HARARE – Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) director of rugby Liam Middleton, who dabbles as the national Sevens side coach, has likened rising sensation Stephan Hunduza to the legendary Welsh winger Shane Williams and believes the new Cheetahs star is in prime position to launch a successful career. The Mbare Academy protégée, who plays scrumhalf at…
HARARE – Richard Murray gave himself a massive boost ahead of next weekend’s Troutbeck ATU African Triathlon Championships by winning the South African title last week. The top South African triathlete, ranked fifth in the world, cruised to his first South Africa triathlon title in four years ahead of Wikus Weber and Travis Johnston in…
HARARE – The Telecel 2014 Drag Racing Series is set to get underway this Sunday at Donnybrook with Dragpro Club secretary Susan Zevgolis anticipating huge strides for the fledgling motorsport this year. Since returning to the local motorsport radar two years ago, Drag Racing has steadily gained popularity and accessibility through the support of partners,…
BANGUI – African and European leaders will tackle the conflict in the Central African Republic at a special meeting on the sidelines of a summit in Brussels on Wednesday. The European Union (EU) has officially launched its military mission to CAR, unveiling plans to send 1,000 troops to bolster African and French forces. The UN…
SANTIAGO – Chile has declared two northern regions hit by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake to be disaster areas. At least six people are known to have died and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. The quake struck at 20:46 local time (23:46 GMT) about 86km (52 miles) north-west of the mining area of…
HARARE – The nasty factionalism within Zanu PF is escalating into dangerous open warfare, with motor mouth Hurungwe West legislator, Temba Mliswa, spectacularly fingering Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa in “Mafia” activities yesterday. This prompted analysts to predict that this factional war could even turn violent and cause chaos in government. Mliswa’s stunning accusations also came…
HARARE – Zimbabwean dancehall’s best female artiste Lady Squanda will share the stage with Bounty Lisa and Sister Flame during the monthly KuMabhebhi Concert to be held at the Book Café tomorrow. KuMabhebhi, a monthly gig initiated by Cindy Munyavi and Clare Nyakujara to showcase female artistes, has until now revolved around Afro-fusion, R‘n’ B…
HARARE – Charles Charamba and gospel music rookie Trymore Bande, who recently clashed over the latter’s mimicking of the Machira Chete singer’s music, will share the stage on April 13 during the Chipaz Promotions 10th Anniversary celebrations. Charamba reported Bande to the police soon after the upcoming musician released his latest album called Zvakagara Zvakadaro…
BULAWAYO – Stakeholders in the book sector in Bulawayo are divided on the two-day Bulawayo Book Fair which took place at the Large City Hall last week. The Bulawayo edition of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair took place from March 28 to 29 under the theme “Indigenous Languages, Literature, Art and Knowledge Systems of Africa”….
HARARE – Government fears that millions of dollars supposed to be remitted to Treasury could have been lost when officials it seconded to represent its interests in diamond mining companies connived to under-declare proceeds, serve as a pointer to the level of official graft that has hobbled the troubled nation’s march towards better times. Other…
