JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s senior national men’s soccer team, Bafana Bafana, have been on a downward trend in the past few years. The popular side hit its lowest low in 2011 when they failed to reach the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations tournament jointly hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in 2012 having gravely misinterpreted…
BULAWAYO – Next year’s Zone XI Games to be hosted by Zimbabwe presents the chance of a lifetime for the city of Bulawayo to improve its sporting infra-structure. We understand the regional sporting showcase will result in the upgrading of a number of sporting facilities and these include all the city’s three major football stadia…
HARARE – Harare City go on to win the Mbada Diamonds Cup this year, David Kutyauripo and Martin Vengesai will not only become the first players to win Zimbabwe’s richest football competition twice with two different teams. Fullback Kutyauripo and forward Vengesai – who now turn out for City – were part of the Dynamos…
HARARE – African Boxing Union champion Charles Manyuchi has rubbished claims that he received a piece of land for winning the continental title, adding that he is still to get even a handshake for his achievements. This comes after Zambian media this week claimed that Manyuchi received a plot from Masvingo City Council for his…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top tennis player, Takanyi Garanganga, continued to shine after he progressed to the semi-finals of the ongoing Knoxville, TN Challenger in United States. Garanganga fought hard to overcome America’s Dennis Nevolo 7-6(2) 6-3 to sail through to the last four. The Zimbabwe Davis Cup player will now face India’s Singh Sanam, who…
HARARE – Sports is a specialised area, and as such those appointed to be in charge of sports ministries throughout the world are mostly sportsmen of sorts themselves – whether by previous participation, lifelong interest or perhaps just a deep knowledge of the major sports. In an era of late modernity where sport has become…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s HIV prevalence rate has increased to 15 percent from 14,26 percent in 2011, amid fears gains made so far could go to waste given the rising poverty levels pushing more and more people into prostitution to make ends meet. According to statistics from National Aids Council (Nac), the total number of people…
BULAWAYO – Andrew Langa, Sports, Arts and Culture minister, disappointed Bulawayo artistes when he allegedly failed to articulate plans for the arts industry during next year’s Zone Six Youth Games. Langa addressed his ministry’s plans for the sports extravaganza but said very little about the arts sector despite inviting artistes to an indaba held at…
HARARE – There are times when silence speaks louder and clearer than words. Such silence when used deliberately as a strategic tool by an organisation or leader can be a double-edged sword, the difference between organisational life and death. Much has been said about Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga by many voices, some sounding authoritative, others threatening, high…
HARARE – Beatrice farmers are embroiled in farm disputes, as black on black invasions take centre stage, amid claims of corruption and unfair distribution of land. Resettled farmers in Braemar, Gilston and Kimcot farms fingered Brighton Gumbire as the cause of the current disturbances in the area, a claim he denied. “We went to the…
