HARARE – Former Zimbabwe middleweight boxing champion Mordecai Donga (pictured) is on a mission to bring back the glory days in the sport. Speaking at the official launch of his Big Fish Boxing Promotions in Bulawayo last week, the former pugilist vowed to play a leading role in the revival of boxing in the country….
HARARE – When President Robert Mugabe was sworn in last year for another five-year team, he promised to deliver on the election promises he made to the 14 million people whose eyes are fixed on him. Addressing 60 000 people at his inauguration soon after his disputed poll victory last year, Mugabe said the time…
HARARE – Ignatius Mketekete rallied from behind to win the first tournament on the Zambezi Tour 2014 calendar, the Tour Players Championship at Wingate Park Golf Club on Saturday. Mketekete won the tournament on the first play-off hole after finishing tied on five-under 136 together with defending champion Tongo Charamba. The Chapman Golf Club-based pro…
HARARE – Principles and ideologies can be outwitted by reality. Most of the decisions Zimbabwean policy makers tend to make are largely theoretical and somewhat ideological, they cannot be implemented. This means that populist propaganda which wins the hearts and minds of the hoipolloi is always too good to be true. Take for instance, the…
JOHANNESBURG – When Orlando Pirates welcome bitter rivals Kaizer Chiefs at the spiritual home of South African football (Soccer City) this afternoon, it will mark the 157th time the Soweto giants will be entering into the trenches against each other. Chiefs has had the better of their arch-rivals since the birth of the Soweto Derby…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe says it is now unpalatable to continue blaming sanctions for failure to adequately remunerate civil servants given the abundant mineral resources the country is endowed with. Speaking at his belated birthday celebrations organised by the Civil Service Commission at a local hotel on Friday, the 90-year-old Zanu PF leader told…
HARARE – Many have so often passed it off as a coffin on wheels, but for Blaize Thomas, motorcycling is just a misunderstood lifestyle. The seven-time Zimbabwe national motocross champion feels the two wheels are largely misunderstood, in fact they provide a thrill and adrenalin rush like no other. “Motorcycling is a lifestyle,” Thomas, who…
HARARE – Liverpool legend John Barnes, who is visiting ?Harare, says African countries should improve on their mental approach if the continent is to win its first football World Cup. The 2014 World Cup will be staged in Brazil in June with Africa being represented by Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Algeria, Ghana and Nigeria. No African…
HARARE – Returning MDC former secretary for security and ex-St Mary’s legislator — Job “Wiwa” Sikhala — feels like he never ditched the party. As he speaks to Senior Assistant Editor Guthrie Munyuki, the firebrand politician makes a passionate plea to colleagues who have formed their own outfits to return and aid Morgan Tsvangirai in…
HARARE – The MDC has slammed Registrar General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede for leaving it too late to take a stand against corruption by officials in his office. Last week, Mudede admitted before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services that there is widespread corruption in his office. Melusi Matshiya, the permanent…
