HARARE – Tongoona Charamba says he never picks up his golf clubs without thinking he has a chance to win and the Hwange Golf Open that tees of today is no exception. The seasoned golfer is part of 36 professionals who take to the greens for the last event on the Zambezi Tour this weekend….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s junior swimming team is in Lusaka, Zambia, were they are scheduled to compete in the African Junior Swimming Championships which kicks today. The team comprise of Australia-based Robyn Lee and the Durban-based duo of Peter Wetzlar and Roxanne Brown, who are currently training at Westville. Ratidzo Mutangadura of Highlands Swimming Club in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top tennis player Takanyi Garanganga progressed to the second round of the on-going Senegal F1 Futures with a victory over Henrique Sousa from Portugal. Garanganga maintain his fine run by dismantling Sousa 6-4 6-0 at Olympique Club storm into the second round. The Zimbabwe Davis Cup player will now face Benin’s Alexis…
ROME – The Italian Senate has voted to expel former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament with immediate effect over his conviction for tax fraud. Berlusconi, who has dominated politics for 20 years, could now face arrest over other criminal cases as he has lost his immunity from prosecution.
BAMAKO – Mali’s ex-coup leader has been charged with “murders and assassinations”, the justice ministry has said. Armed troops went to Amadou Sanogo’s home to take him before a judge, after which he was remanded in custody. He had repeatedly been called in for questioning over the deaths of six soldiers during an army protest…
HARARE – Israeli mining investor Yaron Yamin – in conjunction with his local partners – is on the verge of tying a deal with the Zimbabwean government to mine diamonds at Chiadzwa, businessdaily can reveal. The Goldstone founder, who has invested between $5 and $10 million in gold operations countrywide, said he has lined up…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe confided in him that he wanted to retire but fears his party would disintegrate. Tsvangirai, who shared power with Mugabe for almost five years in a fractious coalition government, told mourners during the burial of his chief of security Benson Muchineuta that the succession dilemma…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s top appeals court yesterday ruled that the country’s authorities have a duty to investigate allegations of torture in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Judge Mohammed Navsa of the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that South African prosecutors had a duty under international law to probe the alleged torture of opposition activists in…
BULAWAYO – Sekai Holland, ex-National Healing and Reconciliation minister has warned civic society organisations to think twice before engaging the Zanu PF government. Addressing civic groups in Bulawayo during the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Osisa) civic society’s conference on the future of Zimbabwe under Zanu PF rule, Holland who is also MDC Senator…
HARARE – Denmark, one of Zimbabwe’s long standing partners in development cooperation, has topped the list of rich countries giving aid to developing countries, according to the Commitment to Development Index (CDI). The CDI is compiled annually by the Centre for Global Development (CGD), an independent think tank that works to reduce global poverty and…
