ZIMBABWE cricket side has suffered a major blow after two of their stalwarts — captain Hamilton Masakadza and batsman Brendan Taylor — were ruled out of the upcoming home ODI series against the United Arab Emirates. Zimbabwe will host the UAE in four limited overs matches starting tomorrow at Harare Sports Club without the experienced…
ZIMBABWEAN golfer Ryan Cairns finished in a respectable eighth place at the Sunshine Tour-sanctioned Zanaco Masters at Lusaka Golf Club in Zambia on Sunday. Cairns was just six strokes behind eventual winner JC Ritchies after a final round four-under-par 69 gave to finish the tournament on 12-under-par 280. [GoogleAd] The Royal Harare Golf Club-based pro…
AFTER starting their 2019 Castle Lager Premiership season with an unconvincing win over Mushowani Stars, Dynamos were finally brought back to earth by a well-drilled Hwange at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday. The coal miners, who are returning to the top flight after a year in the second tier, rallied from behind, courtesy of Eddie Nkhulungo’s…
PARLIAMENT’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday grilled officials representing Univern — a company awarded multi-million-dollar contracts by the Zimbabwe National Road Agency (Zinara). According to Grant Thornton’s forensic audit report, Univern — trading as Southern Region Trading Company — signed several contracts with Zinara without the parastatal having floated proper tenders. [GoogleAd] The contracts covered vehicle,…
THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party’s national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month’s do-or-die elective congress. [GoogleAd] Coming against the background of intense jostling for positions within the main opposition party, the congress scheduled to run from May 24 to…
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by the Zanu PF leader. [GoogleAd] According to the MDC-T, the question of Mnangagwa’s legitimacy is misplaced because his administration was declared duly elected by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has joined her husband in hiring pricey private jets — which cost taxpayers thousands of United States dollars. [GoogleAd] The first lady returned home from Dubai on Tuesday last week aboard a private jet Airbus A318-112 (CJ) Elite chartered for her and her travelling party. She had gone to Dubai for…
Zim policies hitting poor hardest: UN expertsGovernment policies are worsening the country’s economic crisis, causing immense hardship to those less well-off, and crushing the human rights of those who dare complain, a group of United Nations experts have warned. [GoogleAd] The warning comes from UN experts namely Philip Alston (Australia), special rapporteur on extreme poverty…
GOVERNMENT says it is working with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust)’s Applied Testing Genetic Centre (AGTC) to identify deceased victims of Cyclone Idai which ravaged the country last month. [GoogleAd] At least 344 cyclone deaths have been reported after Idai swept across Chimanimani, Chipinge, Nyanga, Mutasa, Makoni and Mutare with the number…
A CONVICTED armed robber who is jointly charged with incarcerated rapist Martin Gumbura over a jail break attempt at Chikurubi Maximum Prison told the High Court how prosecution at the magistrates’ court filed a response to an application for acquittal which had not been filed. [GoogleAd] Blessing Chiduke made the remarks before Justice Amy Tsanga…
