HARARE – Harare giants Dynamos could lose their captain Augustine Mbara, who left the country on Monday for South Africa for a week-long trial stint with Absa Premiership side Wits University. Mbara is one of the senior players left at the Glamour Boys and was given the armband following Murape Murape’s forced retirement at the…
HARARE – It could be early days yet to regard Roderick Mutuma as the best signing for CAPS United but if his weekend’s performance is anything to go by then the former Dynamos striker could play a huge role for his new side. The self-proclaimed “Prince” joined CAPS United during the current transfer window from…
MUTARE – Premier Soccer League chairman Twine Phiri will today lead the Zifa Grounds Committee in deciding the fate of Sakubva Stadium’s readiness to host top flight matches this season. The army side Buffaloes’ home ground was earlier this year condemned as unfit to host top flight matches. The stadium was condemned over its dilapidated…
HARARE – Legendary British rock band Queen, dominated the charts from the late 70s to the early 90s with smash hits, that is still remembered in today’s music circles. In 1990, the sad news broke that their inspirational lead singer Freddie Mercury had been diagnosed with HIV. After the initial shock, the group gathered themselves,…
HARARE – Last week’s column covered the general overview of what periodisation essentially is, and this week the objective is to deconstruct the phases that make up the “big picture” or macrocycle. Just to recap the terminology these phases are referred to as mesocycles and generally make up anywhere from a 2-6 week time frame…
BERLIN – A Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Digne and Barcelonnette, aviation officials and police have said. The plane, flight 4U 9525, had been en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf with 144 passengers and six crew. No one is expected to have survived. The plane crashed after an eight-minute…
HARARE – While maheu is traditional African brew, the beverage has in the past year gained popularity and claimed prominence across all walks of life in Zimbabwe. Maheu is a traditional drink made from maize meal, sorghum, sugar, milk solids, lactic acid, preserved with potassium sorbate and natamyncin. Many may argue it is because of…
HARARE – The first edition of the Zambezi Book Expo, which seeks to bring together stakeholders in the book industry, will run at the Harare International Conference Centre from September 24 to 26, the fair’s organisers have said. Joy Madewu, the coordinator of the event, told the Daily News that the expo is a re-imagined…
HARARE – Miners Shot Down, the multi-award-winning documentary on the tragic story of the Marikana Mine massacre, will be screened by the Book Café on Thursday. South African director and producer, Rehad Desai, who produced the internationally-acclaimed documentary, will also attend the Book Café screening where he will answer questions on the film. Miners Shot…
HARARE – Jersey-listed Masawara Plc (Masawara) has fully-acquired TA Holdings Limited (TA) after minority shareholders yesterday accepted the investment company’s $0,25 share buyout offer price, businessdaily has learnt. A source privy to the on-goings at Masawara said the company was happy with the outcome of the meeting between the investment firm and TA minority shareholders….
