HARARE – Zimbabwean batsmen have found the going tough to connect bat with ball under floodlights during their current tour of neighbouring South Africa. Heath Streak’s men lack of pink ball cricket was exposed in the warm-up match against South Africa Invitational XI which they lost yesterday in Paarl. The tourist were using warm-up match…
HARARE – Talented full back James Mukombwe considers his loan move to Castle Lager Premiership champions FC Platinum to be a “great opportunity” that will allow him to take “the next step”. FC Platinum will be the country’s sole representatives in the African Champions League and are desperate to assemble a competitive side as they…
HARARE – FC Platinum’s African Champions League opponents Desportivo de Agosto are leaving no stone unturned as they bid to bolster their squad ahead of next year’s competition. Desportivo have signed Nigerian defender Kehind Yisa Anifowoshe from Oman side Alitihat as they prepare for the African safari. The Zimbabwean champions were drawn to play against…
HARARE – Manicaland Mountaineers’ Indian batsman Mohammad Eqlakh faces deportation back to his native country after overstaying his visa and working without a work permit in Zimbabwe. Eqlakh, who is a batsman and arrived in the country last month featured in Mountaineers’ three Logan Cup matches against Mashonaland Eagles, Matabeleland Tuskers and Rising Stars without…
BULAWAYO – Intwasa Extra, which will run in Zimbabwe’s second largest city from December 28 to 31, has been described by the organisers as a “festive season festival bonus.” Festival spokesperson Nkululeko Nkala told Daily News that the imminent event would be a spillover programme from the main Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo which took place…
HARARE – Kwese TV, which does not produce its own news, has developed what it describes as “a unique and powerful strategy on news” that ensures all the African regions are catered for. The Pan African TV channel’s spokesperson says this strategy is a three-pronged one. [GoogleAd] “First of all we ensure that local public…
HARARE – DStv channel Zambezi Magic has commissioned over 10 Zimbabwean television programmes and films as part of its efforts of increasing content from southern Africa. MultiChoice Zimbabwe publicity and public relations manager Liz Dziva revealed this during two recent local content summits held in Bulawayo and Harare. [Adz] “This (the commissioning of 10 Zimbabwean…
HARARE – Thousands of ordinary Zimbabweans who had anticipated having a decent festive season — on the back of promising policies by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — risk enduring a bleak Christmas as retailers have hiked prices of foodstuffs. This comes as Mnangagwa’s government this week ordered bakers to reduce an 11 percent price increase…
HARARE – Fanuel Masukuse, 41, a visually impaired gospel artiste, has written over 136 songs. Sadly for the Renco Mine-based artiste, none of these songs has been recorded yet. “I have been composing songs since 2002. I am sure the songs I have written which can potentially make 17 albums made up of eight songs…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa acted unconstitutionally by flying to South Africa yesterday on an official visit before appointing his deputies, law experts have said, warning that if anything befalls him, it may have detrimental consequences for the administrative State given that there is no clear successor by operation of law. While Mnangagwa has been…
