HARARE – Harare Sports Club sneaked into the semi-finals of the local rugby qualifiers for the South African Gold Cup after defeating Old Johannians 33-19 in a Harare Rugby League match at Morris Depot on Saturday. Sportivo now face log leaders Old Georgians in a semi-final encounter to be hosted by OGs while Old Hararians,…
HARARE – The Rufaro Stadium car park yesterday resembled a war zone as disgruntled Dynamos supporters fought running battles with police following their team’s 1-0 defeat to FC Platinum. The Glamour Boys’ fans were baying for club president Kenni Mubaiwa’s blood after the defeat condemned their side to 15th place on the Castle Lager Premiership…
HARARE – International beverages manufacturer Coca-Cola has launched its new global campaign, ‘Taste the Feeling’ in Zimbabwe. The campaign, which was launched last night, has set a new benchmark for the audaciously innovative world of event activation, Coca-Cola said. “Every day, millions of people across Zimbabwe and around the world reach for an ice cold…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo City paid the price for failing to turn dominance into goals when they were held by Chapungu in a Castle Lager Premiership match at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday. Bulawayo City coach Philani Ncube was a disappointed man after a Philip Marufu strike on 65 minutes cancelled out Xolisani Moyo’s 56th minute goal from…
HARARE – Former Vice President and now Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, has told weary and long-suffering citizens to “keep walking” as the potentially epoch-making 2018 national elections are around the corner. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the widow of the late liberation struggle icon, General Solomon Mujuru, also…
HARARE – Outspoken Zanu PF political activist Acie Lumumba has urged President Robert Mugabe to dissolve his “corrupt” Cabinet which he says has “no idea of running a business” and is dragging the country into economic oblivion. In an interview with an online television station Lumumba, who had a public fallout with Indigenisation minister Patrick…
HARARE – Diamond mining firm Anjin, a joint venture between the country’s military and a Chinese-owned conglomerate, did not violate any laws in its transaction of 3,7 million carats of diamonds worth $200 million, the company’s bosses said yesterday. Anjin director Munyaradzi Machacha told a news conference in the capital that the company has been…
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has threatened to unleash mass protests at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) for barring students from sitting for their exams over tuition fee arrears. Zinasu secretary-general Makomborero Haruzivishe, called on the UZ and GZU to take heed and listen to students’ voices, arguing it…
HARARE – The Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) commissioner Pansy Tlakula has urged Zimbabwe to adopt the ACHPR’s Access to Information model law. During the meeting attended by media groups and human rights defenders, Tlakula, who is on a four-day advocacy visit in her capacity as the ACHPR’s Special…
HARARE – A regional magistrate has sentenced an armed robber who stormed CABS Bank Mt Pleasant branch brandishing a pistol and attacked the security guard to 18 months in prison because he showed remorse and was a family man. Brian Mugota, 41, of Marlborough in Harare will serve an effective 11 months in jail after…
