HARARE – Sean Williams has pulled out of Zimbabwe’s first Test against Pakistan because “he is not mentally fit to play” due to the ragging payment dispute with ZC. The first of the two-match Test series begins at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday morning. The Matabeleland Tuskers left-handed batsman and spin bowler, who has been…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket coach Andy Waller has lamented the loss of strike bowler Kyle Jarvis and first-choice spinner Graeme Cremer ahead of the first Test against Pakistan, which begins at Harare Sports Club Tuesday morning. Twenty four year-old Jarvis quit international cricket last month following the Zimbabwe players’ payment dispute with the board before…
HARARE – The International Cricket Council (ICC) general manager for cricket, Geoff Allardice, arrived in Harare on Sunday for a three-day visit. The visit follows comments made by the Zimbabwe Cricket chairman, Peter Chingoka, during the last ICC board meeting in the British capital London, relating to the ICC Future Tours Programme (FTP) and the…
ISLAMABAD – New murder charges have been registered against Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, officials say. Mr Musharraf, who is currently under house arrest, already faces murder charges over the deaths of Benazir Bhutto and a Baloch tribal leader. He also faces charges over his attempt to sack Pakistan’s higher judiciary in 2007 and…
CAIRO – Egypt’s state prosecutor says he has referred ousted President Mohammed Morsi for trial on charges of inciting the murder of protesters. The accusations relate to violence outside the presidential palace in Cairo last December when at least seven people were killed in clashes. Fourteen other members of the Muslim Brotherhood are to stand…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC said yesterday President Robert Mugabe had not offered his party posts in the Cabinet, and that if he did, the MDC would reject them. Mugabe is to begin forming a Cabinet this week and there is speculation he will offer the MDC — which he shared power with for almost…
TEXAS – A Zimbabwe man living illegally in the US has been sentenced to 120 years in prison for knowingly infecting four West Texas women with the HIV virus. Derick Nhekairo (pictured) was convicted after pleading guilty to multiple charges that included aggravated assault. Judge Rodney Satterwhite sentenced Nhekairo to serve two consecutive 60-year sentences…
HARARE – If Jah Prayzah needed some proof that he is now among Zimbabwe’s leading entertainers, then he must have been chuffed to be the main act in the Saturday night finale of the Harare Agricultural Show. For the organisers to choose the Uzumba-born singer to sign off an entertainment-filled show week in which sungura…
CHINHOYI – After sungura star Alick Macheso’s sensational performance in Chinhoyi on Thursday, the Mashonaland West town had the honour again of hosting dancehall stars Shinso Man, Winky D and Jah Prayzah a day later. The three popular Harare-based musicians’ show, at Orange Groove Motel, was made possible by Delta Beverages as part of their…
JOHANNESBURG – The man who bought the Sandton mansion that belonged to former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has forfeited his R1m deposit after failing to come up with the balance of R5,9 million that he had promised at the auction four months ago. According to reports, Gauteng businessman Norman Tloubatla has been forced…
