HARARE – Suluman Chimbetu’s hit Sean Timba is without doubt Zimbabwe’s song of the moment but will it have clout to upstage Seychelles’ popular contombly music this weekend? The Dendera musician backed by his 10-man Orchestra Dendera Kings will leave Zimbabwe tonight to participate in the Victoria international Cultural Carnival that begins this Friday on…
HARARE – GEM processors in India’s Surat — the world’s biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre — are looking at Zimbabwe for supplies as production of mining companies like De Beers has decreased phenomenally. Two of the largest diamond mines in the world — Canada’s Ekati and Diavik mines — have exhausted open pit resources…
BULAWAYO – Government remains the biggest threat to the development of the education sector, a Cabinet minister has said. Education minister David Coltart (pictured) has blamed the poor pass rate recorded for last year’s ‘O’ Level examinations on warped government priorities, which have seen ministers and top officials getting luxury cars while public schools remain…
HARARE – High Court Judge Hlekani Mwayera has reserved judgment in RioZim Limited’s case against Tourism minister Walter Mzembi and his Zanu PF colleagues for disrupting activities at the resources group’s Renco Gold Mine. In an urgent chamber application, the listed firm accuses the Masvingo South legislator, Irvine Dzingirai, and a Mazombwe of trying to…
HARARE – Charismatic preacher Uebert Angel Mudzanire has confirmed that he owns a Lamborghini — a supercar, which costs nearly $1 million to import into the country. With a 2012 version of the Lamborghini Aventador priced at $400 000-plus, it would have cost the “man of God” nearly $800 000 to land the car in…
HARARE – Reigning Castle Premiership champions Dynamos could lose up to four players following the Harare giant’s failure to pay the players’ transfer fees. On Tuesday, it took the intervention of coach Calisto Pasuwa after Sprouting officials, who hold the rights of defender Morris Kadzola and striker Allan Tavarwisa, visited DeMbare’s training base to withdraw…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe junior football representatives to participate in the 10-day Puma Sport trials in Germany left the country on Monday evening. The trio that includes the Maningi Soccer Academy pair of Mordecai Chigaba (16) and Sean Muneka (18) as well as Zimbabwe Under-20 and FC Platinum player Tatenda Dzumbunu (19) left the country…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national cricket Under-18 coach, Walter Chawaguta, is confident his team will put up a good show during the annual South African Cricket Festival. The team leaves Wednesday morning for a week-long festival at the Eastern Junior Club Cricket Association (EJCCA) in Benoni. “We bat right down the order and so we are…
LONDON – Formula One teams contributed to the dramatic blowouts at Sunday’s British Grand Prix by mounting their tyres the wrong way around and using insufficient pressure, supplier Pirelli said on Tuesday. Rejecting any suggestion that its tyres were dangerous, the Italian company said it would bring stronger rear tyres to Germany this weekend to…
LONDON – Kirsten Flipkens and Sabine Lisicki, whose careers were almost wrecked by illness and injury, booked emotional places in the Wimbledon semifinals on Tuesday. Flipkens will be playing in her first Grand Slam semifinal at the age of 27 after knocking out 2011 champion Petra Kvitova, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, The Belgian 20th seed goes…
