HARARE – CAPS United’s hopes of reviving old glory in the upcoming new season may remain a pipe dream if pre-season preparations are anything to go by. Whilst many CAPS United supporters have been hoping that 2013 will be their year of restoration, it may well yet prove to be otherwise. Makepekepe stand-in coach Mkhuphali…
HARARE – Toronto Stock Exchange-listed junior gold miner New Dawn Mining Corporation (New Dawn)’s Kadoma-based Dalny Mine (Dalny) has halted operations due to a workers’ strike over salaries. Sources close to the development told businessdaily that workers downed tools early this week, demanding a salary hike. Dalny is one of Zimbabwe’s largest gold producer. While…
HARARE – Black Mambas have vowed to shed their relegation candidate tag in the forthcoming 2013 Castle Premiership season. Warumwa Warumwa has survived the chop on the last day of the season in the last two seasons since their promotion from the Northern Region Division One League in 2010. Last season, the police outfit spent…
HARARE – Cellular service provider NetOne has announced a new format for this year’s NetOne Charity Shield tournament. Speaking at a ceremony to hand over proceeds from last year’s Charity Shield match between Dynamos and Motor Action, the company’s managing director, Reward Kangai said all teams stand a chance to play in this year’s tournament….
HARARE – Bellingerent Zimbabwean batsman Charles “Chopper” Coventry has, at the last minute, become the fourth local to clinch a Bangladesh Premier League deal after signing for Duronto Rajshahi. The 29-year-old Matabeleland Tuskers star’s Bangladesh deal comes as consolation after being omitted from Zimbabwe’s training squad for next month’s tour of the West Indies. Other…
HARARE – Zimbabwean tennis ace Cara Black and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova are through to the second round of the Australian Open. The pair yesterday tamed the Australian doubles duo of Monique Adamckaz and Stephanie Bengson 6-3, 6-4 at Melbourne Park. Black and Rodionova were in control in the first set winning 6-3 in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Attorney General has moved to block Tourism minister Walter Mzembi’s scheduled court appearance against ex-Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya, although the minister insists he will testify in the Asiagate trial. This comes after another set of key witnesses, which include Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive Karikoga Kaseke, gave evidence in the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe motorsport federation will host a fundraising games day to assist Peter Whyte, who had a life-threatening accident back in December during a race meeting at Bulawayo Motoring Club. The fundraising event will be held at the association’s club house in Eastlea on February 9. The 19-year-old Whyte had the accident whilst riding…
HARARE – The Nigerian and Georgian rugby unions have shown interest in sending their Sevens teams to be part of the action-packed Spar International Sevens tournament set for March in Harare. The tournament includes Africa’s second-best Sevens team Kenya as well as full international sides from Hong Kong, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. These teams are…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has slipped down two places in the World Bank’s ease of doing business 2013 survey, ranking 172 out of 185 economies. The report, released on January 14, ranks economies based on ease of doing business in registering property, getting electricity, protecting investors, enforcing contracts and trading across borders among others, is a…
