HARARE – Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane has advised local athletes to stay away from performance-enhancing drugs. Speaking over the weekend at the just-ended Schweppes Troutbeck ATU Triathlon African Cup in Nyanga, the Mberengwa East legislator urged the athletes to embrace the tenets of fair play. “I wish to implore you to strive to do better…
HARARE – Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo yesterday reiterated his desire and commitment to see Zimbabwean football improve after handing over a brand new vehicle to Mighty Warriors coach Shadreck Mlauzi. The Harare businessman, who has made his wealth in the renewable energy sector, lived up to his promise by handing over a Toyota Hilux double…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top junior rugby players plying their trade in foreign countries are caught between a rock and a hard place on whether to choose school or country ahead of this year’s Junior World Rugby Trophy. Zimbabwe will host the eight-team tournament from April 15 to May 2 with the winners set to walk…
HARARE – Rising songbird Ammara Brown has collaborated with South African music legend Hugh “Bra Hugh” Masekela on a track titled Next Lifetime that will be released next month. The daughter of the late musician Andy Brown confirmed the collaboration in an interview with the Daily News, adding that the single will be part of…
HARARE – The ongoing court labour dispute between Leeroy Gono, Artistic Director of Masvingo’s Youth Cultural Arts Festival and Masvingo Drama Circle is becoming more complex with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) claiming that an attached piano belongs to them. This comes after Masvingo City Council through its Acting Town Clerk at the…
HARARE – Mines minister Walter Chidakwa yesterday ordered all diamond companies to vacate their various concessions and cease operations after seven months of unfruitful firm consolidation talks between government and the miners. Chidakwa said while government had issued special grants to the nine diamond companies in 2008, the companies — who had been resisting the…
HARARE – State-owned transport and logistics company, Courier Connect, has launched the Civil Service Travel Bureau (CSTB) in a development that will save the country’s cash-strapped government spending millions of dollars in travelling costs. Courier Connect managing director Isaac Muchokomori last week told the businessdaily that the new business unit is offering air travel ticketing…
HARARE – There is a great misconception, especially by those lording over us, to trivialise the contribution of the last remaining white commercial farmers to the development of this country. Clearly, government’s new farmers have dismally failed to rise to the challenge and return this nation to its former status as a surplus food producer….
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has made sensational claims that her late husband, liberation struggle icon and decorated army general Solomon Mujuru, was murdered in August 2011. Speaking in an interview with the United Kingdom-domiciled Sunday Times at the weekend, Mujuru said while she was certain that Rex Nhongo (Solomon’s liberation struggle nom…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe turned 92 on Sunday, and from the Zimbabwean leader’s perspective, he has plenty to celebrate: Everyone’s talking about him again. While addressing Cabinet ministers and guests at his surprise party at State House yesterday, Mugabe indicated that he is no longer surprised by such gatherings. His official birthday celebrations will…
