LONDON – Marcos Rojo has indicated his move to Manchester United is secured by describing it as a “dream” to play for the club. The 20-times champions have offered Sporting Lisbon £16m plus Nani on a one-season loan to take the left-sided defender. While Nani’s decision regarding whether to move back to Portugal is the…
LONDON – José Mourinho claimed Cesc Fábregas was misused by Barcelona and hailed his impressive Chelsea debut as confirmation of why the former Arsenal captain was his first choice midfield target this summer. The £30m signing shone on his first Premier League start for Chelsea as Burnley were beaten 3-1 at Turf Moor with goals…
NAIROBI – A maximum security prison in Kenya has been the unusual setting for a ceremony awarding a diploma from the University of London. Peter Ouko, an inmate at Kamiti prison in Nairobi, has received a diploma in common law. A former death row inmate, Ouko followed the course online and will now advance to…
TEL AVIV – Israel’s military says it has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to fresh rocket fire, hours before a ceasefire was set to expire. “Terror targets” were hit after three rockets were fired towards the towns of Beersheba and Netivot, officials said. A five-day ceasefire was extended for 24…
HARARE – Police have launched a manhunt for Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda’s bodyguard who on Thursday robbed her and vanished with her gate takings. Bev was performing at Federal Nite Club in Warren Park D when the bouncer disappeared with the cash. The cash was for 115 tickets that had been sold. Bev’s manager, Harpers Mapimhidze,…
HARARE – This weekend, stand-up comedy goes to Mutare as Carl Joshua Ncube and his band of merry men take their #FeelGoodZimbabwe comedy tour to the eastern highlands. Backed by rising star Comedy Q and Log John, Ncube takes his tour to the city he went to school. The stand-up comic went to Mutare Junior School….
HARARE – Actor Nash Mphepo has bagged an Ecrans Noirs festival award for the best male actor in the film, Dust and Fortunes. Mphepo, 36, is also a National Art and Merit Award (Nama) winner for best male actor in film and television for 2014. He is also a 2011 Nama nominee for best male…
HARARE – The Zanu PF government must now put a halt to a spate of fresh farm invasions by their supporters. The government must evict squatters who have occupied white-owned farms amid increasing violence in Matabeleland and Masvingo. If nothing is done now, this could lead to bloodshed. Elsewhere in this edition, we report agitated…
LONDON – For a country that has suffered record inflation, regular electoral malpractice and water and electricity supplies not too different from Gaza, among other things, the stability has been profoundly remarkable. While political cynicism proliferates, it has barely translated into action. Elsewhere, even in Africa, these conditions would trigger rumpus that challenges the existence…
HARARE – Nestle Zimbabwe Limited (Nestle) managing director Kumbirai Katsande is set to step down from the helm of the Swiss multinational local unit at the end of September after a four-year stint. The renowned business executive who was in his second spell with the company from horticultural group Ariston, presided over the company during…
