HARARE – Reagan Wasmuth, Davin Cocker and come-back kid Sean Mitchell had phenomenal rides at the Zimbabwe Motocross Club Championships held at Donnybrook on Sunday. One of the most passionate riders out there, Cocker is always a serious factor at every national event and his influence shone in the 85cc. Well-travelled Mitchell, who has been…
HARARE – Zimbabwe junior tennis player Mehluli Sibanda lived up to expectations at the just ended Namibia 18 and Under ITF tournament boy’s category at Central Tennis Club Jeanine and Suzelle Davin Str in Windhoek. Sibanda reached the finals before going down to Damon Kesaris of South Africa 6-1, 6-0. In the semi-finals, Sibanda struggled…
HARARE – Veteran jockey Quinton Riddle, who broke his ribs earlier in the season, felt a sense of sentimental relief after he helped Yer-maan gallop to victory at the 53rd Castle Tankard at Borrowdale Race Park on Saturday. The South African trained six-year-old gelding was against the odds having opened betting on 8/1, with seven…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has rallied Zimbabweans to “live their vision and mission on empowerment, and beneficiation” if the country’s economic turnaround is to be achieved. In a recent public lecture emphasising national discipline, the Central Bank boss also moved to dispel the notion that there was no monetary…
THE supervisor of government accounts and financial controls, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG), has made a shocking revelation that President Robert Mugabe’s administration cannot account for $3,5 billion which was earmarked for civil servants’ salaries. In a report for the period to December 2012 that was presented to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Accounts…
HARARE – Two Hurungwe villagers are suing Zanu PF central committee member Philip Chiyangwa for $250 000 each over an alleged assault they suffered at the hands of the flamboyant businessman. Hurungwe West headman Aleck Munhava and villager Morgan Gora, are demanding $250 000 each in damages from the Native Investments Africa Group founder. Munhava…
HARARE – Information minister Jonathan Moyo has been sledged by rights groups for his “condescending remarks” that there was nothing unusual about the enforced disappearance of activist Itai Dzamara. Responding to a question by Stephen Sackur on BBC’s HARDtalk on Monday about the abduction of Dzamara near his Glen View home on March 9, Moyo…
GWERU – Vendors here yesterday staged a demonstration at the Gweru Magistrates’ Courts against the detention of their colleagues. The demo was prompted by six vendors who last weekend resisted arrest by the Gweru Municipal Police and were later handed over to police. In a statement, National Vendors Union Zimbabwe (Navuz) expressed concern at the…
CHINHOYI – Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso stole the show at the official launch of the Culture Week in Chinhoyi on Saturday which was officiated by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko. A very small crowd — mostly made up of Nemakonde High School students — listened to Mphoko’s speech. The crowd swelled dramatically after the VP’s departure…
HARARE – For those who love reading or took literature classes in school and loved it, Water Games is just the play for you. Water Games is a play adapted from An Enemy of the People, a 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The political satire looks at how politics interfere with the day-to-day…
