HARARE – There was high anticipation that President Robert Mugabe would announce his new Cabinet at the weekend but Zimbabweans were disappointed when the 89-year-old leader failed to do so raising speculation that he is struggling to come up with an acceptable team. A month after Mugabe won the July 31 disputed polls, government operations…
NAIROBI – A retired British army colonel has been shot and killed during a robbery at his son’s home in Nairobi, Kenya. Edward Loden, who commanded the unit involved in the Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland, was on holiday when he was shot on Saturday evening. The attack happened after armed men forced their…
HARARE – Victor Hungwe, the “Beast” has made a U-turn on his earlier decision not to participate at the Mr Zimbabwe, set for November 2. The athlete from Body Active Gym in Borrowdale made a sensational announcement last month ruling him out of the country’s premier bodybuilding competition to pursue an international pro-card. Hungwe made…
DAMASCUS – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told a US broadcaster there is “no evidence” that his government has used chemical weapons. In the interview with PBS, to be aired on Monday, he also suggested his allies would retaliate if the West attacked. US Secretary of State John Kerry has been lobbying hard for military…
HARARE – Zifa Northern Region Division One log leaders ZPC Kariba maintained their fine run with a 4-2 victory over Commando Bullets at Chaminuka Stadium on Saturday. Tinei Chitora scored a brace while, Livison Salesu and Pride Tafirenyika weighed in with a goal each for the Kariba-based side to pour more misery on troubled Commando….
JOHANNESBURG – Tom Saintfiet has quit as coach of the Malawi national team following his side’s 0-2 loss to Nigeria in a 2014 World Cup qualifying game in Calabar on Saturday. The former Zimbabwe coach Saintfiet whose appointment was ratified on July 2 by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) explained that he had an…
LONDON – Sebastian Vettel took another step towards his fourth straight Formula One championship with victory in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, the scene of his first win five years ago. It was the German’s sixth win of the season, his third here and the 32nd of his career as he extended his lead to 53…
HARARE – The Chitungwiza Town Council is rewarding paid up residents by offering a 30 percent discount on current and future bills until December. This comes after some residents who had paid their bills complained over a government directive calling for the scrapping of all outstanding debts accrued between February 2009 to June 2013. “It…
JOHANNESBURG – Cape Verde Islands shocked Tunisia 2-0 in Rades Saturday to reach the Africa zone play-offs in the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition. Platini and Nhuck – two of many Cape Verdean footballers who use nicknames – scored in the first half to trigger celebrations in the islands state of 500 000 inhabitants. Victory…
HARARE – Two Harare men who are currently serving 18 and eight and-a-half years respectively for robbery were on Friday slapped with additional 12-year jail terms. Godwin Mhiripiri and Ideen Moyo were handed the lengthy sentence after they were found guilty of unlawful entry by regional magistrate Noel Mupeiwa. Mupeiwa however, suspended three years on…
