HARARE – Football apparel and equipment manufacturer Umbro say they are yet to come up with a long term agreement to become the official kit supplier for the Zimbabwe football team. Last year, the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and Umbro entered into an agreement for the Warriors to wear the double diamond branded kit at…
HARARE – Dynamos captain Murape Murape says they will not lift their foot off the pedal following Sunday’s 3-0 defeat of Mochudi Centre Chiefs in the African Champions League, but the Botswana champions’ ex-coach Madinda Ndlovu believes the Glamour Boys are well on course. The Harare giants made a strong case for their progression in…
HARARE – After Sunday’s 3-0 thumping of Mochudi Centre Chiefs, Zimbabwe champions Dynamos should have their sights set on their possible opponents in the next round of the African Champions League. The Glamour Boys turned on the style in the second half scoring three goals through Washington Pakamisa’s brace and newboy Masimba Mambare. DeMbare virtually…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Under-19 cricket team posted a moral boosting three-wicket victory over Australia in a Youth World Cup warm-up match Monday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1 in Abu Dhabi. Both teams were using the match to fine tune for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup which is set to…
HARARE – Parliament has ordered the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) to submit its top executives’ salary schedule as part of efforts to ensure public accountability. Nieeb is a government body created to implement the indigenisation programme. This comes on the back of an expose’ of “obscene and astronomical” salaries earned by top…
HARARE – Agribank says it has insufficient money to fund the forthcoming winter-cropping season due to limited resources received from Treasury. Sam Malaba, the Agribank chief executive, last week told Parliament that the agriculture-focused institution only received $4 million from a $50 million request, which was earmarked for the 2013/2014 farming season. “We have no…
EDITOR — There is nothing new or shocking about the revelations of corruption characterising today’s reportage. If anything, it’s just old wine in new wineskins. If you look down memory lane, you will see that there have been spates of corruption cases involving high-profile government workers and several other bigwigs from leading corporations. The country…
HARARE – While we cannot begin to express how vital the rain is for our drought-stricken country, we also note that each rainy season brings with it serious consequences for individuals and the government. And the common problem has traditionally been flooding in the low lying areas such as Muzarabani in Mashonaland Central. Given the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricketers have gone on strike again after the failure by Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) to pay outstanding salaries and allowances. The domestic Twenty20 competition which was scheduled to start this morning with a match between Mashonaland Eagles and Midwest Rhinos was called off without a ball bowled. ZC had promised to pay the…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is this week embarking on a nationwide tour to meet with party structures in what is seen as a test of public support by the former prime minister. Tsvangirai’s tour comes in the wake of calls for him to step down by a group of rebels in the MDC….
