HARARE – Throughout my years as a cricket journalist, I have always wondered why Zimbabwean crowds are slow in filtering into either Harare Sports Club, or Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. My introduction to international cricket was in February 1995. It was 18 years ago, but, I remember it like it was yesterday. It was…
LONDON – Luis Suárez has said he intends returning to Liverpool on 21 July but he qualified that by adding “a phone call could change everything”. The Liverpool striker has been linked with Arsenal, Chelsea and Real Madrid and told the Uruguay radio station Sport 890: “There have been no offers yet but Liverpool know…
LONDON – Joe Root has already been a central figure in the buildup to his first Ashes series and Australia’s captain Michael Clarke fired an unsubtle message to the young Yorkshireman on the eve of his first Test against Australia at Trent Bridge. Root’s selection to open the batting with Alastair Cook has been the…
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe would have been reminded he has presided over a seriously hungry nation. As he bad-mouthed a South African official and Sadc at the weekend, some in his audience were more concerned about something to put into their own mouths: bread. Mugabe attacked Lindiwe Zulu, Jacob Zuma’s aide and also threatened to pull…
AN economic revival in neighbouring Mozambique spurred by bumper coal and gas discoveries two decades after the end of a civil war could be derailed by renewed insurgency from disgruntled Renamo guerrillas. Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story of Mozambique’s armed forces attacking a camp of Renamo rebels in the centre of the…
CAIRO – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by interim president Adly Mansour, saying it is illegitimate. President Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the army last week after mass protests. The Tamarod movement, which organised the protests, has said it was not consulted on the election plan and has…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, Simba Makoni’s Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD), and Zanu Ndonga have officially formed a coalition they hope will unseat Zanu PF. The coalition on Monday appealed to Welshman Ncube and Dumiso Dabengwa to join the anti-President Robert Mugabe grand alliance. The tripartite coalition said they had 22 more days to recruit…
HARARE – Soldiers and police officers — who in 2008 voted under the watchful eye of their commanders — will on Sunday and Monday exercise their democratic right to vote freely after electoral authorities removed polling stations from barracks and police stations. Rita Makarau, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson said observers are welcome to monitor…
HARARE – Controversial businessman John Arnold Bredenkamp was recently detained over a $4,2 million fraud and externalisation charge. The tycoon, who has instituted legal proceedings against the British government for placing him on a travel and asset ban targeting President Robert Mugabe’s inner circle, appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court last week after a complaint…
HARARE – Secrets-spilling Zanu PF mole Baba Jukwa on Sunday hogged the limelight at the launch of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s manifesto in Marondera, as party supporters demanded more dirty secrets about the ex-majority party. For a moment, the crowd chanted “Baba Jukwa, Baba Jukwa” drowning out a speech by MDC organising secretary Nelson Chamisa,…
