Manuvire powers up ZPC Kariba
HARARE - For the first time this season, I emerged from a stadium satisfied with the football that had been displayed by the two teams in action. Never mind the 1-1 result, the match pitting Castle...
View ArticleJam saves Mawiwi's job
HARARE - Under-fire Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi had James Jam to thank after the midfielder netted a brace to give the Sunshine Boys their first win of the season on Friday. Jam rose from the...
View ArticleTime to take ZPC serious
HARARE - When the season started in April it was easy to assume that the league’s traditional giants – Dynamos, Highlanders and CAPS United – would be the front runners for the 2014 castle Premiership...
View ArticleWarriors begin Afcon preps
HARARE - The Zimbabwe national football team will get down to serious business today when they begin preparations for the 2015 African Nations Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Tanzania at the...
View ArticleCouncil blows $1m in overtime allowances
BULAWAYO - The Bulwayo City Council has blown nearly $1 million in overtime allowances in one month at a time when residents have been challenging city officials over deteriorating service delivery....
View ArticleBlood bank needs funding: Mujuru
HARARE - National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) is a critical institution which should be adequately funded to ensure lives are saved, a top government official has said. Vice President Joice Mujuru...
View ArticleParliament reconvenes
HARARE - Parliament will have its hands full when it reconvenes today after a two-week break. Parliament adjourned after the second reading of the Electoral Amendment Bill at the end of April. The...
View ArticleMutodi trial deferred
HARARE - The trial of businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi, who is accused of swindling Harare home-seekers of $588 787, failed to kick off for the second time because Mutodi’s lawyer was sick....
View ArticleEconomy chokes Zanu PF
HARARE - In a bid to avert a looming economic crisis the ruling Zanu PF government is launching a new economic offensive. Officials say in this fresh strategy, the ruling party will no longer be...
View ArticleZanu PF is it's own worst enemy
HARARE - From the beginning, it was clear steering the economy was going to be a tall order for Zanu PF. And hitting the ground running was essential if the ruling party was to get the buy-in from...
View ArticleHacking violates privacy
LONDON - Over the last 10 years, social media has evolved into an integral part of society. The establishment of Facebook in 2004 marked the genesis of a new era in spatialisation. Other forms of...
View ArticleUnderestimating Tanzania might prove fatal
HARARE - Recently, I met up with a colleague from Tanzania who has been working here for some time and we got chatting about football, especially the big game pitting Zimbabwe and his home country in...
View ArticleSimba Sithole races against time
HARARE - Warriors striker Simba Sithole is racing against time to be fit by Friday when the team travels to Tanzania for Sunday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier. The Ajax Cape Town...
View ArticleWillard Katsande riles Gorowa
HARARE - Zimbabwe football coach Ian Gorowa has expressed disappointment with midfielder Willard Katsande for failing to report for Warriors training, fuelling speculation the Kaizer Chiefs hardman...
View ArticleStrengthen banking sector, World Bank urges Zim
HARARE - The World Bank says Zimbabwe must strengthen its financial sector to curb systemic risk and avoid bank failures. Nadia Piffaretti, the institution’s local economist, last week told a Sapes...
View ArticleGovt reviews tourism imports exemptions
HARARE - Government is reviewing statutory instruments exempting tourism-related imports from paying customs duty. Tourism minister Walter Mzembi said the intention was to include other goods imported...
View ArticleZim media's dilemma
HARARE - In the immediate aftermath of this year’s World Press Freedom Day commemorations, one is struck by the serious possibility that there are too many interpretations of the meaning of media...
View ArticleMacheso's situation out of hand: Madzibaba
HARARE - Sungura musician Nicholas “Senior Lecturer” Zacharia is disturbed by endless troubles his cousin Alick Macheso is entangled in. As a result, he is making frantic efforts to meet the Tafadzwa...
View ArticleTurkey mine explosion: 200 dead, 200 trapped
ISTANBUL - As a crowd milled around with downcast eyes outside a coal mine in western Turkey on Wednesday, a miner dashed their hopes that his co-workers still stuck inside would make it out alive....
View ArticleZanu PF youths demand housing stands
CHITUNGWIZA - Government has acceded to housing demands by Zanu PF youths in Chitungwiza in a move that has caused an uproar among residents and councillors. The move has been castigated as partisan...
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