BULAWAYO – How Mine coach Kelvin Kaindu was disappointed after his side failed to beat Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premiership match on Sunday. The gold miners dominated the game but could not find the back of the net which left Kaindu frustrated. “To me, I think we have dropped two points at home. We…
HARARE – Harare City full back Takudzwa Chimwemwe scored a beauty as the Sunshine Boys stunned high-riding Black Rhinos in a Castle Lager Premiership match on Sunday. The Sunshine Boys have been on revival since the arrival of Philani “Beefy” Ncube (pictured) last month and yesterday’s victory was the first time they have managed back-to-back…
HARARE – The Sables got their 2017 Rugby Afrique Gold Cup campaign to a positive start with a 16-28 win over Senegal in Dakar on Saturday. Zimbabwe had to come from behind to win the match as they were trailing 13-6 at halftime. Hilton Mudariki, Takudzwa Kumadiro and Stephan Hunduza managed to plant a try…
MUTARE – Tanganda Half Marathon wheelchair athletes have roundly condemned the heavily-potholed race course after one of the athletes was almost ran over by a motorist as he dodged a crater. Libangani Langa almost lost his life on a bend as he skirted around a huge pothole with motorists ignoring police signals. “The road is…
MUTARE – The unheralded duo of Misheck Sithole and Rudo Mhonderwa walked away with the Tanganda Half Marathon titles in the men and women’s categories respectively on Sunday. Last year’s defending champions Kelvin Pangiso and Patience Murove, both from the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), did not take part in yesterday’s race. Sithole outran…
LUSAKA – Hakainde Hichilema, the Zambian opposition leader who has been in custody since a traffic incident when his convoy refused to give way to the motorcade of President Edgar Lungu, has posted an update from prison on his Facebook page. Mr Hichilema said he and those with him are “in good spirits, despite numerous…
EDITOR — War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube must be commended for speaking freely and frankly about succession in Zanu PF and in the country’s highest office. There is no shortage for potential successors, like in other countries. For the State presidency, he is one, as are the two vice presidents, the former VP and former…
LONDON – The Queen is to receive an 8% increase in income from public funds, after the Crown Estate’s profits rose by £24m. The Sovereign Grant, which pays for the salaries of her household, official travel and upkeep of palaces, is to increase by more than £6m in 2018/19. It comes as accounts revealed the…
HARARE – War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is in deep trouble for throwing his weight behind former liberation war fighters who are putting pressure on President Robert Mugabe to name his successor in order to stop the infighting in Zanu PF. A liberation war icon who fought on the Zapu’s Zipra side during the war,…
HARARE – Eight people died yesterday morning when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in rammed into a broken-down lorry along the Chitungwiza– Hwedza highway in Dema. National police spokesperson Charity Charamba confirmed the incident, calling on the public to desist from circulating pictures with dead accident victims on social networks. “Six people died on…
