HARARE – The rebranded Zimbabwe’s Strongest Man — a competition pitting some of the country’s fitness junkies — lived up to its billing at the weekend. This was largely due to the field of competitors who increased from 11 to 22 at this year’s event which changed from Harare’s Strongest Man challenge to Zimbabwe’s Strongest…
HARARE – Coaching Dynamos is a pressure cooker job and it’s not lost on new coach Tonderai Ndiraya that he needs to keep winning, no matter what, at least in the eyes of the club’s fanatics. On Sunday, the underrated but well-respected Ndiraya was reminded of the fickleness of the DeMbare fans. During his first…
MUTARAE – Prophetic Healing Deliverance Ministries (PHD) founder Walter Magaya has donated football kits to all 10 participating boys’ teams at the 13th edition of the Zimbabwe National Youth Games in Mutare. On top of that, Magaya also handed a football kit to Manicaland girls’ team. Magaya’s Northern Region Division One football side Yadah Gunners’…
HARARE – Roderick Mutuma scored a brace to hand Dynamos their first league win over ZPC Kariba and pile pressure on coach Sunday Chidzambwa, who is winless in five Castle Lager Premiership matches. Mutuma, who had equalised for the hosts in the sixth minute after Raphael Manuvire’s fourth minute penalty, completed his brace when he…
BULAWAYO – Highlanders finally rediscovered their winning formula at Barbourfields Stadium by scoring five goals to thrash city rivals How Mine and ease pressure on under-fire coach Bongani Mafu. All season long, Bosso had won only twice at their home which had left Mafu perplexed but yesterday his side put all those bad memories behind…
BUJUMBURA – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has been sworn in for a controversial third term in office. The BBC’s Prime Ndikumagenge in Burundi says the ceremony came as a surprise, as Mr Nkurunziza had been expected to be sworn in next week. At least 100 people have died in protests since Mr Nkurunziza announced in…
HARARE – Zimbabwean music fans will tonight have a rare chance to meet and mingle with several musicians who include Botswana music stars Slizer and Franco. Queen of Kwaito-Kwasa, Naledi Kaisara aka Slizer, has found love in Zimbabwe as is evidenced by her many visits to grace the local stage. To show her appreciation of…
HARARE – State-owned mining investment vehicle, Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) is looking for a half-a-million dollar bailout package from local banks to capitalise operations, the group said. In a response to queries raised by the auditor and comptroller general, Mildred Chiri, in her 2014 report on parastatals, the State-owned corporation said efforts were being…
HARARE – Government says it is in discussions with the country’s sole licensed ethanol producer, Green Fuel, over the company’s compliance with the country’s indigenisation laws. Energy and Power Development deputy minister, Tsitsi Muzenda, recently told the National Assembly that government wanted to up the 10 percent stake currently held by State-run Agricultural Rural Development…
HARARE – Government’s continued land grabs will worsen the country’s economic situation by pushing away investors. Last week, government gazetted 23 white-owned farms for acquisition, but we strongly feel that it’s now time Zimbabwe puts the land reform exercise to bed and politicians must not use land as a political tool at the expense of…
