GWERU – The Gweru City Council has offset a local hotel’s $56 000 water and rates bill with food for councillors, the Daily News has learnt. Already, councillors have amassed a $40 000 bill at Fairmile Hotel, with the remaining $16 000 to be paid in $5 000 weekly instalments. Enraged council workers, who have…
HARARE – Controversial businessman Energy Mutodi, who played a key role in the expulsion of former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s allies in Mashonaland East, has accused Aeneas Chigwedere and Joel Biggie Matiza of abusing the First Family’s name in their drive to land the Mash East Zanu PF provincial chairperson’s post. Both Matiza and Chigwedere…
HARARE – Ordinary people are now helping foreign nationals, who were displaced during the recent xenophobic attacks, to return to their home countries. City Press has learnt that apart from several foreign governments’ initiatives to evacuate their citizens, several business people are lending a helping hand. Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga has engaged Gift of the…
HARARE – St John’s College overpowered Eaglesvale 27-5 in a one-sided match at the ongoing Dairibord Schools Rugby Festival here yesterday. Due to the two schools’ rugby pedigree, the match was expected to be a tight contest, but it later turned out to be a one-sided affair. The Rams ended up running out comfortable winners…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association is divided over the appointment of Calisto Pasuwa as the substantive Warriors coach. The Zifa High Performance Committee (ZHPC) is meeting today to discuss the appointment of various national team coaches. Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and CEO Jonathan Mashingaidze have been accused by some members of the Zifa board for…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) High Performance Committee will meet today to recommend the next Warriors coach. While all leads point to former Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa getting the nod for the country’s hot seat, there are also some names that have popped up in recent days. Harare City coach Taurai Mangwiro, Moses…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers Association (ZPCA) chief executive Eliah Zvimba says “confusion and greediness” has cost local cricketers their bargaining power. The players are currently in a catch 22 situation as Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has paid them their March salaries and matches fees for the incoming tours by Afghanistan, South Africa and Australia….
HARARE – Champion trainer Kirk Swanson is targeting to win the 2015 Castle Tankard to add to the four wins under his belt already. “We aiming to try and win and we are doing what we can do. I think it will be a fantastic race and I expect to see a few participants from…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Mark Harrison faces eviction from his Borrowdale apartment due to non-payment of rentals. With the Harare giants experiencing financial challenges, Harrison, who joined the club from South Africa at the start of the season has not been spared and has since been given a notice by his landlord to pay…
JOHANNESBURG – Former Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa is threatening to report the country’s football association (Zifa) to Fifa, in a bid to recover money which he claims is owed to him. Football’s world governing body recently expelled the Warriors from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers as punishment for failing to pay former coach Jose Claudinei…
