JOHANNESBURG – Protesting students outside the University of Fort Hare tried to force their way into the hall where President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob Zuma spoke at centenary celebrations yesterday. Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd. Over a hundred students marched to the sports complex where the institution’s centenary celebrations took place….
VICTORIA FALLS – Government has waived its controversial indigenisation policy to pave way for the recapitalisation of troubled national airline, Air Zimbabwe. Enacted in 2008, indigenisation regulations compel all foreign- owned businesses to cede 51 percent of their shareholding to black Zimbabweans. Transport minister Joram Gumbo on Thursday said the country’s black empowerment laws will…
HARARE – A private prosecutor handling the ongoing trial of Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke yesterday exposed inconsistencies in the testimony of the Zanu PF lawmaker’s wife and accused her of lying to exonerate her husband. Kereke is being charged with rape and indecent assault after allegedly molesting his wife Patience Muswapadare’s two nieces at…
NEW DEHLI – A city in India’s Rajasthan state has broken the country’s temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began, the weather office says. The new record in Phalodi in the desert state comes amid a heatwave across India. The previous record for the hottest temperature stood at 50.6C in 1956. The…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe has urged his side to bounce back from their first defeat of the season when they host ZPC Kariba at Rufaro Stadium tomorrow. The Green Machine’s unbeaten streak in the 2016 Castle Lager Premiership season was brought to an end last weekend in Bulawayo after they went down…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfers Ryan Cairns, Robson Saurombe, Greg Bentley, Kayyam Mandhu and Brian Gondo failed to qualify for the Lombard Insurance Classic at the Royal Swazi Spa Country Club yesterday. With 15 places available for the tournament which tees off this morning, the magic number to shoot at yesterday’s pre-qualifier was two-under-par 70. Cairns…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders coach Elroy Akbay is happy with the way his players have taken up his methods which has seen them rise to second place after only six matches. The Dutchman arrived at the Bulawayo giants at the start of this year and has quickly turned around the fortunes of club. Bosso are now…
HARARE – Harare City coach Taurai Magwiro has slammed the behaviour of the team’s fans following last weekend’s home defeat at the hands of Tsholotsho. Mangwiro was confronted by angry fans, who are not happy with the team’s performance and want him sacked. The Sunshine Boys have been on a rotten run of form, picking up…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) board chairperson Tawengwa Mukuhlani says the death of international scorer Robina Muzunguzika is a big loss to the union as she was destined to have a bright future in the game. Mzunguzika, who passed away on Tuesday morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals while in labour, was laid to rest…
BULAWAYO – Philani Amadeus Nyoni is widely regarded as one of the most gifted poets on the Zimbabwean literary scene with some calling him a Dambudzo Marechera reincarnate. Bulawayo-based award-winning poet John Eppel actually rates him higher than the legendary author of “House of Hunger.” Eppel once remarked, “Of all the second-language poets I…
