HARARE – CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro has earmarked Mkhupali Masuku to return to the club as his first assistant coach ahead of the 2014 season. Mangwiro was left with a depleted compliment of technical staff after his assistant Saul Chaminuka quit the club at the end of the 2013 season to take charge of…
HARARE – Financially-troubled Zimbabwe Cricket continues to lose experienced staff with the resignation last week of well-respected and long-serving national team physiotherapist Amato Machikicho. While players and coaches have come and gone, the affable Machikicho had become part of the furniture in the Zimbabwe dressing room, having been a member of the team’s technical department…
HARARE – The ongoing problems that continue to plague Zimbabwe Cricket are not too dissimilar to the 10 plagues that the Egyptians experienced when the stubborn Pharaoh refused to release the Israelites from bondage. If you really put your mind to it, you will realise that it is coming up to 10 years of constant…
HARARE – The last quarter of 2008 and early 2009 saw the advent of new and fast growing religious movements in the country. The subsequent years were to witness the dawn of a new era for most Christians. The movements changed the face of Christianity altogether. This new school of thought (with emphasis on the…
HARARE – Afrasia Bank Zimbabwe (AfrAsia Bank) — formerly Kingdom Bank Limited — has appointed Tineyi Mawocha as managing director (MD). His appointment is with effect from January 6, 2014. Mawocha, former Tetrad Bank MD, replaces Francois Molife who resigned early last year. Sylvester Dendere, who was acting MD, will retain his position as Mawocha’s…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest wireless network operator Econet plans to commercially launch remittance services between locals and residents in South Africa (SA) under its mobile money transfer platform, EcoCash. The group — which has obtained approval from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the South African central bank — says it has already done…
EDITOR — The start of the new year should be punctuated by new beginnings and growth, be it on our farms, the economy and on the home front. Children embarking on new journeys either at kindergarten, Grade 1, Form 1 or preparing to go to college, everyone must be ready always. Sadly, this does not…
EDITOR — I refer to your lead article of January 5, 2014 in which your paper quotes me extensively as a family representative, commenting on the marriage relationship of Morgan Tsvangirayi. All of the quotations attributed to me are inaccurate and scandalous. In the interest of the truth and integrity of your paper, I expect…
EDITOR — Where has the censorship board gone to in this country? Surely we need protection especially for our children against highly immoral and unethical products currently threatening to tear apart our social fabric as Zimbabweans and Africans. Day in, day out, DJs play offensive and substandard material both on radio and TV. It is…
HARARE – Workers at the scandal-hit Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) must be a happy lot now that they have finally received their salaries after a seven-month delay. While the restoration of salaries should be a cause for celebration, this must not delude Zimbabweans into believing that all is now well at the perennially bankrupt national…
