HARARE – Legislators have demanded that the ministry of primary and secondary education be given the responsibility of administrating the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam). The presentation was made by legislators in the parliamentary portfolio committee hearing on Education, Sports and Culture chaired by Zanu PF MP Temba Mliswa. He said the committee was going…
HARARE – The Swedish Government has contributed $5,3 million towards a joint programme that seeks to accelerate Zimbabwe’s gender equality and women’s empowerment. Sweden’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Lars Ronnas told guests at the launch that her country’s support for the programme was based on the programmes’ relevance to Zimbabwe and its alignment to international norms…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has awarded the 300 megawatt (MW) solar tender to three companies, including China Jiangxi International Cooperation (CJIC), Intratrek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Intratrek) and ZTE Corporation (ZTE). The development comes as the country has been grappling with increased power outages and which have been classified a potential security threat. Although CJIC was the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cricketers have resolved not boycott the ICC World Twenty20 competition, but will continue to demand that the board to set aside 25 percent of the tournament revenue to guarantee payment for the next 12 months. The team’s participation at the tournament had been thrown into further doubt after players threatened not to…
HARARE – A young boy was left battling for his life after being struck on the head in a messed-up paratrooper display which has left Zimbabwe at the mercy of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) on Sunday. The second leg of the African Women’s Championships qualifier between the Mighty Warriors and Botswana was delayed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe star striker Knowledge Musona has revealed he will return to German club 1899 Hoffenheim at the of his loan spell with South African champions Kaizer Chiefs in July. Musona joined Chiefs at the beginning of the current season, having failed to make an impact at Hoffeinheim, who had also initially loaned him…
HARARE – Dynamos face their third early exit from the African Champions League in as many years unless they can produce something special in the second leg of their first round tie against S Vita next weekend. DeMbare spurned the chance to go further in the tournament as they were held to a nil all…
BULAWAYO – How Mine head coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube says his team will not let down their guard when they travel to Seychelles for the second leg of their African Confederation Cup tie against St Michel next weekend. The gold miners took a big step towards the final qualifying round of the competition after a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby international Andrew Rose has hailed his club Boroughmuir’s promotion into the Scottish Premiership as one of the highlights of his career. The Boroughmuir captain, who also skippered his country once against Kenya in the Windhoek Draught Tri-Nations in November, led the club back in the top-flight just a season after dropping…
HARARE – The name of the sponsor had become synonymous with the tournament, but after bankrolling one of the world’s biggest schoolboy festivals for 15 years, cotton processing company Cottco has called it quits. The Schools Rugby Festival, known to many as just Cottco, will now be sponsored by Dairibord Zimbabwe starting this year. Cottco…
