HARARE – Firts Lady Grace Mugabe’s growing involvement in the goings-on in the ruling Zanu PF belie both her higher leadership ambitions despite her protestations to the contrary, as well as her anxiety about a future without President Robert Mugabe, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday in the wake of Zanu…
HARARE – Chief Chiweshe and Mashonaland Central Province war veterans have thrown their weight behind 11 commercial white farmers facing eviction from their properties. Centenary white farmer Phillip Rankin, owner of Kingston Deverill Farm and his colleagues are living in fear after veterans of the 70s liberation struggle laid siege at their property. The stress…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has formalised a pact with a State human rights commission to nurture the protection, promotion and enforcement of human rights in Zimbabwe. The landmark deal would see ZLHR and Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission(ZHRC) working together to take steps to prevent a repeat of the 2008 political violence…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading dancer Beverley ‘‘Bev’’Sibanda is celebrating after winning first place in an Africa-wide reggae dancehall dancing competition held at the Bassline, a popular music venue and club in Johannesburg. Thursday night’s inaugural Dancehall Queen annual competition, organised by Johannesburg-based Zimbabwean-born ragga DJ, Jah Seed, whose real name is Adrian Anesu Mupemhi, provided…
HARARE – Assemblies of Pentecostal Methodists (APM) reverend Togarepi Tapera Chivaviro yesterday brushed off a fresh allegation of sodomy against gospel singer Kudzi Nyakudya, saying the blogger making the claim is notorious for lack of credibility. “These falsehood-peddling online publications must always be condemned,” Chivaviro said, insisting that Nyakudya had spent a night at his…
HARARE – Lawrence Simbarashe, 63, popularly known as Mudhara Bhonzo, was a highly-respected veteran broadcaster and actor in several small screen comedies, but is now broke and has no job prospects on the way. His destitution prompted Highfield West legislator and deputy Zanu PF spokesperson Psychology Maziwisa to come to his aid last weekend. The…
HARARE – Former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu believes Edzai Kasinauyo will be a perfect fit into the new Zifa board and has complete faith in his former teammate to help reform local football. Kasinauyo is going against nine other candidates for the four vacant posts on the Zifa board at next weekend’s election to be…
HARARE – Zifa Northern Region chairman Willard Manyengavana yesterday admitted the councillors are under intense pressure to vote for credible candidates at next month’s Zifa board elections. The 58 councillors, who make up the Zifa Assembly, will be voting for a new executive committee to replace the previous board led by Cuthbert Dube next Saturday….
HARARE – Stakeholders in women’s football say they are still not sure who will be representing their interests and whether the representatives will be able to cast their votes in the Zifa board elections scheduled for next Saturday. The uncertainty is a result of the protracted wrangling among Zimbabwe Women Football (ZWF) national executive members. …
HARARE – CAPS United defender Stephen Makatuka is pleased with his personal form this season and feels he could have done enough to be among the 11 outstanding players. Having struggled for game time last year, the 27-year-old has started 29 games for the Green Machine in a campaign during which he claims to have…
