HARARE – Jethro ‘‘Chemmy’’ Hunidzarira will forever regret the day Gibson Homela returned to the Zimbabwe Saints technical department in 1988. Hunidzarira was a key member of that 1988 championship winning side but quit the club in a huff once Homela was appointed in the Chauya Chikwata technical setup. The midfielder had spent 12 successful…
JOHANNESBURG – Today marks seven days after the end of the Afcon 2015 which was duly won by the Elephants of Ivory Coast who beat the Black Stars of Ghana 9-8 on penalties for a carbon copy of the 1992 final in Senegal. As history would have it, it was heartbreak for the Pele family…
HARARE – Zanu PF stalwarts, who are taking their party to court over its democratic deficiencies, as well as its contested damp squib “elective” congress that was held in Harare last December, will disregard President Robert Mugabe’s orders that they do not do so, as they feel that the nonagenarian is being fed lies by…
HARARE – With just two months into the new year, many struggling Zimbabweans say they have lost all hope in the political and economic course that the country is taking. The economy, which showed signs of revival during the era of the inclusive government between 2009 and 2013, is collapsing at an alarming rate, with…
BULAWAYO – Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo has defended the controversial action by State security agents who forced photojournalists to delete photographs of President Robert Mugabe after he stumbled and fell down at the Harare International Airport recently. The nonagenarian leader who turns 91 next week tripped on the airport staircase and…
HARARE – About a month ago, I picked up two middle-aged women who were hiking one Saturday afternoon while travelling to see a friend at Dema Growth Point, in rural Seke communal lands. Dema falls under Manyame Rural District Council, whose offices are at Beatrice. As we approached an intersection just before the tollgate, the…
HARARE – The country’s 100 percent local content music on all Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) music channels during the first tenure of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo sparked a huge outcry. The directive triggered an avalanche of stinging barbs and no-so-kind words for Moyo whose directive was aimed at giving a platform…
HARARE – Senior government and Zanu PF officials are said to be in a serious pickle over what they should do next after controversial Facebook character Baba Jukwa resurfaced on Thursday and began posting more damaging ruling party goings-on. Well-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that many bigwigs were in a quandary about what…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has implored President Robert Mugabe to put a stop to Zanu PF-perpetrated violence that he says is resurfacing in many parts of the country. Speaking at his Highlands residence on Thursday after a tour of the Harare high density suburb of Mabvuku, Tsvangirai also vowed to resist attempts by…
HARARE – A senior member of Johane Masowe apostolic sect has claimed they do not believe in “a weak man” — Jesus Christ, and disregard the Bible as God’s book. Responding to Prophetic Healing and Deliverance founder Walter Magaya’s assertion that Vapositori were “marine spirits from the dark kingdom”, Australian-based Madzibaba Tawona who claims to…
