EDITOR — President Robert Mugabe should give us a break, we need action that improves our lives not just talk. Coming back from a lengthy and costly holiday, Mugabe has made it the norm to use the Harare International Airport platform to hold his party rallies and engage in tirades against his enemies. It’s just…
LONDON – A person’s social standing can breed certain behaviours and attitudes. Snobbery is a sense of superiority often expressed with condescending comments or acts. Looking at Zimbabwe, it is interesting to note how snobbery has played out. Those who participated in the liberation struggle have had a tendency to look down upon those who…
JOHANNESBURG – Julius Malema slipped quietly into the room, looking cheerful, perhaps a little slimmer than on our last encounter, and quite the opposite of the rabble-rousing, Mugabe-in-the-making demagogue that his enemies and critics in South Africa and abroad still like to portray. “Marriage,” he said by way of an explanation, and fell onto a…
NEW YORK – New York City and other areas in the north-east US have shut down, with forecasters warning residents to expect “crippling” amounts of snow. Forecasters say Winter Storm Juno could dump up to 76cm (30ins) in some parts of New Jersey, Maine and New Hampshire. All non-emergency vehicles were banned in New York…
HARARE – It has emerged that champions Dynamos have approached ZPC Kariba regarding the signing of defender Dennis Dauda – the country’s reigning Player of the Year. Club manager Richard Chihoro made contact with ZPC officials and the players’ management team yesterday to enquire about the possibility of signing the highly-rated defender ahead of the…
HARARE – Highlanders yesterday completed the signing of teenage goal-machine Thomas Chideu on a three-year contract ahead of the 2015 season. The 18-year-old former Prince Edward School star spent three months in England in 2013 on an exchange programme and reportedly attracted interest from Barclays Premiership club Sunderland after banging 34 goals in 14 matches…
HARARE – CAPS United defender Steven Makatuka yesterday finally pitched up for the club’s pre-season training to give the club a boost, quashing rumours linking him with a move away from the club. Makatuka, alongside striker Dominic Chungwa and defender Ronald Pfumbidzayi, missed the team’s first week of pre-season training and had been reportedly eyeing…
HARARE – FC Platinum’s opponents in the African Confederation Cup preliminary round, Kenyan side Sofakapa FC, have stepped up their preparations for the tie. The platinum miners, who are Zimbabwe’s sole representative in Confederation of African Football (Caf) inter-club competitions in 2015, travel to Kenya for the first leg on the weekend of February 13-15….
HARARE – Cara Black and her Colombian partner yesterday progressed to the Australian Open mixed doubles quarter-finals after a hard fought second round win. Flanked by Juan Cabal of Colombia, Zimbabwean Black dismissed Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt and Lisa Raymond of the United States 6-4, 5(14) – 7 (12). The pair will meet either the duo…
HARARE – After four years of waiting for his second album, reggae star MicInity had no choice but to pull off the mother of all launches for his latest offering Survivor at Misty’s on Friday night. And for good measure, he threw his 32nd birthday party into the mix. What a party-and-a-half it was! The…
