HARARE – Gunners stormed into the semi-finals of Yadah TV World Navi Northern Region Super 8 tournament after beating Starbill 1-0 at Lafarge Stadium on Saturday. Macdonald Motsi scored the only goal for the 2009 Zimbabwean champions. Motsi headed in Jonah Chitereki’s free kick in the 23th minute. “The boys played very well, in the…
HARARE – Resilient batting by captain Vusi Sibanda and wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva saved Zimbabwe A from embarrassment on day one of the first unofficial Test against Bangladesh A as left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib rocked the tourists’ line-up with nine wickets. Half centuries by Sibanda and Chakabva in the Bangladeshi coastal town of Cox’s Bazar navigated…
HARARE – Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) has praised the country’s Davis Cup team for ending an eight-year wait to gain promotion into the Davis Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group II. A five-man Zimbabwe team, led by non-playing skipper Martin Dzuwa, on Saturday beat Namibia 2-0 in the semi-finals of the Africa Group III in Egypt to win…
HARARE – Zimbabwean sprinter Talkmore Nyongani, a former training partner of disabled South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, says he would be “delighted” to see the blade runner free and back on the track again. Nyongani made the remarks after Pistorius was last week cleared of premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but found guilty…
LONDON – The murder of David Haines was an “act of pure evil”, David Cameron has said after the release of a video appearing to show the UK hostage’s beheading. The 44-year-old aid worker was seized in Syria in 2013. He was being held by Islamic State militants who have already killed two US captives….
HARARE – Crisis-weary Zimbabweans should brace themselves for excessive price hikes and food shortages in the coming months following government’s increase of duty on a number of basic food commodities. Economic analysts say a raft of taxes introduced by Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa in the absence of donor support and foreign investment, in an economy…
HARARE – Zanu PF has congratulated five of its party members for graduating with various degrees from the University of Zimbabwe. In a statement, Zanu PF secretary for information and publicity, Rugare Gumbo, said “Zanu PF wishes to pay homage to the second secretary and vice president of the party Dr Joice Mujuru and the…
LAGOS – Over 15 bodies have been evacuated from the scene of the collapsed building in the premises of preacher TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun in Lagos. Public relations officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Adeboayo confirmed the recovery of the bodies, adding that rescue operations were on to evacuate…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s move to award perks to “partisan” chiefs at a time the country’s economy is on a free-fall is an indication that the 90-year-old strongman is out of touch with reality, analysts and political rivals have said. As he officially opened the chiefs’ conference in Gweru on Thursday, Mugabe gave the…
LONDON – Jewellery pieces have a certain touch of geometry and design that makes them artistic sculptures. Working with materials that she moulds, folds and twists, Zimbabwe-born jewellery designer Laura Nyahuye-Sibanda’s collection is designed from a structure aimed to be adapted to different body parts. “The movement, joints, transparencies, its real volume” are indispensable qualities…
