HARARE – Our cricket correspondent Dean du Plessis caught up with new Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) convener of selectors Tatenda Taibu to discuss about his return to the game after a four-year hiatus. Below are excerpts of the interview Q: Well Tatenda, I think I should start off by welcoming you back. Where have you been…
HARARE – Recent moves by the European Union (EU) Parliament towards the imposition of further restrictive measures on President Robert Mugabe’s government, owing to its torture of human rights defenders and abductions of pro-democracy activists should not be surprising at all. The move is in stark contrast to the United States which last week lifted…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is still in danger of losing the war on HIV/Aids despite major medical advances and more than 25 years of effort, if latest statistics are anything to go by. According to the United Nations, Zimbabwe ranks fifth among countries with the highest HIV/Aids prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. About 1,4 million people —…
CHIMANIMANI – Illegal artisanal gold miners who have retained a stranglehold on government-owned Allied Timber’s Tarka Forest Reserve — a commercial pine tree plantation in Chimanimani — may just have become overly aggressive. With the area having been worked and reworked for nearly two decades, the illegal gold miners have evolved their mining engineering from…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s ailing health advisor Timothy Stamps says he has no plans to retire despite appearing overwhelmingly plagued by ill health and advanced age. The soon-to-be 80 Stamps, laboured through a five-page prepared speech during the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day commemorations in Harare on Friday where he was guest of…
HARARE – Zimbabwean women — particularly the educated and professional — are reluctant to vote and are cautious of engaging in active politics as they fear for their children and careers, a survey revealed. The study by the Research and Advocacy Unit (Rau) — an organisation which engages middle-class young women under the age of…
HARARE – Harare City coach Moses Chunga says his side will not offer any favours to Castle Lager Premiership chasing FC Platinum when the two teams clash at Rufaro Stadium this afternoon. With five games to go, the platinum miners are in pole position with 51 points but they still face stiff competition from second-placed…
HARARE – A group comprising Dynamos’ founding members calling themselves Surviving Founder Members, Former Players and Supporters (SFMFPS), will hold their stakeholders meeting today as scheduled at Stodart Hall in Mbare. The meeting is expected to be attended by all Dynamos supporters from across the country and the group’s secretary-general Ernest Kamba yesterday said all…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Under-16 Copa Coca-Cola Dream Team is scheduled to leave the country on Monday for South Africa for a five-day regional training camp at the University of Pretoria High Performance Centre. The team was selected by sports writers and former football players during the Copa Coca-Cola national finals held in Gwanda in…
HARARE – Old Georgians coach Grant Mitchell has named an unchanged side for today’s Saru Gold Cup match against unbeaten Pool C leaders Siyaya Brakpan at the Bosman Stadium this afternoon. Mitchell decided to go with the same starting XV which emerged 38-22 victorious last weekend at home against Durban Collegians. In the front row,…
