HARARE – The Zimbabwe Rising Stars Academy (ZRSA) inaugural squad’s attachment in England finally took off on Monday with the 16 talented local cricketers beginning their stint at Liverpool Cricket Club. The cricketers were drawn from all the 10 provinces while others were fetched from South Africa to become the first beneficiaries of the Tatenda…
HARARE – Zimbabwe U19 cricket team coach Steve Mangongo was thrilled by his side’s series whitewash over Namibia, adding that hard work in training was slowly paying dividends. Mangongo’s youngsters bagged the series with a 5-0 score-line in spectacular fashion winning the final match by a massive 83 runs at Harare Sports Club on Sunday….
HARARE – Harare City official Hope Chizuzu is now free to partake in football activities after his suspension was lifted by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) yesterday. Chizuzu was in March this year provisionally suspended by the association after he was accused of bringing the game into disrepute by insulting Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa. Acting…
HARARE – Emotions are running high in the politically volatile province of Masvingo, ahead of this weekend’s re-run of regional Zanu PF elections to choose a substantive provincial chairperson — amid claims that the party faction opposed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is also mobilising furiously to stop the tension-field election. This comes as supporters…
HARARE – Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — publishers of the Daily News, the Daily News on Sunday and the Weekend Post — has made two key executive appointments. Sharon Samushonga, who was group chief operating officer (COO), becomes managing director with effect from May 1, 2017. Jacob Chisese, who was previously chief executive at…
HARARE – MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai has warned President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF that he will not accept the results if he loses the eagerly-awaited next year’s elections. The dogged former labour union leader said he was aware that Mugabe was planning to manipulate the results and warned that there will not be a…
HARARE – Suspected Zanu PF supporters are stifling and blocking MDC’s rural campaign by intimidating villagers who dare associate with it, the opposition party spokesperson Obert Gutu has said. The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC recently deployed its urban MPs to the rural constituencies — where the ruling Zanu PF has always received most of its votes…
HARARE – South Africa (SA) has endorsed Tourism minister Walter Mzembi’s candidature for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) secretary-general post. In supporting Mzembi, SA’s Tourism minister, Tokozile Xasa, said “Africa must demonstrate unity of purpose in the forthcoming UNWTO…elections”. She said the move is critical in enabling the continent to collectively address the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has decided to roll-out prepaid water meters to all local authorities, as part of measures to escalate revenue collection. Water minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said Zinwa will be in charge of the exercise. This comes as most local authorities have been failing to pay Zinwa, with the authority…
HARARE – War veterans have made the first move to try and mend their relations with President Robert Mugabe after they lavished with praise their former patron for his recent speech at the burial of former ex-combatant and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) assistant director, Zenzo Ntuliki. The war veterans have been feuding with Mugabe since…
