Thirty-four years, almost to the day, since the shocking killing of Burkina Faso’s then President, Thomas Sankara, 14 men are going on trial, accused of complicity in the murder of the man known as “Africa’s Che Guevara”. The charismatic Pan-Africanist was shot dead aged 37 by soldiers during a coup …
Read More »Mau Mau’s Muziri Aims For African Title
By Gilbert Munetsi National heavyweight boxing champion Vincent Muziri yesterday left for Dar es Salaam where he will fight Congo Brazaville’s Arda Ndembo for the African Boxing Union (ABU) Southern region title. Their main drawcard bout, dubbed “Rising Stars” and promoted by Global Boxing Stars, will take place at the …
Read More »Zuckerberg Loses $5.9bn In A Day As Facebook Faces Rare Outage, Whistleblower Testimony
Investor confidence in Facebook weakened a bit on Monday amid continued political pressure and a rare lengthy outage of the company’s apps, sending shares down 4.8% and zapping away billions from CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune. Zuckerberg’s fortune declined by $5.9 billion to a mere $117 billion in total. (He’s now …
Read More »Uhuru Kenyatta Family’s Secret Assets Exposed By Pandora Papers Leak
The family of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country’s politics since independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers. The Pandora Papers – 12 million files – is the biggest such leak in history. Mr Kenyatta and …
Read More »R. Kelly’s Victims React To Jury’s Verdict
Prosecutors and attorneys are praising several victims of R. Kelly for testifying at his trial. After the singer was found guilty Monday of federal crimes that could land him in prison for decades, some of those victims were speaking out again. Jerhonda Pace, the first victim to testify, posted a statement to …
Read More »Federal Jury Convicts Singing Star R. Kelly Of Racketeering & Sex Trafficking
Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking. In this federal case in the Eastern District of New York, Kelly faced a total of nine counts — one count of racketeering, with 14 …
Read More »Zim Cricketer, Milton Shumba Shines In Scotland
There was a beauty to the brutality, a swagger to the savagery and, on this autumn Sunday night in Edinburgh, Milton Shumba transformed himself into the King of Scotland. Just a month short of his 21st birthday, Shumba came of age with a devastating display of power hitting, which at …
Read More »Tagwirei Fired Workers Before Handing Out US$5.3M To Dynamos & Highlanders
Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s Sakunda Holdings started by firing workers before dishing out US$5.3 million into sponsoring the country’s two biggest football clubs, Dynamos and Highlanders. Last week, Tagwirei through his controversial company Sakunda, donated US$5.3 million to the two big clubs and handed out US$180 000 for buying houses for Dynamos …
Read More »Mapeza Appointed Warriors Coach
Norman Mapeza has been appointed interim Warriors coach, Soccer24 can reveal. The 49-year old, who is currently at the helm of FC Platinum, will take over the national team on an interim basis, and oversee the remaining World Cup campaign. Mapeza takes over from sacked Croat, Zdravko Logarusic. The former Galatasaray midfielder …
Read More »Busy Schedule For “Busy Bee”
By Gilbert Munetsi World boxing champion Charles Manyuchi “Busy Bee” has a busy schedule that begins this week with a tour of the resort town of Kariba. The three-day break, courtesy of Nyaradzo, will see the iconic pugilist help market Kariba as an ideal tourist destination through the sports tourism …
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