KUALA LUMPUR – The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is an “unprecedented aviation mystery”, a senior official said yesterday, with a massive air and sea search now in its fourth day failing to find any confirmed trace of the plane or the 239 people aboard. The head of Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman,…
MASVINGO – A septuagenarian grandfather from Bikita will languish in prison for the next 30 years after he was convicted for raping his 14-year-old niece. Masvingo magistrate Lyn Manyika slapped Godfrey Masunda with a 36 year jail term, but suspended six years on condition of good behavior. Masunda, 73, of Gunikuni Village in Bikita will…
HARARE – A Harare man is accusing his wife of bed-hopping, claiming he caught her in bed with a boyfriend. Lloyd Ndoro alleges his wife, Teclar Chaita, is having extra-marital affairs with different men, among them a police officer. He alleged that she incites the cop to arrest him whenever the two are involved in…
HARARE – The 2014 Premier Soccer League will get underway at the end of the month with defending champions Dynamos begin their title defence with an away assignment against How Mine, according to the draft released to clubs by the PSL at the weekend. The Glamour Boys and How Mine had an early start to…
HARARE – Calisto Pasuwa is under a cloud and on the brink of being sacked as Dynamos coach following the club’s fourth early exit from the African Champions League in as many years. Dynamos’ 1-0 defeat to AS Vita in Kinshasa on Sunday to bow out of the Champions League marked the third time the…
HARARE – After watching his side crash out of the African Champions League at the weekend, Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa is ruing his blunt strike force which he says “has to improve ahead of the new season.” DeMbare were booted out of the competition after going down 1-0 to Democratic republic of Congo side AS…
HARARE – Harare City chairman Leslie Gwindi has appealed against a Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) five-year ban from all forms of football, claiming the ruling was biased. Zifa’s disciplinary committee slapped the outspoken administrator a five-year-ban for bringing the football game into disrepute following his public utterances in which he allegedly denigrated Zifa, the Premier…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has released the country’s squads for the annual International Sevens Tournament at Harare Sports Club this weekend. Veteran Jacques Leitao captains the main national side, the Cheetahs, with upcoming England-based star Hilton Mudariki being chosen to skipper the second-string side, the Goshawks. The Cheetahs squad contains players with experience…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading Twenty20 performers, Hamilton Masakadza and Prosper Utseya, will be rested for today’s practice match against Bangladesh Select in Chittagong as the African side look to assess other squad players ahead of the upcoming ICC World Twenty20. Top order batsman Masakadza is currently ranked 10th on the ICC Reliance list with a…
HARARE – Tobaiwa Mudede, the Registrar-General (RG) has confirmed before Parliament that his office is plagued with corruption in the issuing of passports. Mudede confirmed this while giving oral evidence before the Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services parliamentary portfolio committee. Flanked by Melusi Matshiya, the permanent secretary in the Home Affairs ministry, Mudede told…
