JOHANNESBURG – When everyone must be applauding the recent rise of Zimbabwean football, one issue which hogged headlines this past week has been that of one Wicknell Chivayo and his “sponsorship” to the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa).The thing is, since storming into the limelight late last year when from nowhere he announced a staggering $1…
HARARE – Purists like myself will always believe that Test cricket always has been and always will be the ultimate form of cricket. But there is no doubt that after the recently concluded ICC Twenty20 World Cup in India, the shortest version of the game has reiterated its massive following around the world. The West…
HARARE – Opposition political parties have warned President Robert Mugabe against his typical populist, political rhetoric approach following his mooted fresh farm invasion exercise to satisfy war veterans’ demands amid a disastrous fast track land policy that turned Zimbabwe into a basket case. Recently, Mugabe admitted that the country was importing maize from Zambia, due…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has stepped up efforts to stem out smuggling syndicates as the country continues to lose revenue in illegal transportation of goods and minerals, through the country’s porous borders. This comes as three Zimbabweans and a Mozambican national were arrested this week for allegedly smuggling 140 bales of second…
HARARE – Politicians united in mourning the passing on of liberation war icon Herbert Chitepo’s widow Victoria, as social media was awash with condolence messages yesterday. Victoria, 89, died in her bathroom early on Friday morning in Harare as she prepared to attend a Zanu PF central committee meeting. On his Facebook page, MDC leader…
HARARE – MDC councillor Clifford Nhamburo is up in arms with Zanu PF MP for Goromonzi East Beatrice Nyamupinga over food distribution in the area, as villagers fight an El nino-induced drought that has left at least four million people in dire need of food aid in the country. Nhamburo, who is councillor for ward…
KABUL – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has been felt across a number of major cities across south-west Asia. The earthquake struck in Afghanistan, close to its border with Tajikistan, at 10:28 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor was felt in Kabul, Islamabad, Lahore and Delhi, forcing residents to leave their homes….
NEW DEHLI – An explosion and blaze sparked by fireworks have killed at least 100 people at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala, police say. The fireworks exploded as thousands of people had gathered to celebrate a local new year festival. More than 200 were injured. A building at the temple then…
PANAMA CITY – Authorities in El Salvador have raided the offices of the Panama law firm at the centre of a massive data leak, the attorney general’s office says. Documents and computer equipment were seized from the Mossack Fonseca office, officials said on Twitter. The attorney general’s office said the Mossack Fonseca sign had been…
HARARE – A visibly-tired President Robert Mugabe once again openly admitted yesterday that his governing Zanu PF’s seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars had destroyed the party, appealing for unity among his brawling lieutenants. Opening the ruling party’s central committee meeting in Harare, Mugabe also admitted that he had thus far failed to contain his…
