HARARE – The Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers Association (ZPCA) has criticised Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) for turning down an International Cricket Council (ICC) bail-out plan designed to solve the association’s financial woes. Under the proposal, the management of the game in the country would be put in the hands, for a period of three years with immediate…
ZVISHAVANE – Shabanie Mine right-back Godknows Murwira scored a memorable brace to propel his team to a 2-0 win over Black Rhinos in a Castle Premiership match at Maglas Stadium. Murwira, who joined the asbestos miners from Monomotapa this year, got his first goal in the 45th minute with a blistering shot from outside the…
BULAWAYO – Castle Premiership returnees Bantu Rovers have promised to give their all in their Easter Monday clash with defending Dynamos at Barbourfields Stadium this afternoon. Bantu, who lost 1-0 to Black Rhinos in their opening game of the season before bouncing back with an impressive 3-1 win over How Mine last week, are eager…
HARARE – Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers hopes his visit to Zimbabwe has left an indelible mark on the lives of the teenagers he mentored during his week-long coaching stint in the country. De Villiers, the first non-white man to coach the Boks, having guided South Africa between 2008 and 2011, was in Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa has demanded a strong response from his players in their next Castle Premiership encounter against Bantu Rovers tomorrow. The Harare giants put up a lacklustre show at the National Sports Stadium on Easter Friday in Uhuru Cup final where they succumbed to a 3-0 penalty shootout loss to 10-man…
HARARE – Vice President Joice Mujuru said yesterday her late husband of 34 years Solomon Mujuru was “the sweetest soldier” she had ever met, even though he led a Casanova lifestyle. Speaking at an occasion to mark the 20th marriage anniversary of Mashonaland Central governor Martin Dinha to his wife Mercy, Mujuru, 59, a liberation…
HARARE – Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has said Zimbabwe’s ailing economy would soon be revived through God’s intervention. The celebrity preacher told a capacity crowd of over 100 000 attending Judgement Night 2 on Saturday evening that only God can help Zimbabwe return to its former economic heyday. “There is no one person who can rescue…
HARARE – The government-run National Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programme has ruled-out the nip for HIV-positive men owing to limited resources. Rudo Chikodzore, Matabeleland South provincial medical director, said HIV-positive men can still be circumcised outside the national programme, at a fee. “Remember VMMC is centred particularly on preventing negative people from acquiring the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe says he fears another cholera outbreak and government has set up a committee to deal with the water crisis in cities to avert loss of lives. Mugabe told a capacity crowd at the National Sports Stadium last Friday during Independence Day celebrations that government had roped in development partners to…
HARARE – He is one man who can make politicians green with envy because of his crowd-pulling power. United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s “Judgement Night 2” literally brought Harare to a standstill last Saturday, with the largest gathering of Christians ever witnessed in Zimbabwe. By 5pm, large crowds were already packed…
