LINCOLN – Zimbabwe’s bowlers can realistically hope to have more success restricting the batsmen of the United Arab Emirates in Nelson tomorrow, than they did South Africa’s in their World Cup opener. Elton Chigumbura’s team made a decent fist of chasing 339 for four in Hamilton on Sunday, eventually bowled out 62 runs short against…
HARARE – Roderick Mutuma says he is living his boyhood dream after signing for CAPS United from their bitter rivals Dynamos on Monday. Mutuma joins United on a two-year deal with an option to renew for another year after the initial deal. The former Manhingi FC striker became the first major signing for the Green…
HARARE – Veteran cyclist Linda Davidson has heaped praise on the Zimbabwe Junior Cycling team for a stunning performance at the Confederation of African Cycling (Cac) Road Championships in South Africa last week. Davidson, one of the most decorated riders to emerge from the country, was Zimbabwe’s last medal winner at the Cac, having bagged…
HARARE – After last week’s overwhelming response to the column, I thought about the many other great characters that lurk between the bench press and the dumbbell rack in every gym. The diversity of membership creates the character of every gym, and this character gives life, energy, laughter, direction and inspiration. What would a gym…
HARARE – In an unexpected turn of events, former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa has called on all democratic forces, including opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, to join him in the “real Zanu PF” to rescue the country from its current political and economic crises. In an apparent response to the weekend appeal by MDC…
BULAWAYO – Local pressure group, Ibhetshu Likazulu, has filed an urgent chamber application in the Bulawayo High Court contesting a recent police decision to bar them from commemorating the Gukurahundi massacres which saw thousands of innocent civilians losing their lives at the hands of the army in the early 1980s. Last month, Bulawayo West district…
HARARE – Magamba Echimurenga (Magamba) co-founder Andrew Ndlovu has lashed out at Patrick Zhuwao, saying President Robert Mugabe’s nephew was a “money-hungry” man taking advantage of his relations to the Zanu PF leader. In an unsolicited interview with the Daily News yesterday, the war veterans’ leader also said the former ruling party legislator must also…
HARARE – Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, yesterday criticised the European Union (EU) for the travel ban on President Robert Mugabe and wife, Grace, as the trading bloc signed off a $270 million aid deal with Harare. Chinamasa said relations between the two were going to remain frosty until the bans were permanently lifted. “While we…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Bata Shoe Company Limited (Bata) has lost a Supreme Court appeal in which it was seeking to get reprieve against increasing its employees’ salaries. In the application, Bata cited the National Employment Council (Nec) chairman for the leather industry and Zimbabwe Leather and Allied Workers Union as respondents. Bata appealed to the…
HARARE – The Shabanie and Mashaba Mines (SMM) saga has taken a new twist after Cleopas Sanangura, a former finance manager of Southern Asbestos Sales (Private) Limited (Sas), wrote a letter of complaint claiming a court order sealing the company’s owner Mutumwa Mawere’s fate was void. Sanangura was a key witness in the trial held…
