advocacy and…
HARARE – American President Barack Obama should tighten the screws on President Robert Mugabe’s administration in order to force the regime to implement reforms ahead of polls, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. Appearing before the US Congress on Tuesday, Dewa Mavhinga, HRW’s Africa senior researcher, said despite the implementation of a modicum of reforms…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is going it alone in Constitutional Court application as Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday forged ahead with the appeal despite protests that the request was weak and filed without due consultations. His application comes as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Principals had agreed that Chinamasa’s application was going to be…
