JOHANNESBURG – Bafana Bafana’s 5-0 disgrace by five-time world champions Brazil, has underscored the need for the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations champions to urgently go back to the drawing board if the backwards slide is to be curbed. Wednesday’s match might have been another international friendly but the way Bafana meekly surrendered and were…
HARARE – Dynamos chairman Kenny Mubaiwa has implored the electorate to vote him into the Premier Soccer League chairmanship office promising a more open door policy. Mubaiwa goes head to head with incumbent Twine Phiri of CAPS United in tomorrow’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) polls at Cresta Lodge in Harare. “The clubs have been seeing…
HARARE – Disgruntled Zimbabwe national women’s football players have vowed to remain in camp in protest over unpaid allowances from the country’s association. The Daily News understands that the cash-strapped Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) offered a paltry $25 allowance fee per player on Thursday which the players rejected. Players who spoke to the Daily News…
HARARE – Rahman Gumbo has sealed a move to Botswana side Gaborone United and is expected to be unveiled at the club this week, it has emerged. The former Township Rollers’ and Mochudi Centre Chiefs’ coach takes over from David Bright who fell out of favour with the club over disciplinary issues. Bright is accused…
HARARE – The opposition MDC has suspended Elton Mangoma, the party’s deputy treasurer general, who has been calling for Morgan Tsvangirai’s ouster. The National Council took the decision at a crucial meeting held at Harvest House today, and resolved to refer the matter to a disciplinary tribunal headed by chairman Lovemore Moyo, to give Mangoma…
HARARE – Elton Mangoma, the MDC deputy treasurer, is awaiting a verdict on his future today as the MDC National Council leaders gather in Harare in a bid to put to rest calls for leadership renewal ripping the party apart. All members of the National Council are meeting at Harvest House, the MDC headquarters in…
HARARE – Webster Shamu, the Zanu PF national political commissar, is under pressure to annul the provincial election results in Masvingo and order a poll re-run due to allegations of electoral fraud and flagrant violation of voting guidelines he had earlier outlined. The election result three months ago, saw retired colonel Callisto Gwanetsa, believed to…
HARARE – Outspoken former legislator Margaret Dongo has called for a Cabinet reshuffle to get rid of ministers that were superintending over parastatals offering “obscene” compensation to chief executives. Dongo’s comments may fuel the uncertainty facing President Robert Mugabe’s government as it tries to fix an ailing economy and curb corruption. A reshuffle could increase…
HARARE – Another MDC activist who was alleged to be on the run following the arrest of five of his accomplices on charges of assaulting deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma appeared in court yesterday. Paul Gorekore, 31, appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe and was remanded in custody to today pending his bail application. Gorekore is…
HARARE – Parliament has invited five companies mining diamonds in Marange to give oral evidence on how far they have gone in honouring their pledge to fund the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT). Marange Resources, Mbada Diamonds, Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Jinan Mining Limited and Diamond Mining Corporation will appear before the parliamentary portfolio…
