HARARE – Struggling Blue Rangers believe they have what it takes to finally end Highlanders’ unbeaten run when the two sides clash this afternoon in the Mbada Diamonds Cup at Barbourfields Stadium. Rangers’ outspoken coach Partson Ndabambi believes Zimbabwe’s richest knockout competition has the right incentives to spur on the so-called small sides to victory….
HARARE – Listed short-term insurer Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe (Fidelity) recorded a 57 percent growth in after-tax profit to $7,8 million in the half year to June 30, 2012. The group’s total income increased to $13 million from $8,9 million during the period. Premium income — representing 50 percent of total income — stood…
BULAWAYO – Acting Finance minister Gorden Moyo yesterday released US$2 million to save more than half a million livestock in Matabeleland South province reeling from a severe drought. Cattle are dying every week in Matabeleland South which is dependent on livestock farming, owing to lack of pasture and water shortages caused by the poor rains…
HARARE – Mamelodi Sundowns are keenly following the last stages of the Asiagate match-fixing scandal in Zimbabwe that has sucked in two of their key players — Method Mwanjali and Nyasha Mushekwi. The long-running scandal is now in its final phase, with Zimbabwe’s football authorities soon expected to deliver their judgement on players found guilty…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified efforts to regain control of the city’s thermal power station. The Bulawayo power plant was arbitrarily expropriated by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) more than two decades ago after the amalgamation of all the Local Authority Electricity Undertakings. Amen Mpofu, Bulawayo deputy mayor, told residents who…
HARARE – The Mbada Diamonds Cup first round match pitting Zimbabwe champions Dynamos and struggling Castle Premiership newcomers Quelaton will be beamed live on SuperSport 9 tomorrow as one of five matches the pay-per-view channel will broadcast this season. SuperSport last week sealed a landmark six-year broadcast rights deal with Zimbabwe’s Premier Soccer League to…
KINGSTONE – Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has dismissed as “disrespectful and misguided” controversial comments made by President Robert Mugabe about Jamaican men while the country’s opposition is demanding a full apology from the Zimbabwean leader. A week after Mugabe’s comments triggered intense public debate, Simpson Miller hit back saying the Zimbabwean leader’s remarks…
HARARE – Last season’s Mbada Diamonds Cup runners-up, Motor Action, are hoping to go one step further in this year’s edition of the country’s richest football competition. The Mighty Bulls take on CAPS United in the competition’s first round at Trojan Mine in Bindura tomorrow. The Harare side lost 1-0 to Dynamos in a rain-affected…
HARARE – Before the tour even started, the players knew it was going to be a tough task to come out with good results. We had five games in 10 days against some of the best teams that the United Kingdom could offer but the guys were up for it. We took off from Harare…
HARARE – It’s all systems go as the big boys of the National Rugby League (NRL) battle it out for a spot in the final. Champions Old Georgians’ title defence face an acid test when they travel to Bulawayo to take on Matabeleland Warriors in a potentially-thrilling semifinal clash at Hartsfield Stadium tomorrow. While the…
