HARARE – Harare giants Dynamos received a huge boost after their new signings defenders Oscar Machapa and Victor Kamhuka were issued with international clearances by their former South African clubs. Machapa joined the Glamour Boys from Moroka Swallows where he was deemed excess baggage to their personnel while Kamhuka was coming from relegated side Black…
BULAWAYO – Southern Region Division One log leaders Bulawayo Chiefs bounced back to winning ways with a 1-0 home victory over Tsholotsho to get their promotion campaign back on track. The weekend win was sweet revenge for the Rahman Gumbo-led side after they lost to Tsholotsho by a similar score line in the reverse fixture….
HARARE – Angry fans have torn into the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) for causing the confusion that ensued following the cancellation of Zimbabwe’s Chan qualifier against Zambia on Sunday. The match was called off after Cameroonian match officials, Juenkon Wadji, Noupue Nguegoue, Lambi Fuanta and Nde Christopher Ade were left stranded at Jomo Kenyatta International…
WASHINGTON – On July 31, 2013, Zimbabweans took their hopes and aspirations to more than 9 000 polling stations across the country to cast their ballots in a much- anticipated election. While many analysts in Zimbabwe and throughout the world predicted a close contest between longtime President Robert Mugabe and his chief rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s president-elect Robert Mugabe says the just-ended elections “were free and fair”, despite mounting local and international disputes over the poll process and outcome. In a vintage Heroes Day address yesterday, the Zanu PF leader not only hinted that Western objection to his party’s landslide win and re-election was futile, but it had…
GABORONE – Alone among African countries, Botswana has rejected the results of the Zimbabwean elections. It’s a brave stand, bound to frustrate their neighbours, but not unexpected. Over the last few years, Botswana and its president have shown that they can think and act for themselves. As African countries and institutions fell over themselves to…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s inauguration following his disputed re-election in the just-ended harmonised polls has been stalled after Morgan Tsvangirai’s Friday Constitutional Court (Con-Court) petition seeking to nullify the result. With Tsvangirai seeking to compel the country’s top court to order fresh elections within 60 days, Zanu PF’s plans for a mega inauguration have…
HARARE – Yesterday’s Heroes Day commemorations were spiced up by messages of Zanu PF’s election victory, as the party took advantage of the platform to gloat over its landslide win that opponents have branded fraudulent. From the main gate of the National Heroes Acre — a shrine for fallen freedom fighters and party loyalists —…
HARARE – Armed police officers have continued round-the-clock deployment and surveillance of Harvest House, the MDC headquarters. With Charity Charamba, the police spokesperson, saying the presence was ment to scuttle any attempts to cause chaos, the MDC said it is a clear sign of provocation intended to intimidate, instil fear and subdue any dissention. “The…
HARARE – Prominent academic Ibbo Mandaza has said the move by regional and continental observers to lend legitimacy to Zimbabwe’s flawed election shows the bodies have institutionalised failure. The head of the AU Observer mission and a Nigerian former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, described the election as “fair” and the results “fairly credible” while Bernad Membe,…
