HARARE – Bob 90 Super Cup defending champions Dynamos will be waiting to play the winner between Highlanders and Harare City in the final after they got a bye in the elimination round of the tournament. The elimination match between Bosso and the Sunshine Boys will be played at Barbourfields Stadium on February 16 while…
HARARE – Fifa yesterday named 13 African match officials to be part of the cast at the 2014 World Cup and there was no room for Zimbabweans on the list. Local referees have largely been left out of international assignments since the retirement of Felix Tangawarima and Kenny Marange. “Fifa has implemented a comprehensive programme…
HARARE – Zimbabwean centre Shayne Makombe intends to make the most of a life changing opportunity after he was accepted into the prestigious University of KwaZulu Natal University (UKZN) rugby programme. Makombe, together with Matthew Mandioma (hooker) and Gavin Nyawata (centre), were granted full scholarships by the institution after passing a gruelling trial that began…
HARARE – Over the last 10 years or possibly more, there has been a steady number of people who have become increasingly frustrated with the gap between Test cricket’s top ranked nations, and the bottom ranked countries, who despite their best efforts, always seem to take one step forward, and then end up taking two…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba yesterday said the 89-year-old leader was completing his annual leave at his Borrowdale home, quashing speculation that he had either died or was very ill. Since Mugabe arrived last Friday from vacation, speculation has been rife on social media that all was not well with the veteran…
HARARE – National decathlon record holder Keegan Cooke is not fazed by going on a solo international decathlon journey. The former University of Arizona student completed his full track and field scholarship last year, graduating with a degree in global studies. Cooke, who will be leaving for the US this morning, says he is ready…
HARARE – Munyaradzi Kereke, the Bikita West legislator has made sensational claims that thugs who claimed to have been sent by Vice President Joice Mujuru and retired Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono wanted to kill him. He also accuses Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director-general Happyton Bonyongwe of plotting to harm and destroy him. Kereke wrote…
HARARE – George Charamba, the Media, Information and Broadcasting Services ministry permanent secretary, has said former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive Happison Muchechetere was not qualified for the job. Charamba told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Media, Information and Communication Technology chaired by William Dewa, that he had personally protested Muchechetere’s suitability for the…
HARARE – Government and civil servants’ unions yesterday failed to agree on a salary increment, amid revelations the State was flatly refusing to award a minimum salary of $540. Sifiso Ndlovu, Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) chief executive and one of the negotiators, told the Daily News in a telephone interview the meeting with government representatives…
HARARE – Harare lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has questioned the State’s move to subcontract Core Mining director Lovemore Kurotwi’s trial to South Africans, after giving them leeway to conduct an inspection-in-loco in the neighbouring country. Kurotwi is facing $2 billion fraud charges. He is jointly charged with ex- Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) manager, Dominic Mubaiwa….
