HARARE – FC Platinum captain Daniel Vheremu has added to the uncertainty surrounding a number of the club’s senior players by admitting he is not sure whether he will stay in Zvishavane next season. The former Zimbabwe defender joined Platinum in 2011 when the club was promoted into the Castle Premiership, losing the league title…
HARARE – Rising Zimbabwean swimming sensation Robyn Lee continues to shine after she won four gold medals and one bronze from five races at the Junior African Championship in Zambia over the weekend. Zimbabwe finished in third position with four gold medals and two bronze with the second bronze medal coming from Peter Wetzlar. Other…
HARARE – For the past three years, all the talk in Zimbabwean rugby has centred around the dream to go to the Rugby World Cup for the first time in 22 years. Zimbabwe’s Sables last played in the World Cup back in 1991 in a tournament staged in five European counties. But a talent drain,…
LONDON – Roberto Martínez has told Everton to break their “damage-limitation” mentality in the Premier League’s toughest away fixtures as they prepare for tonight’s reunion with David Moyes at Manchester United. Everton have not won at Old Trafford since 1992 and that dreadful record also continued at Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool under Moyes, who did…
LONDON – Mitchell Johnson looked amiable and inoffensive as he wandered up North Terrace near Adelaide railway station and into town with his fast-bowling mate Peter Siddle, happy to stop and chat about his decision to allow his splendid moustache to keep growing beyond the end of Movember. But if England’s batsmen believe that the…
HARARE – After a decade in the United Kingdom in which she got to tour with Grammy Award winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Zimbabwean musician Netsayi Chigwendere, who is barely known in Zimbabwe, quietly returned to her homeland two years ago. After a two-year hiatus away from the public glare in Harare, Netsayi, as she is…
HARARE – Government has hiked fuel prices to raise cash for elections, in a move that could result in a spiral of price increases of basic commodities. Finance minister Tendai Biti announced the hike yesterday, saying motorists have actually been paying more since March 9 when the increase took effect. Broke and failing to raise…
JOHANNESBURG – A Czech businessman who has been linked to organised crime in South Africa has been charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and assault in a South Africa court. Radovan Krejcir and his co-accused, two of whom are members of the elite police unit, the Hawks, have applied for bail. All four men have denied…
PYONGYANG – A powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been removed from his post, South Korean media reports say. Citing South Korea’s intelligence agency, they say Chang Song-thaek, 67, lost his position as vice-chairman of the North’s top military body. Two close aides were also executed for corruption, according to the reports….
HARARE – Veteran gospel musician Pastor Charles Charamba has approached the police to investigate a case involving a pirated disc belonging to upcoming musician Trymore Bande which is currently being sold under Charamba’s name. The album Zvakagara Zvakadaro produced by Lyton Ngolomi sounds like Charamba’s hence the CDs are sold in the streets as Tonderai…
