JOHANNESBURG – Black Leopards are reportedly preparing to confirm the sacking of Zimbabwean coach Sunday Chidzambwa (pictured), with Ian Palmer believed to have already agreed a deal with the PSL club. Chidzambwa, along with Bidvest Wits’ Thomas Sweswe and Method Mwanjali of Mamelodi Sundowns, have been handed life-long bans by the Zimbabwe Football Association for…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe is faced with a 400 000 tonnes fertiliser shortage for the coming farming season. The input shortages are sparking fears of another poor harvest in a country that has experienced acute food shortages over the past decade. Biti yesterday told journalists after meeting with fertiliser companies that…
NEW JERSEY – Millions of people awoke on Tuesday to scenes of destruction wrought by monster storm Sandy after it smashed into the eastern United States, cutting power to swathes of the nation’s most densely populated region, swamping New York’s subway system and submerging streets in Manhattan’s financial district. At least 15 people were reported…
HARARE – For people tortured during the 2008 election period in Chiweshe, the scars are still fresh and the name Zanu PF spells fear and sadness for them. During the weekend, a memorial service of victims of political violence was held and victims gave chilling testimonies of the brutality inflicted on them by supposed Zanu…
HARARE – Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu reckons Bosso’s weekend draw with log-leaders Dynamos is just as good as a win in terms of the result’s significance in the title tussle between the two heavyweights of Zimbabwean football. Bosso had to dig deep six minutes shy of fulltime to salvage what could turn out to…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has granted Caps Holdings boss Frederick Mtandah bail reprieve, allowing him to go back to the company and save the pharmaceutical firm from collapsing. Mtandah is accused of defrauding Caps Holdings of $25 million through deregistration of 50 local drug formulas and subsequently registering them under Caps International. The Caps…
JOHANNESBURG – South African police fired rubber bullets and teargas on yesterday at striking Amplats miners who were protesting against a union-brokered deal to end a six-week wildcat walkout at the top platinum producer. As they moved into a shanty town near the mines, police also deployed water cannons and stun grenades against groups of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Under-17 football team is struggling to mobilise funds to travel to Congo-Brazzaville for the second leg of the African Youth Championship qualifier, despite being less than 72 hours from the scheduled kick-off. The Young Warriors trail the 2011 African Youth Championship bronze medallist 2-1 from the first leg in Harare almost a…
HARARE – A Gweru magistrate has ordered further remand in judicial custody for Tryvinne Musokeri, Zimbabwe National Students Union, (Zinasu) secretary-general. Musokeri, a second year Marketing student at the Midlands State University (MSU), was returned to Hwahwa Prison where he has been held for the past three weeks after apearing before a Gweru court on…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo Jazz lovers in Bulawayo have been afforded another rare opportunity to have a feel of the tantalising jazz sounds. This follows the recent move by two Bulawayo jazz music groups the Cool Crooners and the once forgotten pre-independence group Submarine Jazz Band in clinching a weekly performance deal with a local joint,…
