‘Gaddafi killed on Sarkozy’s orders’

LONDON — Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a French secret serviceman on the orders of then president Nicolas Sarkozy, a media report said.
The secret serviceman is said to have infiltrated a violent mob mutilating the captured Libyan leader last year and shot him in the head, the British Daily Mail

2013 poll dates hearing today

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
PARTIES in the case in which President Mugabe is seeking to extend a by-election deadline will today address the court on merits of the matter.
Judge President George Chiweshe yesterday said the presentation of the merits would enable him to make a decision on the application.

Jefferies ends season on a high

Collin Matiza Sports Editor
ZIMBABWE’S motor racing whizzkid Axcil Jefferies finished the 2012 Formula Two season on a positive note when he took a credible eighth place in the last race of the year at Monza in Italy on Sunday. Coming up against some of the world’s most promising young motor racing drivers, Jefferies

Cairns for Royal event

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
RYAN Cairns is expected to lead several top Sunshine Tour professionals when they take part in the Royal Harare Summer Golf Day this Friday. Cairns, who is the leading Zimbabwean on the Sunshine Tour order of merit, will give every participant an opportunity to play with him on the par three hole

Zim teams cancel basketball tourney

Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
LOCAL basketball teams that were scheduled to take part in the Zone Six Club Championships in Mozambique were left disappointed after they failed to secure sponsorship for the trip. The championships are already underway and will end on October 6 in Maputo with countries such as South Africa,

Cheetahs you beauty

Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter
THE Cheetahs went, saw and conquered in Morocco on a great weekend for Zimbabwe rugby but the Pangolins failed in their mission to qualify for the Rugby Sevens World Cup. The Cheetahs were on cloud nine yesterday celebrating their qualification for the global showcase after lifting the Africa Cup

Without reforms, the UN will be a damp squib

The grand debate of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly ended yesterday amid strident calls to reform the world body that has been reduced to a paper tiger by the West. The build-up to the 67th Session that was held under the theme “Bringing About Adjustment or

Drag racing at Donnybrook

Collin Matiza Sports Editor
THIS coming Sunday will see the staging of the fifth event of the Dragpro Club’s 2012 Drag Racing and Sound Off Series at the home of local motorsport — Donnybrook — in Harare. Drag racing is increasing in popularity in Zimbabwe as people grasp the concept that this is a motorsport in

Nkatha praying for chance

Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE international Kingston Nkatha believes he is in prime shape to make a difference for the Warriors and is praying for his suspension to be lifted. The former CAPS FC forward has been in stunning form since joining Kaizer Chiefs from Sunday Chidzambwa’s Black Leopards and has been a

Mzansi90 get US$210 000

Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
AN INITIAL cash injection of US$210 000 has been poured into the Mzansi90 coffers ahead of the Warriors’ crucial African Cup of Nations final qualifier against Angola in Luanda. The Mzansi 90 committee was unveiled last week with the mandate of raising funds for the senior national team ahead of

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