Polls next year, says President

Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe says elections will be held early next year and slammed Copac for delaying drafting a new constitution. He said it appeared those managing the constitution-making process were buying time to line their pockets with allowances.

Addressing the Zanu-PF National Consultative Assembly at the party’s headquarters in Harare yesterday, President Mugabe said it was important that the country conducted national elections as the inclusive Government was surviving “on stolen time.”
He said he was empowered by the country’s constitution to announce an election date and would do so at the appropriate time.

MANHERU:- Tsvangirai: Dropping Sadc for Ecowas and NATO

As I write, the MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is out of the country. He sneaked out of the country to go to Rwanda, then Nigeria, and then to Ivory Coast. I don’t know what these

OH seek revenge

Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter
OLD HARARIANS and Old Miltonians have difficult tasks as they aim to make it into the National Rugby League final set for next week. With the semi-finals on today, the Old Boys

Karibe tips Chokwenda, Knowledge to reach semi-finals

Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE Taekwondo Federation secretary-general Patrick Karibe is tipping two seasoned fighters – Langton Chokwenda and Knowledge Muchakata – to reach the semi-finals at the

Black Mambas date Masvingo

Sports Reporter
BLACK MAMBAS continue their bid to survive relegation this afternoon when they travel to Masvingo for a Castle Lager Premiership tie. The police side have been missing in action

Blind coach has big football dreams

Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
YOU have probably seen or heard of the blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis, who is also a columnist for this newspaper. In Kadoma they have a blind football coach.

Benjani can see Promised Land

Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor
BENJANI MWARUWARI, the former Zimbabwe captain, has thrown his full weight behind the Warriors not only to beat Liberia at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow but also to

Keegan Meth is back

From Firdose Moonda in BULAWAYO
Two days after Keegan Meth had four teeth knocked out in the fifth ODI against Bangladesh on August 21, he logged onto his Facebook account. He had 380 friend requests and they

Pakistan respond to Tino’s Day Two heroics

From Lawrence Moyo in BULAWAYO
TINO MAWOYO’S heroics on Day Two of the only Test against Pakistan had its gloss taken off by the visitors’ response in familiar conditions at Queens Sports Club yesterday. Mawoyo

Mawoyo shines, grabs maiden ton

From Mehluli Sibanda in BULAWAYO
OPENER Tinotenda Mawoyo went into the Zimbabwe cricket’s history books for his monumental innings, an unbeaten 163 runs, his maiden Test hundred taking Zimbabwe to a big

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