ZVISHAVANE – John Phiri marked his return to the Shabanie bench with an easy 3-1 win over Triangle at Maglas Stadium yesterday. Shabanie started slowly but a Jimmy Tigere own goal in the 15th minute swung the game into the hosts’ favour. Shabanie then began to dictate pace, capitalising on sloppy marking by the Triangle…
HARARE – Risning stars Tawona Muhwandagara and Tsitsi Mahere are the champions of the inaugural Rotary e-Club “Ambassador” junior tennis championship in the Under-12 boys and girls category respectively. Muhwandagara won a titanic battle against Andrew Chigaazira 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 to win the title in the Under 12 boys category. Mahere won all her matches…
JOHANNESBURG – The dismal failure by southern African clubs to do well in continental competitions is a serious concern for the regional body. As part of their efforts to remedy the situation, the Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) plans to introduce a new competition similar to the Champions League. It will be played…
BAMAKO – A new prime minister has been appointed in Mali to succeed Oumar Tatam Ly, who has resigned from office – along with his entire government. Mr Ly was elected last year after a French-led military intervention ended an Islamist takeover. His successor is a former presidential hopeful, Moussa Mara, who had also served…
BEIJING – Australian co-ordinators in the search for the missing Malaysian plane say a Chinese ship has detected a pulse signal for a second time, within hours of it being heard earlier on Saturday. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston called the discovery in the southern Indian Ocean an “important and encouraging lead”. He warned that…
MUTARE – When a musician grudgingly speaks positively of a vice that has virtually killed any prospects of profitable recording, it just illustrates how music piracy has spun out of control. While shrinks may be tempted to explain Jusa Mupostori’s assertion that “piracy uplifted me” as a typical example of the Stockholm Syndrome — a…
HARARE – The EU-Africa summit took place from April 2-3, 2014 in Brussels, Belgium, and Zimbabwe was not represented at that high-profile and high-level political interface between Africa and Europe. Zimbabwe decided to boycott this very important conference for the childish reason that the First Lady, Grace Mugabe, had been denied a visa to accompany…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)’s market capitalisation slumped by $642,8 million to $4,56 billion in the first quarter of 2014 as stock prices plummeted, a latest market report reveals. In the report, financial group AfraAsia Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (AfrAsia) said the slackening economic growth and disappointing 2013 companies’ performance earnings contributed to weakening…
HARARE – South Africa-based Impala Holdings Limited (Implats)’ Zimbabwe unit, Zimplats, has appointed former Glencore Xstrata top official Andile Sangqu as non-executive director. His appointment is with effect from April 1, 2014. Zimplats is 87 percent owned by Implats — the world’s second-largest platinum producer, and the group has major growth plans for the local…
HARARE – About 58 percent of Zimbabwean manufactured goods are not certified, Zimtrade said. To maintain standards and quality, goods are supposed to be certified by the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ). ZimTrade, a trade facilitation body for Zimbabwean exporters, said the uncertified products are uncompetitive on the global market thereby affecting the country’s export…
