HARARE – Harare City shot to the top of the Castle Premiership table after defeating Hwange 2-1 on Saturday but their coach Bigboy Mawiwi was quick to warn his players to remain level headed. The Sunshine Boys are now on the summit of the log with 31 points from 16 games, one ahead of second-placed…
HARARE – Veteran defender David Sengu netted the only goal as Triangle completed the double over Black Mambas with a 1-0 win in a Castle Lager Premiership match at Morris Depot on Saturday. The Chiredzi-based outfit shot to eighth position on the log with 19 points from 16 games while Mambas dropped to 11th place…
HARARE – Zimbabwean import costs from South Africa (SA) – its biggest trading partner – are expected to sharply increase, as a result of incessant fuel price hikes in that country, economic analysts say. Eric Bloch, a Bulawayo-based economist, said although the bulk of Zimbabwe’s fuel is not sourced from neighbouring SA – except for…
MUTARE – Laying claim to extraordinary perception and to knowledge transcending this age, musician Hosiah Chipanga is an enigma of sorts. The witty Mutare-based National Arts and Merit Award (Nama) award winner says he has through his prolific music career proved his sanity. “I have, through my music been preparing people not to take me…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s threat to pull out of Sadc and his personal attack on South African President Jacob Zuma’s advisor Lindiwe Zulu has been described by analysts and his opponents as an appalling and embarrassing way to show he is scared of elections. Mugabe used the launch of his party manifesto on Friday…
HARARE – There was a frenzy of diplomatic caucusing within Sadc on Saturday as the region sought ways to respond to President Robert Mugabe’s insults primarily directed at South Africa, as well as the growing perception that the political climate in Zimbabwe is deteriorating rapidly. The Daily News on Sunday learnt last night that a…
HARARE – Empowerment Corporation (Private) Limited (EC), a local investment group led by businessman James Makamba, has acquired an 11 percent stake in Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Telecel) and as it seeks to raise its shareholding to 60 percent. This also comes as the diversely-owned investment group has officially announced Patrick Zhuwao’s appointment as its…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Sunday launches the MDC manifesto at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera as he kick-starts the party’s campaign ahead of harmonised elections scheduled for July 31. Tsvangirai will battle it out with President Robert Mugabe for the presidency. MDC officials said the MDC’s manifesto launch, coming two days after Zanu PF…
HARARE – Zimbabwean musicians and celebrities from Zanu PF and MDC have taken the political bull by its horns by contesting in the upcoming legislative elections. Gospel music star Elias Musakwa and sungura ace Joshua Sacco will represent Zanu PF while former ZBC radio DJs, Erick Knight, Ezra “Chisa” Sibanda and James Maridadi will contest…
PRETORIA – Bafana Bafana, just like most African countries, will be engaged in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match this weekend; away in Cameroon, but the leading sporting news this side was the sudden announcement by Benni McCarthy that he was finally hanging up his boots. You see on this side of the world, McCarthy,…
