HARARE – An appeal by a Bulawayo man who shot and killed his girlfriend in the presence of a police officer has been referred to the Constitutional Court. Danis David Konson approached the Supreme Court appealing against the death penalty imposed by Bulawayo High Court judge Lawrence Kamocha, but the court referred the case to…
HARARE – At least 16 fuel dealers have been apprehended for selling unleaded petrol, according to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera). The move violates Section 3 of Petroleum Regulations contained under Statutory Instrument 17 of 2013 that imposes mandatory blending on all petrol dealers. “We have had 16 cases which we have unearthed of…
HARARE – Highlanders and Masimba Mambare will tomorrow appear before an independent labour arbitrator to determine whether the Bulawayo team is obliged to pay the former club midfielder’s outstanding sign-on fee. Bosso and Mambare have been embroiled in a protracted legal wrangle since the player signed for champions Dynamos at the beginning of the year….
HARARE – Tennis ace Cara Black and top boxer Charles Manyuchi are front-runners to win the 2014 Sportsperson of the Year gong after they were shortlisted for the Annual National Sports Awards yesterday. Black, who recorded 49 wins in 2014 with her Indian partner Sania Mirza, has a high chance of winning the country’s premier…
HARARE – A few days ago, I was fortunate enough to get feedback from one of our readers who like most Zimbabwean cricket fans, shares all the worries and concerns that we all have about the rapidly deteriorating team, it’s coaching staff, and of course it’s entire management and general staff. From head coach to…
HARARE – Godfrey “Chief” Edebe was elated to find out that the Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Sevens Cup will be played in Harare, pleased that he will be able to meet his fellow Kenyan countrymen at Prince Edward this weekend. Kenya first played international rugby as a full national team in 1980 and “Chief”…
SYDNEY- Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes died in hospital on Thursday, two days after the international batsman was struck on the head by a ball during a domestic match. Governing body Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed the 25-year-old had lost his fight for life, casting a pall over the cricket-mad nation who are co-hosting the World Cup…
DHAKAR – Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for 173 in 39.5 overs to register a 124-run victory and take an unassailable 3-0 series lead in the third one-day international in Dhaka on Wednesday. Earlier, opener Anamul Haque struck 95 to steer Bangladesh to a respectable 297-6. Haque shared a 121-run opening stand with Tamim Iqbal, 40. Their…
HARARE – The late Solomon Mujuru’s elder brother, Joel, says Zanu PF’s increasingly violent factional succession wars have cast fresh doubts on the circumstances surrounding his young brother’s much-debated death in a mysterious inferno three years ago. As a result, he told the Daily News in an interview at his humble homestead in Goromonzi yesterday…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF spokesperson and liberation war hero, Rugare Gumbo, says the ruling party has been hijacked by “political vultures” who are running rings around the party’s leadership in what amounts to an effective internal coup. Gumbo offered this stark warning to President Robert Mugabe in an exclusive interview with the Daily News…
