HARARE – Parliament had to be adjourned last week during a crucial debate on xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans in South Africa because Members of Parliament, who were present, could not constitute a quorum for the debate to proceed, the Daily News on Sunday can report. On March 1, Mabvuku-Tafara MDC MP James Maridadi presented before…
HARARE – It is turning out to be a very long walk to freedom for activist cleric Patrick Phillip Mugadza, who has been forced to endure yet another painful weekend in jail, after a clerk at the Harare Magistrate’s Court decided to play hardball with him. Mugadza’s miffed lawyer, Obey Shava, told the Daily News…
HARARE – Disgruntled war veterans yesterday raised the stakes in Zanu PF’s boiling tribal, factional and succession wars after they derided the party camp opposed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe — saying it would fail dismally in its mission. At the same time, the angry war veterans appeared to back down…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the public spats between former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her erstwhile Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) colleagues, Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo, will not scuttle the country’s mooted grand coalition. Addressing the media on Thursday after the MDC national executive met in Harare, Tsvangirai also asserted that it…
HARARE – CAPS United forward Leonard Tsipa has urged his teammates to shrug off the underdogs tag when they face DR Congo giants TP Mazembe in the final qualifying round of the African Champions League tomorrow. The Zimbabwean champions will charter a plane to Lubumbashi for the first leg, tomorrow at Stade TP Mazembe with…
BULAWAYO – The Old Mutual Heath Streak Cricket Academy has been rebranded into a trust as it seeks to grow into an epicentre of the game’s development not only in Zimbabwe but on the international map. The institution will now be known as the Old Mutual Heath Streak Cricket Trust with the Zimbabwe cricket coach…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe cricket team could soon be touring Pakistan for a ODI and T20 series following Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane’s visit to the Asian country. Hlongwane, who was accompanied by Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairperson Tavengwa Mukuhlani during the trip, met Pakistan Federal minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada and president…
JOHANNESBURG – The African football stands on the threshold of history on March 16 in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa when the 39th Ordinary Congress of Caf gets underway. This is the date that will usher in a new Caf Executive Committee and hopefully a new president. Issa Hayatou from Cameroon, a 71-year old…
HARARE – Puma Energy has come onboard as the official sponsor of the Nhowe Mission Under-16 football tournament which will be held in Macheke on March 25. This is the second edition of the tournament and the hosts Nhowe Mission are the defending champions. Some of the schools which have been invited to take part…
HARARE – JM Busha 54 Races country representative Vimbai Zinyama said they are expecting an even bigger event when the second leg of the triangular race series gets underway this morning at White City Stadium in Bulawayo. The first leg was held in Harare last month with more than 400 athletes taking part in track…
