HARARE – Sungura musician Nicholas “Senior Lecturer” Zacharia is disturbed by endless troubles his cousin Alick Macheso is entangled in. As a result, he is making frantic efforts to meet the Tafadzwa singer. Zacharia told the Daily News that his heart bleeds for Macheso following his divorce to his second wife Tafadzwa Mapako and his…
HARARE – In the immediate aftermath of this year’s World Press Freedom Day commemorations, one is struck by the serious possibility that there are too many interpretations of the meaning of media freedom, freedom of expression and access to information. This, despite the fact that the new Constitution guarantees these same said rights in Sections…
HARARE – Government is reviewing statutory instruments exempting tourism-related imports from paying customs duty. Tourism minister Walter Mzembi said the intention was to include other goods imported by tourism players in the duty exemption bracket. He said the review would see the inclusion of other related and non-related tourism goods despite statutory Instrument 172 and…
HARARE – The World Bank says Zimbabwe must strengthen its financial sector to curb systemic risk and avoid bank failures. Nadia Piffaretti, the institution’s local economist, last week told a Sapes Trust business conference that “given the current low level of domestic savings, high cost of doing business and high cost of capital, there is…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Ian Gorowa has expressed disappointment with midfielder Willard Katsande for failing to report for Warriors training, fuelling speculation the Kaizer Chiefs hardman would rather attend the South Africa Premiership awards ceremony on Sunday. The Warriors gaffer included Katsande in his provisional squad that began preparations for the 2015 African Nations…
HARARE – Warriors striker Simba Sithole is racing against time to be fit by Friday when the team travels to Tanzania for Sunday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier. The Ajax Cape Town forward sprained a muscle in his right thigh during yesterday’s first training session at Gateway High School. Warriors coach Ian Gorowa…
HARARE – Recently, I met up with a colleague from Tanzania who has been working here for some time and we got chatting about football, especially the big game pitting Zimbabwe and his home country in the 2015 African Nations Cup qualifiers. The two nations clash in the first leg of the preliminary round of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top junior tennis player, Courtney Lock, lived up to expectations at the just ended ITF South/ Central African Junior Circuit Under-18 in Windhoek, Namibia. Lock reached the finals of the tournament before he was eventually knocked out by the winner, South Africa’s Jd Malan 6-4 6-3. In the semi-finals, Lock struggled to…
LONDON – The Ivory Coast coach, Sabri Lamouchi, has named several players with Premier League experience in his 28-man preliminary squad for the World Cup. Manchester City’s Yaya Touré is joined by his brother, Kolo, from Liverpool, the Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony, Newcastle United’s Cheik Tioté and former Chelsea winger Salomon Kalou. The former…
LONDON – Samir Nasri, who was instrumental in helping Manchester City to win the Premier League title, was left out of France’s World Cup squad when Didier Deschamps unveiled a 23-man list plus seven standby players on Tuesday. Nasri, who has a reputation of being a troublemaker and was disappointing in Les Bleus’s playoff first…
