HARARE – Dynamos players have been urged to draw lessons from the club’s infamous capitulation at the hands of MC Algiers of Algeria two years ago as they prepare to travel to Lesotho for the return leg of their African Champions League qualifying round. The warning came from assistant coach Tichaona Diya, who was…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe international Clement Matawu has resurfaced at former club Motor Action ahead of the upcoming domestic season. Although he has not yet inked a deal with the Mighty Bulls, the 30-year-old is one of over 50 players currently taking part in the club’s pre-season training at Motor Action Sports Club, with club…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday called for an inquiry into the empowerment scam after the Daily News exposed how Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere facilitated dodgy deals running close to $2 billion. The Daily News exposé, that has come to be dubbed the Nieebgate Scandal, has provoked a furore, with Zanu PF attack dogs,…
HARARE – Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) programme officer George Makoni and community mobiliser Gift Konjani have been granted $50 bail each by Chegutu magistrate after spending the weekend in police custody. Makoni and Konjani who are represented by Jeremiah Bamu of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) are being charged under…
PRETORIA – South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend three times as she was in the bathroom at his home, prosecutors have said. Details of the murder case against Mr Pretorius are emerging at a bail hearing in Pretoria. He wept as he heard the account. His girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, was shot…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has jailed two brothers who robbed their father-in law of a corpse and money after a heated argument. Magistrate Musaiona Shortgame sentenced Benjamin Mukudu, 19 and Bernard Mukudu, 24, to one year in prison. The pair will however, spend the next seven months behind bars after Shortgame suspended two months…
PRETORIA – Members of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League picketed on Tuesday outside the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court, demanding that bail be denied for Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius as he made another court appearance. He has been charged with the Valentine’s Day shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a model and law…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Open Golf Committee (ZOGC) yesterday announced an increase in the prize fund for the 2013 edition of the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open. This year’s Open will tee off on Independence Day on April 18 at Royal Harare Golf Club with a field of 156 golfers expected to be in attendance. ZOGC…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prison Ministry (ZPM) Academy will tomorrow ordain 40 civilian pastors to work in prisons and help rehabilitate prisoners. With the ordination touted to be a first of its kind in Africa and where civilians are trained for prison ministry, one of the pastors – Martin Mugandari – is a former inmate….
HARARE – CAPS United have reinstated captain Tapiwa Kumbuyani for “showing remorse”, a week after sacking the fullback alongside six other senior players over a pay dispute. The Harare club last week showed the exit door to Kumbuyani and teammates Shingi Kawondera, Itai Chiwara, Asani Nhongo, Luckson Kaisa, Washington Pakamisa and Nqobile Mpala after the…
