HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket has confirmed the Zim A tour of Bangladesh and also appointed Walter Chawaguta as the developmental side’s new coach. Chawaguta takes charge of the team for the month-long tour of the Subcontinent that is expected to start on July 1. The former Zimbabwe national team coach had become accustomed to coaching…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) decision to refuse to accept an International Cricket Council (ICC) bailout was met with scorn as many cricket enthusiasts concluded that the association was being inconsiderate towards the plight of players and staff in general. The proposed bailout from the ICC has remained a largely guarded secret with no official…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa is concerned about his side’s lack of creativity in recent Castle Premiership matches ahead of Sunday’s clash with league debutants Chiredzi FC. Dynamos have so far won four games draw one and lost three in their opening eight games of the 2014 season. In the process, the Glamour Boys…
HARARE – Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment minister Francis Nhema, who recently divorced his wife, Louise, daughter of the late liberation icon Joshua Nkomo, claims he is still single and searching for a new wife despite widespread speculation that he has married a 22-year-old beauty. Nhema, who has become one of the most eligible bachelors…
HARARE – Harare came to a standstill yesterday as Red Fox Sound hogged the limelight at the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA)-organised Harare International Carnival street party. The Red Fox stand, located along Harare’s First Street was packed and around sunset as the carnival came to a climax Robert Zhuwawo, Red Fox Zimbabwe director told the…
BULAWAYO – Police are alleged to have looted all original documents including the missing will belonging to the late British soldier Robert Alexander Wood, the on-going inquest into his death heard. Wood was found hanging in March 2012, at his rented Bulawayo home where lived with his Zimbabwean wife Gugulethu Henrietta Dube in a customary…
PRETORIA – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been sworn into office for a second term, following his party’s victory at the polls. The African National Congress (ANC) won a commanding victory in the general election on May 7. More than 4 000 guests and several heads of State attended the ceremony in Pretoria. Neither…
HARARE – Years after superstar musician Oliver Mtukudzi released the song “Who is a hero?” — a cabinet minister this week responded to the inquisitive tune by telling the star that he was also a hero. At a Carnival Welcome Dinner in Harare this week where Mtukudzi performed two tourism promotion songs, Walter Mzembi, the…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have expressed mixed feelings over an on-going male circumcision campaign, especially that which targets children. Zimbabwe introduced medical male circumcision in 2009 following studies indicating that the procedure reduces chances of contracting HIV by 60 percent. More than 40 local members of parliament volunteered to be circumcised in a campaign targeting 1,2…
HARARE – Given the plain mischief inherent in the raging “Unotoshaya kuti zvirikumbofamba sei” comic skits, it is hard to imagine that Richard Matimba — the man behind these hilarious jokes — has a very strong Christrian background. Many people are likely to find it even harder to believe that Uncle Ritchie, as Matimba is…
