HARARE – Dutch DJs, Bali Bandits, will join an impressive cast at the third edition of the annual DJ party — Sonic Wonderland — at this year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa). This year’s Hifa runs from May 1 to 6. Sonic Wonderland features local and visiting Electronic Dance Music. The late-running gig…
BULAWAYO – ODDS are stacked highly against Zimbabwe but momentum and conditions largely favour the hosts when nemesis Zimbabwe and Afghanistan clash in a World Cup Qualifier at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo this morning. Back in 2014 Zimbabwe and Afghanistan played a 2-2 draw in the One Day International series in Zimbabwe and in…
BULAWAYO – As the 2018 league draws closer – two Zimbabwean soccer giants Highlanders and CAPS United who clashed in the Kembo Mohadi Charity Shield final have pronounced themselves ready for the Castle Premier Soccer League scheduled to start in two-weeks’ time. Highlanders managed to edge the Harare side 2-1 with goals from Adrian Silla…
HARARE – Harare City coach Mark Harrison said his team has been fortunate to be handed another bite of the cherry to play in the Premier Soccer League after being demoted last season and will grab the opportunity with both hands and make it count this time around. The sun set on the Sunshine Boys…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s motorsport sensation Axcil Jefferies is eager to build on the feats he accomplished last year to take on the 2018 season with a flourish. Jefferies has teamed up with German Young Carrie Shriener following an inspired debut year where he won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East Championship, clinched second in European…
HARARE – Ousted former president Robert Mugabe has thrown his full weight behind the New Patriotic Front (NPF), led in the interim by retired brigadier general Ambrose Mutinhiri, in what is likely to split the ruling party vote at the forthcoming polls, the Daily News can report. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – Econet Education has set an ambitious target in 2018 to positively disrupt education within Africa through high-quality, affordable and accessible digital education solutions. The recent all-Africa focused partnership with Dublin-based online learning giant, Shaw Academy, sees Econet Education establishing a mutually beneficial relationship to exclusively market their highly sought after online educational courses,…
HARARE – The glue that had appeared to bind Zanu PF after it got rid of “criminals” around toppled despot Robert Mugabe seem to be peeling off at critical stages when President Emmerson Mnangagwa is about to test his popularity at the forthcoming polls after assuming the reins of power in December last year. As…
HARARE – Time is running out for MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe to build bridges with the party’s new leader, Nelson Chamisa, with whom she is fighting a terminal turf war. The MDC’s national council gave Khupe — one of the founding members of the labour-backed party — a seven-day ultimatum last week to smoke…
BULAWAYO – MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe’s vehicle was yesterday attacked while her personal assistant Witness Dube was badly injured after violent scenes broke out at the party’s provincial offices. According to insiders, Khupe had called the meeting — which was attended by suspended party national spokesperson Obert Gutu and national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe…
