HARARE – Zimbabwean golfers Marc Cayeux and Mark Williams missed the cut at the Tshwane Open held at the Pretoria Country Club in South Africa at the weekend. With the field set to be trimmed at level par after 36 holes, Cayeux and Williams were far off the pace during the tournament co-sanctioned by the…
HARARE – Since former Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa’s contract came to an end last month, the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has been searching for a replacement. Already some names that have been speculated to be interested in the job include former Warriors captain Bruce Grobbelaar, Dutchman Pieter de Jongh, Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Tonderai Ndiraya…
HARARE – The Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (Fuz) is pleased with the results of their Players Out of Contract Training Camp held at the start of the year. The programme has already yielded fruit with Highlanders signing Tambwe Kalunga ahead of the 2017 Castle Lager Premiership season. Kalunga, who was on the books of relegated…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is set to end months of frenzied speculation around the country’s mooted coalition alliance — with insiders telling the Daily News yesterday that the dogged former premier will soon announce his preferred political partners for next year’s watershed national elections. Well-placed sources said the popular former trade union leader…
HARARE – As the Zimbabwe rot continues unabated, President Robert Mugabe has been forced to hire a private jet for his recent overseas travels. This comes after the poorly-performing national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, failed to complete the servicing of its planes, which Mugabe uses, and which are undergoing mandatory maintenance checks. The Daily News learnt yesterday…
HARARE – Government has buckled under pressure from restive civil servants after it accepted to add an extra $180 million on its 2017 budget in order to pay the workers’ long overdue 2016 bonuses. The two parties struck a deal following a lengthy deadlock that compelled the public workers to threaten downing tools, prompting yesterday’s…
HARARE – Police have cleared war veterans’ Friday indaba in Harare called to review the country’s deepening political, economic and social crisis. War collaborators and ex-detainees countrywide are expected to be part of the engagement, but their patron, President Robert Mugabe, is not invited. The former liberation war fighters discarded the embattled and increasingly frail…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa taunted Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa in humorous remarks last week, saying the frugal Treasury chief is pre-occupied with saving money. Taking pot-shots at Chinamasa — who has emerged as one of the most prudent spenders of government finances — Mnangagwa told Parliament last week that Chinamasa thinks about money…
BULAWAYO – MDC deputy president Thokozani Khupe has expressed disgust at the frustrating moves made by government officials when she tried to donate to floods victims in Sipepa, Tsholothso. The former deputy premier said she was made to wait a long time, “pushed back and forth,” before she was allowed to make her donation on…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday appealed for more assistance from Zimbabweans in providing emergency relief to people affected by the country’s worst floods in decades. Government is struggling to raise needed funds to aid flood-affected regions after a disappointing response from the international community to its $100 million emergency appeal. Concerns are growing…
