LONDON – Robin van Persie rescued a point for Manchester United with a late equaliser against Chelsea and was then branded “stupid” by Louis van Gaal for taking his shirt off in celebration and drawing a booking from Phil Dowd, the referee. Chelsea were leading until the fourth minute of stoppage time through Didier Drogba’s…
HARARE – CBZ Holdings and CABS have already met the $100 million minimum capital requirements set by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) six years ahead of the deadline. The central bank, which early this year extended the minimum capital requirements from June this year to June 2020 due to a biting liquidity crunch in…
HARARE – The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) is seeking to engage companies able to supply aviation fuel to airlines covering Harare, Joshua Nkomo and Victoria Falls International airports. In a general notice 438 of 2014 within the 64th government gazette, Caaz through the State Procurement Board (SPB) wants “lease and concession agreement for aviation…
HARARE – So much has gone wrong inside President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF party over the past few months, with the injudicious recent utterances of his termagant wife, Grace, adding fuel to the fire. In fact, so fouled have relations become inside Zanu PF that even respected veterans of the party, such as Cephas…
HARARE – Vice President Joice Mujuru’s measured response to the recent savage attacks on her by First Lady Grace Mugabe at her weekend graduation party in Mt Darwin has won her high praise from analysts who say this is the way senior Zanu PF officials should behave as the party’s factional and succession wars continue…
HARARE – A senior Zanu PF official yesterday described a State media story at the weekend alleging that American Embassy officials tried to get legislators to pass a vote of no confidence in President Robert Mugabe as “complete bunkum and a sign of desperation by a destructive faction in the party”. The official (name withheld…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa admitted his side blew a golden opportunity to put one hand on the Castle Premiership championship trophy when they were held 1-1 by Chapungu here yesterday. The Glamour Boys failed to make full use of slip-ups by their title rivals ZPC Kariba, who lost 2-1 to FC Platinum on…
BULAWAYO – There was drama here yesterday as Highlanders fans charged at striker Charles Sibanda calling for his blood after the defeat to Chicken Inn in a Bulawayo derby. Immediately after he was substituted Sibanda went straight to the dressing room before making his way to the terraces. The police swiftly moved in to calm…
CHIREDZI – A number of CAPS United fans were yesterday arrested as they turned violent when trying to attack Makepekepe players before yesterday’s defeat to Triangle at Gibbo Stadium. The Makepekepe fans fought running battles with police as they bayed for the Green Machine players’ blood accusing them of receiving money to throw away the…
MUTARE – Lloyd Katongomara scored a last-minute goal to give Buffaloes all three points against Harare City in a tightly contested Castle Premiership match here yesterday. With the scores level at 2-2, Katongomara unleashed a thunderbolt long-range shot to beat City goalkeeper Maxwell Nyamupanendengu with virtually the last kick of the match. After the match,…
