HARARE – South African Lyle Rowe picked up his second win on the Sunshine Tour circuit when he fired a final round 67 on his way to lifting the Golden Pilsener Open trophy yesterday. The Port Elizabeth-based golfer ended the tournament on 11-under-par 277 and some three shots ahead of second-placed Dylan Frittelli also of…
HARARE – Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas has challenged his players to maintain their fine form when they face neighbours Highlanders in the Independence Cup final this afternoon at the National Sports Stadium. The Gamecocks progressed to today’s final after knocking out Dynamos with a slender 0-1 victory on Saturday with Mitchell Katsvairo scoring for…
HARARE – Zimbabwean music producer DJ Fydale’s Focus Riddim album set to be released on April 29, features top Jamaican stars Anthony B, Chuck Fenda, Lutan Fyah, Perfect and Sir Ford. The Kwekwe-born music producer-cum-DJ, who was born Fidelis Isaac, is confident that working with the Jamaican stars will generate international attention. “I am supposed…
HARARE – Award-winning comedian, Doc Vikela’s star continues to shine as he will perform in Botswana alongside some of Africa’s biggest comics. The showcase, slated for September 2 at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC), will feature seven comics from across Africa. These include Salvador from Uganda, Trevor Gumbi, Lihle Lindzy (South Africa) and Botswana…
HARARE – FBC Building Society (FBCBS) is set to start on Phase Five of its Masotsha Ndlovu cluster home project in May, with the group waiting on regulatory approvals to begin operations, a company executive has said. The building society’s Executive Director Finance and Administration Agnes Kanhukamwe told the businessdaily on the side-lines of a…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe marks 36 years of independence from Britain today, former Vice President Joice Mujuru has described President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF as “a dying regime that shall never again win a national democratic election” because it had “devoured” the dreams of long-suffering citizens. In a hard-hitting statement yesterday to mark Independence…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter Farai on Saturday wedded Gerald Mlotshwa — lawyer to the Midlands godfather’s co-deputy and perceived political rival Phelekezela Mphoko — at a lavish ceremony that was held at the upmarket Leopard Rock Hotel in Vumba. Both the bride, Farai, and the groom, Mlotshwa, were divorcees. And as was…
HARARE – Schools have started implementing the government’s controversial national pledge, part of a proposed new curriculum, which compels children to salute the national flag and recite a pledge of patriotism. During yesterday’s 36th Independence children’s party officiated by President Robert Mugabe and held at the City Sports Centre, school pupils recited the controversial national…
HARARE – Today Zimbabwe marks 36 years of majority rule and isn’t it sweet to say Happy Birthday to the resilient people of this long suffering nation. Unfortunately, if we are to look at the period since 1980 when we attained independence, the tales are not so sweet but sour and our nation’s birthday comes…
HARARE – Due to widely-held beliefs based on a flawed analysis of history and misinterpretation of past political events, the majority of Zimbabweans and indeed the world at large believe that the territory between the Limpopo and the Zambezi, formerly known as Rhodesia and now called Zimbabwe, has enjoyed independence (which according to the Cambridge…
