HARARE – Trevor Carelse-Juul says he is confident of sweeping to victory in Saturday’s Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) presidential elections. Juul will be going against Leslie Gwindi, Philip Chiyangwa and James Takavada in the race to replace Cuthbert Dube, who together with his board, had their mandate revoked by the Zifa Assembly in October. [GoogleAd] …
HARARE – Following an intriguing 2015 Castle Lager Premiership season, football writers, coaches and captains will meet in Harare today to select the Soccer Stars of the Year. Newly-crowned champions Chicken Inn are expected to provide the bulk of the finalists with their captain Danny Phiri heavily tipped to win the Soccer Star of the…
HARARE – Hope Chizuzu has agreed to withdraw a lawsuit seeking to have Saturday’s Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board elections stopped, after consultations with football stakeholders, members of the assembly and aspiring candidates. In an emailed statement, Chizuzu said he had decided to withdraw the case to give the would-be board and assembly an opportunity…
HARARE – South African musician Zahara has hinted on a free collaboration with local artistes, the Daily News can reveal. Zahara is scheduled for a December 5 music concert set for Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) where she will share the stage with star singer Jah Prayzah and dendera sensation Suluman Chimbetu. [GoogleAd] Show promoter,…
HARARE – Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu shared the stage with rising Afro-pop artiste Jean Masters aka Sister Jean on Friday at City Sports Bar taking revellers down memory lane with old school tunes. Sister Jean warmed the stage for Chimbetu who recently returned from a joint UK show with Oliver Mtukudzi. [GoogleAd] The songstress belted…
HARARE – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Zimbabwe this week is expected to breathe life into the southern African country’s ailing economy, an envoy has said. China’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping on Friday said the emerging Asian economic powerhouse attaches great importance to Zimbabwe, hence the need to improve economic relations between the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s mining output is expected to grow by 2,4 percent in 2016 buoyed by increased output in gold, chrome, coal, nickel, platinum and diamonds, a Cabinet minister has said. Presenting his 2016 National Budget on Thursday last week, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the sector also expected improved investment flows in the coming…
HARARE – Amid claims that up to a third of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s camp has already been wiped out through exclusions, suspensions and expulsions from the warring post-congress Zanu PF, insiders say the embattled VP should expect a frosty reception at the party’s annual conference in Victoria Falls next week. Well-placed sources who spoke…
HARARE – Opposition Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader Simba Makoni has claimed Zanu PF does not exist anymore as a political party and has completely lost support of the grassroots. Makoni, for years a senior member of the ruling Zanu PF party who challenged President Robert Mugabe for the presidency in the March 2008 vote and came…
HARARE – The 18th International Conference on Aids in Africa (Icasa) opened in the Zimbabwean capital Harare yesterday, against the backdrop of fears of further cutbacks by international donors in funding to fight the disease. Around 7 000 delegates are attending the five-day conference, which is to be made up of more than 1 000…
