GABORONE – Dynamos stormed into the first round of the African Champions League with a convincing 4-1 aggregate win over the Botswana champions Mochudi Centre here on Sunday to inspire confidence into their 2014 African Safari campaign. The Glamour Boys played out a 1-1 draw with the Magosi and after having won the first leg…
BULAWAYO – Star-studded Highlanders progressed to the final of the Bob90 Super Cup after a hard fought 2-1 victory over visiting Harare City here at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday. Well taken goals from Bosso star linkmen Peter “Rio” Moyo and Milton Ncube cancelled out a Maxwell Mburai strike that had given City the lead to…
KIEV – Ukraine protesters are vacating city hall in Kiev, the symbolic centre of prolonged anti-government demonstrations, eyewitnesses say. “City hall is almost completely evacuated”, opposition spokesman Ruslan Andriyko told AFP. The government had promised to drop all charges against demonstrators if they vacate government buildings and lift roadblocks by Monday. City hall has been…
CAIRO – Deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has arrived at court for a new trial, on charges of espionage and conspiring to commit acts of terror. He and 35 others are accused of working with Lebanese and Palestinian groups to carry out attacks in Egypt. The charges are one of four prosecutions that the Islamist…
HARARE – Not so long ago Wallace “Winky D” Chirumiko was Zimbabwe’s undoubted dancehall king but with a new crop of stars laying siege on his castle, many believe the Ninja President’s end is nigh. Winky D’s precarious position on the ragga throne continues to be a subject of derision of several cocky dancehall upstarts…
HARARE – Arts manager is the last profession you would associate with the daughter of a hard-nosed Zanu PF stalwart but that is exactly what Tsungi Zvobgo is. The daughter of the late Edson Jonasi Zvobgo runs New Sofala Entertainment, an organisation that promotes several artistes such as Ammara Brown and Tehn Diamond. Daily News…
HARARE – The harrowing pictures of flood victims, ruined property and stranded stock in Tokwe-Mukorsi have brought home the damage the forces of nature can wreak on communities. We must expect this extreme weather to become more frequent, made worse by the warming of the atmosphere. The Tokwe-Mukorsi floods remind us that the real issue…
HARARE – Zimbabwe on Friday received a $4,1 million loan from the European Union (EU) aimed at reviving the private sector. The bail-out comes at a time the sector — which had recovered from a decade-long recession following the formation of a coalition government in 2009 — is now showing signs of strain with capacity…
HARARE – Global mining group Rio Tinto(‘s) Zimbabwe-based Murowa Diamonds (Murowa)’s production increased by three percent to 322 000 carats in 2013. Murowa’s fourth-quarter production stood at 105 000 carats, a seven percent increase compared with the same quarter in 2012. In June last year, Rio Tinto reversed its decision to dispose of its diamond…
HARARE – Opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been shrugging off internal calls for him to step down, yesterday won overwhelming support to stay on from the party’s rank-and-file. Following his drubbing by Zanu PF leader President Robert Mugabe in last year’s elections, Tsvangirai has been under pressure to step down from the party…
