HARARE – Christian Disciples’ Relational Ministries bishop Montana Nyikadzino has been dragged before the Harare Civil Court by his former wife demanding $500 in child support. Nyikadzino’s ex-wife Stella accused the “man of God” of neglecting his two children and spending all his money on a new girlfriend. She alleged the bishop recently bought a…
JOHANNESBURG – The Sadc gender protocol summit opened here yesterday, with women saying the long fought for 50:50 gender campaign is still not within grasp. The summit, which is being hosted by Gender Links and Southern Africa Protocol Alliance and has attracted over 350 delegates from Sadc member States, and is calling on governments to…
KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian government has released the raw data used to determine that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. The data was first released to relatives of passengers, who have been asking for greater transparency, before copies were also provided to media. The document released on Tuesday…
CAIRO – Egyptians are going to the polls on the final day of voting in the country’s presidential election. Former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, who deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year, is standing against left-wing candidate Hamdeen Sabahi. Mr Sisi is forecast to win the presidential election – the second in two years…
HARARE – Arthur Tutani yesterday sensationally announced that he was stepping down as Black Rhinos coach following the army side’s 3-1 loss to Harare City in a Castle Premiership match here yesterday. Tutani, who replaced Nesbert Saruchera as the Rhinos coach halfway through last season, said he is no longer able to stop Chauya Chipembere’s…
GABORONE – Zimbabwe’s top junior tennis seeds Courtney Lock and Nicole Dzenga say they are not under pressure despite huge expectations as they take on the continents top tennis players here in this land locked southern African country. Lock and Dzenga begin their hunt for medals this morning hoping to add to the two bronze…
GABORONE – Zimbabwean swimmers found the going tough on day six of the on-going Africa Youth Games in Botswana’s capital, failing to garner a single medal yesterday. The closest they came to adding to their medal count was a fourth place finish in the 100m freestyle by Chad Idensohn. From there Zimbabwe swimmers were nowhere…
BULAWAYO – The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) successfully held trials at Falcon College to select the national Under-14 side that will take part in this year’s edition of the Coca-Cola Craven Week. A squad of 22 players was selected for the rugby fiesta that will be held in Durban, South Africa from June 27 to…
HARARE – Zimbabwean cricket coaches continue to make headlines on the international scene despite the current state of the game at home. Heath Streak, Zimbabwe’s all-time leading all-rounder with 4933 runs and 455 wickets in international cricket, was yesterday appointed the Bangladesh specialist bowling coach on a two-year contract. While the local game continues to…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Test captain Heath Streak was named specialist bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team yesterday. Streak will arrive in Dhaka in the first week of June and will form a new-look coaching partnership with head coach Chandika Hathurusingha. Announcing the appointment, Bangladesh Cricket Board media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said: “Heath…
