HARARE – FC Platinum coach Lloyd Mutasa was left furious with the referee after watching his side go down to Dynamos through a controversial Ocean Mushure late penalty yesterday. The defending champions were awarded a penalty after referee Ruzive Ruzuve adjudged Platinum defender James Marufu to have pulled down Dynamos striker Simba Sithole inside the…
HARARE – The newly elected Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board needs to address the association’s ballooning debt if they are to develop the game in the country, a Fifa official has insisted. Ashford Mamelodi, the Fifa development officer for southern and central Africa, said this after the conclusion of his two-day visit into the country…
HARARE – Unconfirmed reports last night say Greek champions Olympiakos are set to sign Zimbabwe international striker Tendai Ndoro from South African side Mpumalanga Black Aces for a fee yet to be disclosed. The 26-year-old Warriors forward, who became an instant hit in the Absa Premiership after scoring seven goals for Amazayoni having only joined…
HARARE – Veteran performance poets Albert Nyathi and Chirikure Chirikure dazzled a packed Book Café on Tuesday night during the launch of their joint album fittingly titled Connected. The two internationally-recognised spoken word artistes, who are generally acknowledged as the pioneers of professional performance poetry in Zimbabwe, showcased their maturity and experience during the rare…
EDITOR — Thumbs up to deputy minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Supa Mandiwanzira for knocking sense into ZBC TV reporters. We are tired of watching news which is more like political briefings. ZBC is no longer the same. We need more on human interest stories, too much politics become so boring. We are…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace was captured on camera trying unsuccessfully to stop a cameraman from filming her 90-year-old husband as the First Family arrived at the Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore. Footage released by British public broadcaster Channel 4 on Tuesday shows Mugabe and his wife entering Gleneagles Hospital along with a single…
LILONGWE – A Malawian minister has killed himself, police say, as results are still awaited from Tuesday’s general elections. Outgoing deputy Local Government Minister Godfrey Kamanya shot himself in his home, according to police. His spokesman denied reports that his suicide was linked to him apparently losing his parliamentary seat. Official results have not yet…
HARARE – Attackers in China’s restive Xinjiang region have crashed two cars into shoppers at a market, killing 31 people, Chinese media reports say. They also threw explosives during the attack in the regional capital Urumqi. More than 90 people were injured, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. The Ministry of Public Security called it…
HARARE – Acting President Joice Mujuru yesterday said, her government was revising some of the controversial policies after facing serious economic challenges which she said need every person to put shoulder to wheel. Mujuru told mourners at the burial of brigadier general John Zingoni, who was interred at the National Heroes’ Acre, that “government continues…
BULAWAYO – Two Bulawayo men who raided more than 12 houses and got away with property close to $15 000 have been slapped with an 11-year jail term each without an option of fine. Sothani Perfect Mudenda, 32, and Mduduzi Ngwenya, 34, pleaded guilty to the offences and were convicted on their own plea. Magistrate…
