HARARE – Zimbabwe off-spinner Wellington Masakadza was recalled for the One Day International series against Sri Lanka but then suffered an ankle injury in training ahead of tomorrow’s first encounter in Galle. The tourists, who are also coming in from limited overs series in Scotland and Netherlands, are scheduled to play a once-off Test against…
HARARE – Zimbabwe were left questioning match officials’ decisions after they were denied what looked like two genuine penalties in a Cosafa Castle Cup tie against Madagascar yesterday at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in South Africa. Second half substitute Raphael Manuvire was brought down in the box five minutes from time but the referee Joshua…
HARARE – Sables lock Witness Mandizha paid tribute to the late musician and war veteran Dick Chingaira aka Cde Chinx during Zimbabwe’s Rugby Afrique Gold Cup victory over Senegal in Dakar last Saturday. Cde Chinx passed away on June 17 after a long battle with cancer and was buried in Harare last Friday, a day…
NAIROBI – Kenyans risk a fine of $10,000 (£8,000) or jail term of five years for using “impolite, disrespectful or inciting language on social media “, according to a new proposal to regulate online content during the election season, Nairobi News reports. The proposal is part of rules being co-authored by two government bodies: The…
SEOUL – North Korea said it has issued a standing order for the execution of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her spy chief for what it said was a plot to assassinate its leader, and it demanded that the South hand the pair over. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said…
HARARE – Local music star Jah Prayzah’s manager, Keen Mushapaidze, says the Jerusarema singer, who performed in Chimoio, Mozambique on June 25, is getting more foreign concerts as a spin-off of his collaborations with top African stars. To date, Jah Prayzah has collaborated with African music giants Mafikizolo, Tanzanian international artiste Diamond Platnumz, Nigerian music…
HARARE – South Africa-based sound engineer and ex-Ilanga keyboardist, Keith Farquharson, has praised local music star Jah Prayzahfor his versatility. The 2011 winner of South African Music Awards (Sama) Best Sound Engineer gong, who has mixed and mastered music for a number of local artistes, has singled out the Jerusarema hit-maker as the most impressive…
HARARE – I first met Dick Chingaira in 1985. I was eighteen. Benny Miller and Jane Bartlett had a record company called One World Records and Cde. Chinx and the Barrel Of Peace was the first artist that they recorded. Benny Miller had allowed me to come round to the One World recording studio and…
HARARE – Zifa’s headquarters at 53 Livingstone Avenue in Harare is “haunted and dirty” and the association secretariat will never go back there according to its president Philip Chiyangwa. The property known as Zifa House has been under lock and key since last year with the association fearing its foreclosure by creditors owed at least…
HARARE – Rising female karateka Tishana Sekerani is grateful to the sponsorship the Zimbabwe Karate Union (ZKU) is getting from Africabet which has helped turn around her life. Sekerani recently returned from Mozambique where she was part of the ZKU team which scooped 13 medals at the AUSC Region 5 Games. The 14-year-old won a…
