HARARE – Budget airline Fastjet, which flew its maiden Dar es Salaam-Harare flight on August 5, has introduced a third weekly flight spurred by overwhelming demand. Ed Winter, Fastjet interim chairman and chief executive, said: “With future bookings also looking strong, we have decided to add a third rotation each Thursday, which we expect to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s first privately-owned radio station, ZiFM Stereo was yesterday rated among the best 20 radio stations in Africa. This is according to Network Africa; a United Kingdom-based international online news and entertainment publication. Network Africa’s chief editor, Joachim Mba, said their aim was to encourage the best quality practices in Africa. “ZiFM radio…
BULAWAYO – Nine suspects accused of murdering a Highlanders fan, Thembelonkosi Hlosi, yesterday applied for bail when they appeared before magistrate Sibongile Msipa. Emmason Msipa, Honest Makaza, Onisimo Maphosa, George, Chapindika and Rodger Dierrechsen, Nadi Nyoni, Chama Misiwo and Margaret Mpofu will remain in custody pending their bail hearing today. The accused are being represented…
HARARE – A dark cloud hung over Dynamos yesterday after chairman Kenny Mubaiwa said the club had no money to pay striking players. Mubaiwa’s remarks come as Dynamos players, for a fourth straight day, declined to train yesterday unless they were paid their outstanding bonuses and sign-on fees. “To be honest with you there is…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have named two uncapped players in all-rounders Luke Jongwe and Neville Madziva for the three-match ODI series against touring South Africa and dropped pace spearhead Tendai Chatara. The two neighbouring countries open the series on Sunday, with all three matches being played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. 19-year-old Jongwe represented…
HARARE – How Mine has parted ways with coach Philani ‘Beefy’ Ncube although it is unclear whether he has left the club on his own terms or has been pushed. Assistant coach Usheunesu Chaka, who helped the club gain promotion into the topflight league, has been thrust into the How Mine hot seat on interim…
HARARE – Zimbabwe top junior tennis players Courtney Lock and Nicole Dzenga clinched the ITF South/Central African Junior Circuit doubles in the boys and girls category respectively here yesterday. Lock patterned with Ivory Coast’s Gueninhle Abdoul Karir Quattara to beat the South African pair of Damon Kesaris and Rhys Milne 6-1, 7-5 in the finals….
HARARE – Former Bafana Bafana coach Clive Barker, who is now in charge of Absa Premiership club Black Aces, summed it up for me on Wednesday night after watching his team lose a closely-fought league tie 2-1 to Kaizer Chiefs. “They say South Africans can’t play football,” a quipping Barker, as quotable as ever, told…
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil is in mourning after the death of presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, 49, who was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday. President Dilma Rousseff declared three days of mourning and halted all campaign activities for the presidential elections on 5 October. Mr Campos, of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), had…
CONAKRY – Guinea has a declared a national health emergency as it battles to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. This meant tighter border controls, the immediate isolation of anyone suspected to have Ebola and a ban on moving bodies from one town to another, state radio reported. Ebola has killed more than…
