HARARE – Dynamos’ 2013 Africa Champions League quest got a major financial boost yesterday after BancABC and mining giant Mbada Diamonds agreed to bankroll the Glamour Boys. BancABC and Mbada agreed to a twinning sponsorship of DeMbare in the inter-continental club competition that begins this weekend when the reigning Zimbabwe champions host Lesotho Correctional Services…
HARARE – The agony of missing out on the just-ended African Nations Cup and the devastating effects of a world-famous fixing scandal have still not healed completely, but the Zimbabwean football fraternity need to show resilience in overpowering the pain to start afresh. The friendly international between the Warriors and Botswana last week marked the…
HARARE – Lesotho Correctional Services coach Mosholu Mokhothu says his team will employ a cautious approach when they face Dynamos in the African Champions League at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday. LCS arrived in the Zimbabwean capital Wednesday night after a gruelling road trip and had their first workout at Raylton Sports Club yesterday morning….
MASVINGO – Traditional chiefs will lead a grassroots civic education programme to campaign for the adoption of the draft constitution in a referendum set for March 16. The programme will see the traditional leaders going into villages to interpret the draft constitution to the villagers who they say lack understanding of the document. Speaking to…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has promised to facilitate a meeting between civil society organisations’ leaders and all Principals to the power sharing Global Political Agreement (GPA). The organisations sought the meeting in the wake of a blitzkrieg by State agents on Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) across the country in what pro-democracy activists say…
HARARE – The Ministry of Education, Sports Arts and Culture yesterday allocated just over $1 million for all sporting disciplines in the country. The $1 350 000 channelled to sports is part of a total budget of $1 billion apportioned to the ministry by Finance minister Tendai Biti last year. Education, arts and culture…
HARARE – A Bulawayo magistrate has jailed a dancer with a local traditional group, Hloseni Arts Ensemble, for 20 years for raping the wife of a fellow dancer. Philani Mabasa, 28, had pleaded not guilty to three counts of raping 20-year-old Lorraine Ngwenya when he appeared before regional magistrate Owen Tagu. At the time of…
HARARE – Fresh from Seychelles, Suluman “Sulu” Chimbetu and the inimitable Orchestra Dendera Kings will tonight join revellers at Jazz 105 for a Valentine’s Day gig on a night where musicians rev up lovers’ day. Following a successful performance at the just ended International Carnival in Victoria Seychelles, Suluman flew back home yesterday. Josh Hozheri,…
HARARE – Matabeleland is the poorest region in Zimbabwe as a consequence of perennial droughts that have haunted the region for the past decade, a local public opinion institute has revealed. According to results of opinion polls released by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (Mpoi), 91 percent of people in Matabeleland North and 83 percent…
HARARE – The National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) and the Indigenisation ministry awarded multi-million dollar financial consultancy contracts to Brainworks Capital (Brainworks) without going to tender, Daily News has been told. Brainworks — fronted by former banker George Manyere — is expected to pocket up to $45 million from the Zimplats deal alone….
