HARARE – The fall of our football has been so precipitate and catastrophic , it is tempting to believe in some super-natural retribution and you wonder if devilish forces have begun unleashing their tide of misfortune. Our game has been in regular tatters , it has fallen into terminal decline and painfully , it has …
GWERU – Goalkeeper Ephraim Mazarura was the How Mine hero after the gold miners stormed into the semi-finals of the One Wallet Cup following their 4-3 penalty shootout victory over Highlanders here yesterday. Not even the interesting substitution on brining goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda for striker Ozias Sibanda prior to the penalty shootout could stop Bosso…
MIDDLEBURG – The Old Mutual Zimbabwe Under-18 rugby team ended their Coca-Cola Craven Week campaign with another heart-breaking defeat after going down 38-25 to rivals Namibia here yesterday. The Young Sables were their worst enemy again as they struggled to secure their own ball especially at the breakdown and lost a lot of possession at…
HARARE – The Harare derby is one of Zimbabwe’s most mercilessly hyped football matches. Whenever Dynamos and CAPS United meet it is not only the capital that comes to a standstill but the entire country takes notice. The two teams first met last Sunday at the National Sports Stadium in the league and the match…
BULAWAYO – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday rallied his supporters to make sacrifices for the party, saying liberation from oppressors is painful and sometimes involves people losing their lives. Speaking in Bulawayo yesterday during a meeting to present an election template to provinces ahead of the party’s congress, Tsvangirai assured his supporters that his relentless…
HARARE – Ethanol producer Green Fuel will this season provide land to produce sugarcane to a hundred local farmers as the Billy Rautenbach-owned firm moves in to defuse tensions from villagers demanding compensation for lost land. This follows an emotionally-charged public hearing held with the Chisumbanje community last week by the parliamentary portfolio committee on…
HARARE – With over 30 wetlands across Harare, these vast water holding bodies are now under threat. More than half of the capital is built on wetlands but soon there could be nothing left as development, urban agriculture and pollution threatens their very existence. University of Zimbabwe Professor Christopher Magadza said wetlands not only provide…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to make about $7,5 billion annually from Chinese tourists after the two countries signed a tourism Memorandum of Understanding (Mou), a cabinet minister said recently. Walter Mzembi, Tourism minister, told Parliament Wednesday the country was looking into signing an MoU with China to capitalise on the large tourist volumes from…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has literally been reduced to a country of vendors, as the economy continues on a downward spiral. From professionals to the unemployed youths in the ghetto, everyone is trying to sell something to survive. Around the streets of Harare, scores of young men and women are either selling airtime cards, vegetables, clothes,…
HARARE – Sungura musician Alick Macheso said his early upbringing was very difficult, hence is pained when he meets under privileged people. “I still have bad memories of the difficult life that I lived as a child and hate seeing other children in marginalised communities going through my the same misery. “I have witnessed with…
