GWERU – Gweru-based Castle Premiership side Chapungu were left in disarray after the appointment of former Shabanie Mine coach as the club’s technical advisor. This move did not go down well with the Thornhill Airbase community that felt Tapera would usurp the authority of head coach John Nyikadzino. There were concerns that Tapera, who presided…
HARARE – Dynamos secretary general Webster Chikengezha yesterday insisted the club are still active on the transfer market in the hopes of providing new coach David Mandigora with the arsenal he requires. The Glamour Boys have already been busy strengthening their squad ahead of the 2015 Castle Premiership season which start in March. DeMbare, who…
HARARE – Zanu PF hardliners are said to be taking fresh aim at embattled police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri, in a desperate bid to force President Robert Mugabe to relieve him of his post when the 90-year-old returns from his holiday in the Far East, for his alleged allegiance to former Vice President Joice Mujuru….
HARARE – Observers say claims by Zanu PF and Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs minister Martin Dinha that First Lady Grace Mugabe is not behind the ongoing illegal evictions of poor villagers at Manzou Farm in Mazowe are “perplexing to say the least”. The ruling party claimed in a statement at the weekend that reports that…
HARARE – Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) and his son Emmerson Jnr have been sucked into a $600 000 shares dispute between two Harare businessmen Brian Jembere and Paris Olympios. According to documents seen by the Daily News, Jembere bought $600 000 worth of shares in Olympios’ H.E.R (Private) Limited company. Mnangagwa’s wife reportedly operates…
LONDON – The price of Brent crude oil has fallen, further taking it to a new six-year low. The price of a barrel of the North Sea benchmark dropped by 2.6% to $48.74, its lowest level since April 2009. US crude oil was also at its lowest level since that time, down by 2.3% to…
JARKATA – Indonesian divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501, say officials. They believe they have also located the cockpit voice recorder, the second part of the so-called black box, but divers have not yet managed to reach it. AirAsia flight QZ8501 disappeared in bad weather on 28 December with…
HARARE – Drummer Simba “Bond” Dembedza, who has played for elite musicians like Oliver Mtukudzi and Victor Kunonga, believes he is on course to emulate his role model and mentor Sam Mataure. Like Mataure, drummer and manager of music superstar Mtukudzi, whose music career has covered various musical styles and genres, Dembedza has worked with…
HARARE – With little or no notice, the police burned and demolished scores of homes at a farm in Mazowe to make way for President Robert Mugabe’s rapacious wife Grace — who wants to expand her vast business interests in the area. Scores of Zimbabwean citizens lost their homes and livelihoods as a result of…
HARARE – Barely a month after holding its damp squib “elective” congress that was supposed to end the brutal factional and succession wars devouring Zanu PF, the party has booted out en masse its interim Mashonaland East provincial executive committee — as the ghost of former Vice President Joice Mujuru continues to hound the party….
