HARARE – The Premier Soccer League Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) has revealed the factors that freed Kaizer Chiefs striker Matthew Rusike from Jomo Cosmos. Rusike concluded his move to Chiefs on a three-year deal recently after the DRC ruled in his favour after a contract dispute with Cosmos. But it turns out Cosmos breached his…
HARARE – Businessman Oliver Chidawu has been booted out as Pelhams chairperson after shareholders voted against his re-election at an annual general meeting yesterday. Simbarashe Mupandanyama a director of the furniture retailer was also shown the door while other directors, Douglas Munatsi, Phineas Whata and Florence Ziumbe voluntarily resigned. Five board members representing Pelhams’ new…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has stepped up efforts to secure a friendly match for the Warriors ahead of their decisive 2013 African Nations Cup second leg qualifier against Angola next month. A 3-1 first leg win two weeks ago left the Warriors on the verge of qualification, having missed the last three…
BULAWAYO – Government plans to turn the Plumtree Border Post into a 24-hour facility in a bid to improve efficiencies, an official has said. Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) customs exercise regional manager, Lonto Ndhlovu told a Confederation of Zimbabwe Industry (CZI)’s Matabeleland chamber meeting that her organisation was aware of delays at the border post…
HARARE – Old Malvernians were reminded of the need to pull up their socks in the Vigne Cup First League after they were dismissed for a paltry 62 runs by newcomers Country Club in Newlands last Sunday. The reigning Chimurenga Twenty20 champions anchored the bottom spot on the eight-team league last season and could have…
HARARE – Yet again Zimbabwe is faced with acute food shortages in drought-prone regions of Matabeleland and Masvingo which has been worsened by poor agricultural policies employed by President Robert Mugabe’s government. It is government’s responsibility that no one starves and against this background the coalition government must intervene immediately to prevent starvation. The government,…
HARARE – High Court Judge Chinembiri Bhunu yesterday reserved judgment on a bail application made by 29 MDC activists accused of killing a police inspector in Glen View last year. However, the trial of the murder of Inspector Petros Mutedza is expected to commence on Monday while Bhunu makes his considerations. Bhunu had suggested he…
HARARE – It is very hard to come up with acceptable excuses when you see a side play as badly as Zimbabwe did in their opening encounter of the ICC World Twenty20 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The first question that needs to be asked is, did Brendan Taylor make the right choice by bowling…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s coalition government leaders met yesterday and agreed to take painstaking steps to ensure a violence-free Second All-Stakeholders Conference that will be convened soon to scrutinise a draft constitution that slashes the powers of the presidency. President Robert Mugabe and his ruling coalition partners, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Welshman Ncube agreed that…
HARARE – Gospel music star Olivia Charamba believes the girl-child should be equipped artistically as this can turn out to be a future sidestep career. Popularly known in the music circles as Amai Charamba, the gospel diva said she is already teaching her three girls basics in music. Amai Charamba is married to gospel sensation…
