HARARE – Zimbabwean rugby legends will play against their South African counterparts in an exhibition match in Durban on February 22. The match will be curtain-raiser to the Super 14 clash between Sharks and Hurricanes at Kings Park. The ex-Sables hosted the Springbok Legends in Bulawayo last March, with the visitors cruising to a comfortable…
BULAWAYO – Castle Premiership newcomers Plumtree Chiefs, formerly Bulawayo Chiefs, have vowed to stick to the squad that won them promotion into the Castle Premiership. Chiefs coach Thulani Sibanda expressed confidence in the majority of the players that did duty for the club last year. “I already have the players I want, we are just…
BULAWAYO – Forgotten former Zimbabwe international and Orlando Pirates defender Zvenyika Makonese has resurfaced at How Mine where he is hoping to earn a contract and re-launch his career. The giant defender’s career took a nosedive after he was released by South African Absa Premiership giants Pirates in 2011 and has failed to settle down…
ZVISHAVANE – He spent two months in coma after suffering a deadly electrical accident at work that left him paralysed. But Elliot Mujaji did not let the disability dampen his dream of competing at the highest stage in his chosen sport, athletics. DOWN AND OUT: Elliot Mujaji looks at the electronic board after a race at…
JOHANNESBURG – I thought of touching on the standard of football at the ongoing Chan tournament that is currently taking place here in Mzansi on this platform but events taking place in the English Premiership and the way Arsenal continue to confound critics has forced me change tact. Arsene Wenger’s Gunners top the log standings…
DAMASCUS – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he has no intention of quitting, and the issue is not up for discussion at next week’s peace talks. “If we wanted to surrender we would have surrendered from the start,” Mr Assad told Russian MPs in Damascus, according to Interfax news agency. The government, opposition groups…
HARARE – The turbulent love life of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has at last been blessed with a ray of light. The Daily News on Sunday was told of the latest development in the MDC leader’s often colourful personal life: that Tsvangirai and his estranged second wife, Elizabeth Macheka, have all but reconciled. A close…
HARARE – The State has appealed against MDC chief elections officer Morgan Komichi’s 350 hours community service sentence, protesting that the verdict was too lenient. The appeal was due to be heard on Friday, but was postponed after the presiding judge Felistas Chatukuta excused herself. Komichi, who is represented by prominent human rights lawyer Alec…
HARARE – Opposition leader Simba Makoni has accused the Zanu PF government of consciously killing the future of Zimbabwean youths by withholding funds for Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam). In an interview with the Daily News on Sunday, the Mavambo Kusile Dawn (MKD) leader said President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF was pursuing selfish interests at…
HARARE – The family of a Bindura businesswoman who died on Tuesday night moments after a suspected sexual encounter with a top High Court judge, announced yesterday that they had requested a coroner’s inquest into their mother’s death. The family of 55-year-old Gladys Farai Mangwiro believes that there must be an autopsy, so that they…
