HARARE – An avalanche of goals may have catapulted Ngezi Platinum Stars into the top flight league but clean sheets will determine whether their Castle Lager Premiership debut season turns out to be a fairy tale. And no one appreciates it more than the platinum miners’ goalkeeper Tinashe Matore whose 16 clean sheets in 27…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket-contracted Grade B international scorer Robina Muzunguzika has died. She was 28. Muzunguzika passed away yesterday while giving birth to her first child. Sadly, both mother and child did not make it. A former Mabvuku Cricket Club ladies team player, Muzunguzika also made it into the provincial squad for Mashonaland Eagles in…
HARARE – It is never easy to choose representing a foreign nation over your country of birth, but sometimes it is a decision many sports persons have had to make. That was the case for Elijah Snyman, who recently traded the green and white hoops of the Junior Sables for the green and gold of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s rising karter Zac Dufty held his own during the third round of the South African Northern Region Karting Championship on Saturday at Zartkops in Gauteng. The 12-year-old finished a credible sixth place in cold and wet conditions. Dufty had earlier been on fire for the free practice where he set the third…
HARARE – Prominent businessman Shingi Munyeza has warned the government to reduce its profligate spending and dispose underperforming State-owned enterprises in the wake of current economic challenges and worsening cash shortages. In a strategy paper dubbed the “10-Point Plan” — which he fashioned from an entrepreneur’s perspective — Munyeza said government must immediately cut its…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) says it is investigating Rio Tinto’s disposal of its shareholding in Murowa Diamonds to a foreign firm amid allegations that local listing rules were violated. This comes as government also recently indicated that it was seized with the matter after it became clear that Murowa was sold to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has so far exported flue-cured tobacco worth $164 million to China, a development that is expected to ease liquidity challenges in the country, figures from the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) indicate. According to TIMB, the Asian economic giant remains Zimbabwe’s top tobacco destination after snapping up 20,2 million kilogrammes (kg) of…
HARARE – The story of Zimbabwean women repatriated from Kuwait where they were held as sex slaves is the kind of nightmare no local should have to endure. It’s a story you might expect from faraway countries where laws are lax and no one seems to care. But the nightmare happened right here in Zimbabwe….
HARARE – War veterans and Zanu PF youths linked to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa clobbered their rival Generation 40 (G40) foes in Masvingo at the weekend, as the governing party wars to succeed President Robert Mugabe turn increasingly violent. Zanu PF chairperson for Masvingo Amasi Nenjana told the Daily News yesterday that about 15…
BULAWAYO – It will be prudent for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apology on his role during the Gukurahundi atrocities if he truly aspires to be the next president of Zimbabwe, ex-Education minister David Coltart has said. Responding to a question on the VP’s suitability for presidency given his alleged involvement in…
