JOHANNESBURG – Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Willard Katsande is the Absa Premiership Player of the Month for January. “I would like to thank my teammates,” Katsande said on receiving his prize at the Premier Soccer League’s offices in Johannesburg yesterday. “The international break helped us to regroup and do some team building. I think we are…
HARARE – The Mighty Warriors temporarily put aside their welfare problems to grind out a slender 1-0 victory over neighbours Zambia in the African Women Cup of Nations final qualifier first leg here yesterday. Striker Kudakwashe Basopo’s solitary strike in the first minute of added time before the end of the first half ensured Shadreck…
HARARE – Local bodybuilders will get a chance to rub shoulders with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger when he brings his Arnold Classic contest to South Africa next month. The Arnold Classic is a professional bodybuilding competition lunched in 1989 in the United States by the Hollywood stalwart, who won the Mr Olympia contest on seven occasions….
HARARE – A senior Zanu PF official yesterday described the make-or-break meeting between President Robert Mugabe and restless war veterans in Harare today, in their last-ditch attempt to keep the decades-old power alliance intact, as a “War of the Titans”. The party bigwig, who claims to be “non-aligned” in Zanu PF’s seemingly unstoppable factional and…
HARARE – War veterans and disaffected Zanu PF youths loyal to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have written a strongly-worded letter to President Robert Mugabe, challenging him on the continued expulsion of party officials perceived to be close to the beleaguered VP. They also sensationally described the nonagenarian’s powerful wife, Grace, as allegedly “the greatest…
HARARE – Yesterday’s Zanu PF politburo meeting failed to finalise on pending disciplinary cases of its members across the country as had been expected, with the party’s decision-making body tasking national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere to further investigate squabbles in the Midlands province. The politburo was expected to deal with the suspensions of provincial chairmen…
HARARE – The MDC has announced it is planning a large-scale civilian protest on April 14. Opposition officials say this is a fulfilment of a key resolution of the MDC’s 2014 national congress that was held at the City Sports Centre in Harare, to force government to implement fundamental electoral and political reforms agreed to…
HARARE – Opposition MDC has said it will proceed with the appointment of former NMBZ Holdings group chief executive officer James Mushore as Harare town clerk, even after objections from Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere. The post of town clerk fell vacant after Tendai Mahachi was relieved of his duties last year. Following the decision…
HARARE – Three Norton men who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl before taking turns to rape her were slapped with a 58-year sentence yesterday. Knowledge Mpame, 28, Lloyd Sibanda, 22, and Foxen Mukozho, 29, who had been on the run since 2013, were finally brought to book. Mpame, Sibanda and Mukozho were convicted of rape and…
HARARE – Afro-fusion star Jah Prayzah has thrown his weight behind newcomer Sam Dondo who is scheduled to launch his debut album titled Zviuya in Harare next week. Jah Prayzah, who will grace the album launch to be held at Alexandra Sports Club alongside music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, sungura maestro Alick Macheso, dendera star Suluman…
