JOHANNESBURG – Former Moroka Swallows coach Ian Gorowa has emerged as a strong candidate to take over the coaching position at AmaZulu, where Roger Palmgren is reported to be a dead man walking. Under Palmgren Usuthu have picked up just one point in their opening five matches this season. Zimbabwean Gorowa is without a job…
HARARE – Thirty-six-year-old Sydney Chingoma is languishing at the Harare remand prison for raping a 12-year-old minor. Chingoma, who was not asked to plead, was remanded in custody to October 23 by Harare magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni. The state alleges Chingoma saw the young girl who was on her way to the barber shop in Harare’s…
HARARE – Leading Zimbabwean bodybuilder Victor Hungwe has received an invitation to perform guest-poses during the Lusaka Contest in Zambia next month. The reigning Pro Fitness champion will go through the routine poses with five Zambian bodybuilding greats on October 17. Hungwe told the Daily News that apart from making an appearance, he will also…
JOHANNESBURG – South African police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters near a mine owned by Anglo American, a day after a deal ended a strike in Marikana. “We are not tolerating any illegal gatherings,” a police spokesman said. Workers at the Lonmin-owned Marikana platinum mine ended their six-week strike after…
KAROI – Council business came to a standstill for the second day running yesterday after Karoi Town Council workers and management remained locked over a salary dispute. This follows the granting of a “certificate of no settlement” by labour officer Godfrey Musaniwa last week. The workers are demanding salaries dating back to six months from…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Sevens Rugby franchise has assembled the largest-ever delegation to represent the country in an international tournament with four squads set to take part in the Middleburg Sevens in South Africa over the weekend. Regular Cheetahs captain Jacques Leitao willskipper the country’s national sevens side while Old Georgians teammate Scotty Jones will…
HARARE – Harare City have been left fuming over the “unprofessional conduct” of Namibian club Eleven Arrows, which has continually frustrated the acquisition of striker Peter Ngwenya. City claims Arrows have deliberately delayed releasing the Zimbabwean striker’s International Transfer Certificate (ITC). The Castle Premiership debutants acquired the former Njube Sundowns and Lengthens striker during the…
HARARE – This year’s Fia African Rally (Arc) champion Mohammed Essa and his Zimbabwean navigator Greg Stead will be the major attraction during a one-off Rally Cross meet at Donnybrook on Saturday. Zambia’s Essa will compete against the likes of double Arc title winner Jamie Whyte and Zimbabwe Challenge Rally champion Jess Watson. Other high-profile…
HARARE – A Chitungwiza family is outraged and in grief after a routine arrest turned into a funeral, in a case that brings to the fore unchecked police brutality. Harrison Manyati was in perfect health when police arrested him on September 4. Relatives say Manyati was arrested after visiting Makoni Police Station to follow up…
HARARE – Abel Mafunga, a lanky 27-year-old, dreads walking the three-kilometre stretch from the bus stop to his home during the night. Seven people have been murdered in suspected ritual killings in the last two weeks in this usually tranquil Domboshawa area, 30km northeast of Harare. Mafunga is a security guard who usually knocks off…
