LUSAKA – Botswana has denied that there was bad blood between President Robert Mugabe and his counterpart Ian Khama, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has said. Venson-Moitoi took a swipe at the media on Tuesday while waiting for Mugabe’s arrival at the Sir Seretse Khama Airport (SSKA), accusing the press of deliberately…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe will deliver his belated state of the nation address to Parliament soon, his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa told the National Assembly yesterday. Responding to a question by Jessie Majome, the MDC MP for Harare West, on when Mugabe would deliver the State of the Nation address which he usually presents to…
LAHORE – Bemused players said they hoped to take the focus off security and put it back on cricket after authorities mounted an unprecedented operation to guard insurgency-hit Pakistan’s first home international in six years. Thousands of police officers and paramilitary soldiers have been deployed and helicopters will be buzzing over Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, which…
HARARE – Calisto Pasuwa, the Zimbabwe Under-23 team coach, says he might end up playing in goals this Sunday against Swaziland as the Young Warriors’ player crisis continues. As of yesterday, only Hwange goalkeeper Takabva Mawaya was among the 17 players in camp for the first leg of the 2015 African Under-23 Championship qualifier scheduled…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national team coach Calisto Pasuwa says the warriors will face a tough opponent in Namibia during this evening’s Cosafa Cup final Group A match in South Africa. The Warriors need at least a point to secure a quarter-final berth against Zambia after two wins over Mauritius and Seychelles. Namibia, who drew their…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national cycling champion Bright Chipongo is currently racing in the United States of America under Team Mike’s Bikes in San Francisco, California. The Harare Cycling Club rider was issued with a Category One (Cat 1) racing licence becoming only one of the few if not the first Zimbabweans to get this type…
HARARE – The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has condemned Zimbabwe Cricket’s (ZC) decision to go ahead with the tour of the volatile Pakistan. ZC disobeyed a directive from the SRC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and went ahead with the tour. “We have learnt with great concern that the Zimbabwe Cricket tour to…
HARARE – Chapungu coach John Nyikadzino is proud of his players following a seven-match unbeaten run and feels the winning culture will go a long way in shaping their season. After an indifferent start to the season in which the Air Force of Zimbabwe side failed to score in their opening three matches, their win…
HARARE – Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association (HMCA) chairmanship changed hands for the first time in 11 years after Glenshire Cricket Club’s Enock Ikope was elected the new board chairman on Saturday. The victorious Ikope polled 13 votes together with Claudius Mukandiwa of Uprising Cricket Club while Denford Kumundati also from Glenshire managed 10 votes. Rajan…
BUJUMBURA – As protests and sporadic violence continue to roil his country, Burundi’s President has pushed back the parliamentary and local council elections by one week, to June 6, a presidential spokesman said Wednesday. President Pierre Nkurunziza is set to make a formal announcement about the delay later Wednesday at the African nation’s State House….
