HARARE – For the first time this season, I emerged from a stadium satisfied with the football that had been displayed by the two teams in action. Never mind the 1-1 result, the match pitting Castle Premiership newcomers ZPC Kariba and Highlanders at Gwanzura Stadium was a thriller. Bosso arrived at Gwanzura high on confidence…
JOHANNESBURG – Kaizer Chiefs have declared their interest in keeping striker Knowledge Musona at Naturena next season. Musona’s loan contract with Chiefs is set expire at the end of this month. The Zimbabwean striker was loaned to Amakhosi for one season by German club Hoffenheim. Musona was just entering a rich vein of scoring form…
HARARE – Zimbabwean-born jockey Karl Zechner, who guided Equina to her first Grade One race crown at the Castle Tankard on Saturday, believes the sky is the limit for the top rated filly. Equina showed a smart turn of foot to quicken away from her rivals in the final 200 metres and clinch first place…
LONDON – Roy Hodgson has described leaving Ashley Cole out of his World Cup squad as “one of the hardest decisions of my career,” after breaking the news in a telephone call that prompted the defender to announce his retirement from international football. Cole informed the England manager he had no intention of going on…
HARARE – Former Indigenisation, Youth and Empowerment minister — Savior Kasukuwere — this week, as reported elsewhere in this paper, appears before the parliamentary committee of the same name to explain some of the projects undertaken during his tenure. And his appearance comes against the background of having threatened the committee’s chairman — Justice Mayor…
HARARE – Makaziwe Mandela, the eldest daughter of late South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela, has resigned from Steward Bank’s board. She was nominated to sit on the board in July 2012 after Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet Wireless Zimbabwe acquired a majority stake in the bank, formerly TN Bank. Steward Bank’s chairperson Oluwatomisin Fashina said…
HARARE – Indian firm Essar Africa Holdings Limited (Essar) plans to build a 600 megawatt (MW) thermal power plant in Zimbabwe. The plant is expected to boost power supply to iron processor, NewZim Steel, formerly Zisco Steel. This comes as Zimbabwe has concluded a $750 million takeover deal of Ziscosteel by Essar. The deal, under…
HARARE – Environment minister Savior Kasukuwere has been summoned to Parliament to explain issues surrounding the cloudy community share ownership trusts (CSOTs) in Manicaland. This comes as the Mount Darwin South legislator has been fingered in an ugly row or quarrel with youth, empowerment and indigenisation portfolio committee chair Justice Wadyajena — in an incident…
HARARE – United Family International Church (UFIC) leader, Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, has castigated congregants and church leaders for not looking after their parents. He was speaking at a church service yesterday, shortly after the church’s charity arm, Agape Family Care, led by Prophetess Ruth Makandiwa, had donated 200 blankets and 200 tennis shoes to widows…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told party supporters in Norton yesterday that he was not going anywhere as he took a dig at President Robert Mugabe who he described as clueless. The MDC leader, who has successfully warded off a coup attempt from within his party, told his supporters that he had budgeted for…
