HARARE – Zimbabwe will not be represented in next year’s African club competitions after all eligible clubs pulled out citing a lack of financial resources. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) set November 30 as the deadline for clubs to register their participation in next year’s competitions. Dynamos were supposed to participate in the African…
HARARE – Former Dynamos goalkeeper Laban Kandi is enjoying life in showbiz after exchanging the gloves for a music and acting career. The 62-year-old former stopper, who starred in the Glamour Boys’ 1978 championship winning side, still has vivid memories of that season’s title decider against Wankie (now Hwange). Kandi received lots of plaudits in…
HARARE – Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions are muting an ambitious plan to bid for a fight between Charles Manyuchi and Floyd Mayweather, which they say is Africa’s chance to make its mark on the world boxing stage. The Zambian stable’s quest has been inspired by Manyuchi’s recent success after the Masvingo-born pugilist stylishly defended his…
MELBOURNE – The Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died on Thursday after being hit in the head by a ball, will be honoured with a state memorial service. The service will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground next week, the same stadium where he suffered the horrific injury on Tuesday. State memorials are normally…
JOHANNESBURG – South African opposition party leader Julius Malema and 11 of his MPs have been suspended from parliament without pay for heckling the president. During a parliamentary address by President Jacob Zuma in August, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members had chanted “pay back the money”. They were referring to the use of some $23m…
LONDON – A 15-minute blood and saliva test for Ebola is to be trialled in Guinea, it has been announced. The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results six times faster than tests currently used in West Africa. The researchers involved say faster diagnosis would increase the chances of survival and reduce transmission of the virus….
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike, who has just returned from a tour of the US and Germany, will present her blend of mbira, Afro-grooves and Jazz at the Book Café tonight. Masike’s first show on Zimbabwean soil in months will also feature the mbira star’s former drummer and Zimboita member Blessing Chimanga and Cape…
HARARE – Japanese companies are attracted to invest in Zimbabwe but remain cautious of the political and economic uncertainty in the country, a top official has said. Yoshi Tendai Hiraishi, the Japanese ambassador to Zimbabwe told businessdaily that the southern African nation has a tough task of normalising its business environment to attract foreign investors….
HARARE – Mugabe stole election: SA, was a front page story of a local daily of November 17. It was not the lead story. That was something to do with the continuing saga of Vice President Joice Mujuru and her tribulations with her party, Zanu PF. As a reader, I would have been a little…
HARARE – Firebrand former St Mary’s legislator and prominent Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) member, Job Sikhala, was still in police custody in Harare late last night after he was arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post earlier in the day while coming from South Africa. A Facebook posting from the outspoken Sikhala around midday said…
