HARARE – The High Court will today deliver judgment on the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) election challenge launched by board aspirant Saidi Sangula. Sangula, chairman of newly-promoted Premier Soccer League (PSL) club ZPC Kariba, argues that the electoral process which will culminate in the national Zifa board elections this Saturday should be stopped allegedly because…
HARARE – Cricket development stalwart Stephen Mangongo says Zimbabwe must return to the old way of doing things following the national side’s disappointing exit from the ICC World Twenty20 at the first hurdle. The Zimbabweans, who endured disruptive effects of a payment dispute before the tournament, were knocked out in the qualifying round of the…
HARARE – The National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) has made public its 2014 calendar, which will see the first competition of the year take place next month. Mr and Ms Novice, a competition for beginners, will open the season on April 26 at the Bodytech Health Studio in Harare. This will be…
HARARE – Four Indian cyclists are presently in Zimbabwe as part of a world tour to promote HIV/Aids and peace awareness. 32-year-old Anand Murthy, Narayan Swamy (25), Anand Kumar (27) and Madan Kumar (23) set out on the journey in December last year, and expect to complete their tour in three years. They have so…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s deputy chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Justin Mupamhanga is embroiled in a serious farm wrangle with at least three neighbours — and ex-State functionaries — that he is seeking to evict from their Bindura estate. The development not only further illustrates the chaotic nature of President Robert Mugabe’s land reform…
HARARE – Tetrad Investment Bank (Tetrad) has been taken to court by the Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) over a $560 000 deposit, which it has failed to pay on maturity. This comes as the fledgling commercial bank has been hit by a serious liquidity crunch and is embroiled in a $700 000 dispute…
HARARE – Temba Mliswa, Zanu PF legislator for Hurungwe West, has accused Agriculture minister Joseph Made of lying that Zimbabwe will havea bumper harvest this year. Mliswa believes Made’s predictions are a fantasy and could result in hunger for a very large number of innocent Zimbabweans. The feisty lawmaker, who is also Zanu PF Mashonaland…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has asked France to help the troubled southern African nation mend relations with former colonial ruler Britain. Christopher Mutsvangwa, Zimbabwe’s deputy Foreign Affairs minister, asked French Ambassador to Zimbabwe Laurent Delahousse to assist in resolving a bilateral dispute between Zimbabwe and the UK government that has lasted close to 14 years. “Now…
HARARE – After 13 years of rowing between the European Union (EU) and President Robert Mugabe’s administration over alleged gross human rights violations and flagrant disobedience of the rule of law, the Africa-EU summit opens the door for re-engagement and economic support for Zimbabwe’s struggling economy. Senior Assistant Editor Guthrie Munyuki interviews Confederation of Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Liberation war hero Peter Manyani (84) died a pauper, living in squalid conditions, with his family complaining that the ruling party had abandoned him. An ex-member of Zanu’s High Command during the liberation struggle and who was also instrumental in setting up the Nyadzonya, and Chimoio camps, the 84 year-old passed away at…
