HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge finished tied for 22nd place at the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas at the weekend. De Jonge closed the tournament on eight-under 269 after rounds of 70, 66, 63, 70 to pocket a cheque of $62,302 for his troubles. It was a good outing for the Zimbabwean, who…
HARARE – Veteran jockey Quinton Riddle believes dark horses have surprised many in the last 26 editions of the OK Grand Challenge and reckons this year’s race may not be an exception. Riddle will be part of several top rated jockeys that will line up their horses at Borrowdale Race Park starting stalls on Saturday…
HARARE – Zimbabwe athlete Paul Madzivire has for the second time qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships after finishing in seventh place in the long jump at NCAA East Preliminary meet last Friday. The Florida State University State (FSU) student, who was seeded 34, finished the event with a best leap of 7.64m in his…
HARARE – Tongogara shot to the top of the Zifa Central Region Division One League table courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Midlands State University over the weekend. With seven rounds of action in the division, Tongogara now lead the log standings with 16 points while second placed Chrome Stars trail on goal difference. Former…
HARARE – Kwekwe emerged overall winners of the Polytechnics Cricket Tournament hosted by Harare Polytech at Old Hararians over the weekend. The Midlands side finished runners-up in Pool B behind leaders Bulawayo in the four-team group while Harare topped Pool A that had five teams ahead of second-placed Bulawayo. Kwekwe beat Masvingo in the first…
HARARE – Zimbabwe motocross riders held their own against world class opponents at the Monster Energy South Africa National MX Championship, in Port Elizabeth over the weekend. Young Emmanuel Bako underlined his growing status as one of the hottest emerging riders on the local scene by finishing first in his class. The trio of Kuda…
HARARE – Simika Comedy, the brainchild of award-winning comedians Simba The Comic King and Victor “Doc Vikela” Mpofu, has come up with a free Tuesday night show at the Travel Plaza-based Gabys Restaurant. Doc Vikela, who is hosting tonight’s show in the absence of Simba The Comic King who is currently holding gigs in South…
HARARE – Tomas Brickhill, the director of the Book Café, says he is proud of the role his award-winning arts venue has played in popularising mbira music. “It (Book Café) was the first venue in town to give voice to mbira music. Mbira was not given a platform and people were not giving it the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest mobile telecommunications company by subscriber base, Econet Wireless (Econet), will pay out a whopping $15 million to shareholders this year. This comes after the mobile giant registered a $70,2 million profit in the full year to February 2015 under a very difficult economic environment characterised by an acute liquidity crunch, deflation,…
HARARE – Mashonaland Holdings (Masholdings) says its property occupancies slumped by six percentage points to 79 percent in the half year to March 31, 2015, on the back of declining economic conditions in Zimbabwe. Manfred Mahari, Mash Holdings chief executive, said the listed property firm’s collection rate for the period was 74 percent from 78…
