KAMPALA – The main opposition leader in Uganda, Kizza Besigye, has rejected the result of Thursday’s elections, in which President Yoweri Museveni won a fifth term of office. Mr Besigye, under house arrest since Friday, said Ugandans had seen “the most fraudulent electoral process”. He described the poll as a sham and a creeping military…
HARARE – Despite its popularity, football has brought little success to Zimbabwe and the country might need to find another national sport to pursue according to minister of Sport Makhosini Hlongwane. The Mberengwa East Member of Parliament was answering a question posed by Mutasa Central legislator Trevor Saruwaka whilst giving oral evidence on the state…
HARARE – Harare giants CAPS United are scheduled to leave for Mozambique this morning for a series of friendly matches as they gear up for the upcoming 2016 Castle Lager Premiership season. The Green Machine has lived in the shadows of their arch-rivals Dynamos and Highlanders in recent years and has shown its intent to…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfer Ryan Cairns finished the opening round of the Dimension Data Pro-Am tied in ninth place after carding a five-under 67 at Fancourt Golf Club in George, South Africa yesterday. Cairns picked up three birdies on the front nine before dropping one shot on number 9. The Zimbabwean went on to make…
HARARE – Jamaican reggae star Jah Cure could finally hold his maiden concert in Zimbabwe at the end of April. The internationally-acclaimed artiste, who is regarded as King of Lovers Rock and Roots Reggae, will perform at the Glamis Arena on April 29 in a gig dubbed “Together As One.” The Unconditional Love singer is…
HARARE – Sungura music star Alick Macheso says if you are a farmer and always having problems with baboons stealing your maize, change tactics and grow tobacco instead. Macheso said music pirates in the country — like such baboons — were left empty handed recently after he withheld his long-awaited music album which they had…
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike has released a video for her hit Ndinewe just a week after winning the 2015 National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) Video of the Year gong for the song Huyai Tinamate. The Ndinewe video, directed by Charles Maungwa, who also did the Nama-winning video for Huyai Tinamate, was uploaded on…
HARARE – Businessman Nigel Chanakira’s Kingdom Bank Africa Limited (KBAL) assets are set to go under the hammer in Botswana, in a move described by analysts as a final nail to the entrepreneur’s crumbling empire. KBAL, which had no resident depositors based in Botswana, was in May last year placed under liquidation due to insolvency…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT) grew its net profit by 15 percent to $15,5 million in the full year to December 2015 from $13,4 million registered in the previous corresponding period in 2014. The company’s finance director, Lucas Francisco, yesterday told analysts that total sales volumes for 2015 declined by…
HARARE – The on-going and escalating brawling in the ruling Zanu PF is now a cause for concern and President Robert Mugabe should spring to action before it turns bloody. War veterans and the youths are divided. His ministers are fighting, with some especially Team Lacoste which is solidly behind Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa rebelling…
