HARARE – A visibly Zimbabwe national football team coach Ian Gorowa refused to speak to the press following the Warriors two-all draw with Tanzania yesterday which eliminated them out of the African Nations Cup qualifiers at the first hurdle. “What can I say, we failed to convert our chances thus it,” Gorowa said before fleeing…
HARARE – A poor carpenter blames his old tools, goes the adage. And yesterday was just a big let down from Zimbabwe football coach Ian Gorowa and his troops after they drew 2-2 with Tanzania to bow out of the first round of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying on a 3-2 aggregate. Glorious…
HARARE – Nine days of African Youth Games rivalry finally came to an end on Saturday with Zimbabwe finishing 18th on the medal table after amassing 10 medals. Having travelled with 59 athletes for the multi-sport event, Team Zimbabwe only had had their national anthem sang once after Conway High School’s Petra Mukonde won gold…
HARARE – At least 25 members of the Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani Johane Masowe Church have reportedly been arrested for assaulting police officers and journalists. While police spokesperson Charity Charamba was not picking her mobile phone yesterday, she told State TV on Friday that six members of the Budiriro 2-based Johane Masowe sect had been arrested….
HARARE – Liberation war commander Wilfred Mhanda was buried yesterday with vital body organs missing, family members said. Family and friends gave grim finality to the fallen war hero, whose nom de guerre was Dzinashe Machingura, as he was laid to rest at Glen Forest Cemetery. Taona Mhanda, brother to the deceased, said they only…
HARARE – Although Zimbabwean savers of all descriptions, from individuals and small businesses to corporations and institutions, have suffered in the ongoing liquidity crunch, the effect is seen most starkly among Harare’s high-spending “floss kings” being arraigned before the courts for fraud. Middle-class entrepreneurs have been devastated by the crisis, and more and more tycoons…
HARARE – Over the past few weeks, the MDC led by Welshman Ncube and an outfit led by Tendai Biti have been talking glowingly about their “grand” coalition. Some of their officials have even described it as a “grand coalition of democrats”. The following questions have to be answered: Is this coalition indeed grand? Is…
HARARE – Visuals of anti-riot police officers, fleeing for dear life from marauding cane-wielding and evidently blood thirsty members of the apostolic sect on Friday, have created debate across the world. It is unimaginable that members of the feared anti-riot police could flee from members of the public like that and the first question which…
HARARE – Three-year-old Kundai blows on his balloon in the Avenues area of Harare. The toddler and his friends take turns blowing the balloon. Everything is okay until Kundai’s mother shrieks in horror at the sight. Firstly, the balloon is in actual fact a used condom. Secondly, it still has semen inside it. Revolting as…
HARARE – Gone are the days when women used to cook like their mothers, run around the kitchen barefooted making sure their home ran smoothly while the men went out in search of work. Nowadays, women work in male-dominated areas where they are chief executive officers heading big conglomerates. Women have even dominated and made…
