HARARE – Members of Parliament yesterday grilled Sydney Sekeramayi, minister of Defence over the deployment of members of the defence forces to Equatorial Guinea without their approval. The matter was raised by MDC Senator Watch Sibanda in the Senate chamber during the ministers’ question time. Zimbabwe deployed soldiers, police and intelligence officers to the West…
HARARE – It is now just a question of when rather than if Zifa president Cuthbert Dube is booted out of office, Deputy Sports Minister Tabeth Kanengoni-Malinga told reporters yesterday. Kanengoni-Malinga, who has in recent days abandoned Government’s quiet diplomacy over the embattled football governing body, followed up her similar remarks in Parliament on Wednesday…
HARARE – One of the most sought-after young footballers in the English lower leagues, midfielder Tendayi Mudarikwa, has been setting League One alight with a string of impressive performances. Darikwa, who has Zimbabwean parents but has never been to the land of his origin, has excelled in recent games in the third tier of the…
HARARE – Deputy Sports Minister Tabetha Kanengoni-Malinga revealed arrangements are still being made for the World Boxing Championship (WBC) and African Welterweight champion, Charles Manyuchi, to meet President Robert Mugabe. Manyuchi had requested to meet with the president after he defended his World Boxing Council international welterweight last year after beating Devis Caceres of Colombia…
HARARE – The next three weeks will provide an opportunity for new Zimbabwe cricket coach Dav Whatmore to continue ticking the right boxes ahead of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Zimbabwean side flew out to New Zealand on Wednesday two weeks before the tournament proper begins –ample time to acclimatise to…
HARARE – Cara Black and her Colombian partner yesterday bowed out of the Australian Open mixed doubles competition after going down in the quarter-finals. Juan Cabal and Black were dismissed in the last-eight match by third seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor in straight sets 2-6 3-6. Mladenovic of France and Nestor of Canada fired…
HARARE – A defiant Didymus Mutasa yesterday contemptuously dismissed allegations that he stole critical documents from Zanu PF, describing such claims as “unadulterated nonsense”. Mutasa spoke to the Daily News yesterday as the ruling party’s ugly factional and succession wars turned violent again, and hardliners threw the kitchen sink at him — including ominous threats…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF yesterday failed to expel former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, resolving to refer his matter to the disciplinary committee. Simon Khaya Moyo, the Zanu PF spokesperson, told journalists yesterday soon after a politburo meeting at the party’s headquarters that Zanu PF’s highest decision making body had resolved that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s lickspittle State media fully embody the proverbial principle of “seeing no evil, hearing no evil and speaking no evil”. Turning a blind eye to, and abetting the legendary misrule of Zanu PF bigwigs is their indisputable stock-in-trade. Indeed, they never ever dare to question their master’s voice. Contemptibly and also ominously given…
HARARE – Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba has blasted as “confused” the State case against a Bulawayo girl who allegedly sent President Robert Mugabe’s “nude” picture on WhatsApp. Malaba was commenting on the case of Shantel Rusike, who stands accused of undermining the authority and insulting the president. Rusike allegedly sent a picture via WhatsApp…
