PERTH – Australia’s general election will be held on July 2, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Sunday. He said he visited Governor General Peter Cosgrove to request the dissolution of the country’s parliament in preparation for an election. Turnbull announced both houses of parliament will be dissolved and every politician, including senators, will need to…
HARARE – FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza has challenged his players not to get carried away with their perfect start to the 2016 Castle Lager Premiership season. The Zvishavane-based side have started the new season like a house on fire winning all of their opening four matches. That perfect start has seen them occupy the…
HARARE – Prince Edward School will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they take on Falcon College at Jubilee Field this afternoon when the regular schools’ rugby season commences. The Tigers suffered a morale sapping 24-19 defeat to Harare rivals Churchill Boys High last weekend on the final day of the Dairibord…
JOHANNESBURG – This past Wednesday, Mamelodi Sundowns won the Absa Premier League title with a good two games to go. Led by talisman Khama Billiat, the Tshwane side have been by far the most consistent and outstanding side in the PSL. By winning the league title in addition to the Telkom Knockout trophy, Sundowns proved…
HARARE – Gospel musician Mathias Mhere is happy with the impact of his latest album Double Double which is dominating local gospel charts. Since the album was launched last year in the capital, it has been well-received by music fans despite the controversy that dogged his previous album Glory To Glory. The Idya Tafura singer…
BULAWAYO – Impumelelo Shining Stars is celebrating their 15th anniversary at a concert set for Inyathi Youth Centre in Mpopoma today that will feature local and South Africa-based artistes. The line-up of performers includes Ezimnyama Dance Group, an imbube outfit called Great Stars, an all-women ensemble called Iluba Lemvelo, a maskandi outfit called Izinja Ziyamluma and…
HARARE – Barclays Bank Zimbabwe (BBZ) says operations have continued unaffected after parent company Barclays Plc divested from African operations, with the bank posting a $16 million total income in the four months to April 2016. BBZ managing director George Guvamatanga on Thursday told an Annual General Meeting in the capital that the group’s operations…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa says government is working on “necessary documentation” for the country to implement its $1,8 billion arrears clearance strategy, with multilateral institutions expected to meet in the second half to approve the strategy. The Treasury chief told the National Assembly on Thursday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board had…
HARARE – Forthright Zanu PF women’s league secretary for finance, Sarah Mahoka, has launched another frontal attack on embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, suggesting that the Midlands godfather will never ascend to the presidency because he allegedly lacks a social base. The sharp-tongued Mahoka also all but accused Mnangagwa — among a litany of other thinly-disguised…
HARARE – The Zanu PF youth league has set May 25 as the date for the much-hyped and controversial “one million-man march” in Harare. The party’s national deputy secretary for youth affairs Kudzai Chipanga claimed the march, which some war veterans have described as an anti-Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa demo, was meant to show their…
