MASHAVA – Striking workers at Gaths Mine in Mashava have been forced by Zanu PF officials to end their week-long industrial action over unpaid salaries. Over 800 workers downed tools last week demanding payment of their salary allowances of over six months. The Daily News heard that Zanu PF Member of Parliament, Ezra Chadzamira called…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed to Thursday his alternative state-of-the-nation address that was set to be held in Harare yesterday. At the time the address was arranged, there had not been a bereavement in President Robert Mugabe’s family. Mugabe’s sister Bridgette Zvenhamo, who died at Parirenyatwa Hospital on Sunday, was buried in…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe coach Ian “Dibango” Gorowa has heaped praise on goalkeeper George Chigova after his impressive display between the sticks against Burkina Faso on Monday. The Warriors beat Burkina Faso 1-0 in a Group B encounter and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2014 African Nations Championship (Cha) for the first time in…
HARARE – Silas Songani says he was surprised and almost stopped breathing when Danish top-flight side Sonderjyske agreed to sign him. The former Harare City winger had been with Sonderjske for the past two weeks and immediately caught the eye of coach Lars Sondergaard. ADIOS!: New Sonderjyske signing Silas Songani waves goodbye to family and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe midfielder Willard Katsande revealed his delight after South African champions Kaizer Chiefs announced they have extended his contract with them until 2017. The hard-tackling holding midfielder joined AmaKhosi in 2011 after moving from Ajax Cape Town and has been a revelation since then. “I was never going to refuse to extend my…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket yesterday declined to comment on a contentious reform proposal by the International Cricket Council (ICC) that could see the country lose its Test place by 2015. A leaked ICC document which has set out ideas for change shows the global cricket governing body tabling proposals that could have far-reaching effects on…
HARARE – Women’s Football League yesterday received a major boost after local cellular service provider NetOne unveiled a $75 000 package for the Charity Shield. The sponsorship comes as a huge relief to women’s football, whose league was inactive the whole of last year due to lack of funds. The NetOne knockout tournament will feature…
SYDNEY – Zimbabwean tennis ace Cara Black and her Indian partner Sania Mirza squandered a position of strength to go down to world number one Italian combo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in a hard-fought women’s doubles quarterfinal match at the Australian Open here Tuesday. The sixth-seeded Indo-Zimbabwean combination lost 2-6 6-3 4-6. Sania…
SYDNEY – Stanislas Wawrinka sensationally ended Novak Djokovic’s 25-match winning run at the Australian Open as he finally got the better of the defending champion yesterday. As the clock registered four hours, Djokovic placed a volley wide on Wawrinka’s first match point to give the Swiss a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 victory. Djokovic was…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe appeared in public for the first time in several weeks yesterday to mourn the death of his sister, ending speculation that he may be bed-ridden, in declining health or even dead. Mugabe’s health, who at 89 has ruled the country since independence from Britain in 1980, has spawned endless speculation…
