HARARE – Indescipline continues to be the order of the day in the Lion Lager National Rugby League. Many would have thought that the league would have been united following the tragic death of Zvishavane Bulls flyhalf Slimfield Moyo in a car accident in Shurugwi. It was however, not the case as unruliness continued to…
HARARE – A man who raped his neighbour’s wife after bashing him on the head has been sentenced to an effective 17 years in prison. Tanyanyiwa Nyamaropa, aka Dread, 36, had been sentenced to 20 years in jail but three years were suspended on condition of good behaviour. Nyamaropa dragged his victim from her house…
HARARE – Government needs to shift focus if the fight against cancer is to be won, a health specialist has said. Inam Chitsike, a medical doctor, said government’s failure to prioritise the prevention of cancer in children was worsening a scourge that has hit the country. Chitsike said the ministry of Health and Child Welfare…
HARARE – The West Indies seemingly took a cue from the likes of Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka when they decided to rest captain Darren Sammy as well as former captain and controversial former captain Chris Gayle for the upcoming One-Day International series against Zimbabwe which gets underway on Friday. This is not the first…
HARARE – Police have barred Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) from staging a demonstration against Education minister David Coltart. The teachers union wanted to present a damning petition to Coltart protesting arbitrary transfer of its members from Harare metropolitan province. Raymond Majongwe, PTUZ secretary general said police had refused to sanction the march to…
HARARE – Book Café will join the world in celebrating the second International Jazz Day with a concert featuring some of Zimbabwe’s top and budding jazz artistes on Saturday afternoon. Commemorations of jazz on an internationally recognised day began in 2011 following the proclamation of April 30 as the International Jazz Day by the United…
HARARE – THE International Rugby Board has inducted Zimbabwean brothers Richard and Kennedy Tsimba, two of country’s finest sportsmen, into the IRB Hall of Fame. Through their superb skills and ground-breaking exploits the Tsimba family name is held in the same high esteem in rugby as the Flower siblings, Andy and Grant, enjoy in cricket….
HARARE – Reigning Toyota-Zimbabwe Challenge Rally champion Jess Watson edged Greg Green to win the one-off rally cross meet in an exhilarating final at Donnybrook on Saturday. Watson, driving a Mitsubishi Evo 10 and Green in an Evo 8, both stormed into the final of the four wheel turbo charged premium class after posting imposing…
JOHANNESBURG – Some miners vowed that they will fight until death, as police announced a casualty toll from the previous day’s shooting by officers of striking miners: 34 dead and 78 wounded. Wives of miners at the Lonmin Marikana platinum mine, northwest of Johannesburg, took the place of their dead and wounded husbands staging a…
HARARE – Now that euphoria of the draft constitution has finally come to an end with the finality being majority of people’s endorsement of the document, what does the future hold for us in as much as regime change is concerned? The not so intelligent paragons of Zanu PF have tried to criminalise the whole…
