HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) yesterday issued a vague statement disguised as an apology to national team coach Calisto Pasuwa which his manager Gibson Mahachi described as not “sincere”. Pasuwa had demanded an apology from Zifa for tarnishing his otherwise good name before he can accept being reinstated as the Warriors coach. This came…
HARARE – The 2015 edition of the Zifa Unity Cup which was scheduled to take place today in Bulawayo has been cancelled. Initially, Zifa had hoped to see Dynamos and Highlanders clashing in the final scheduled for Barbourfields Stadium but that move failed to materialise. Highlanders insisted they had released their players for the festive…
HARARE – The usually sleepy communal area of Hokonyo Village came alive on Sunday night when music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, dendera star Suluman Chimbetu and the red-hot Jah Prayzah gave villagers a rare treat. It was quite a historical moment for the communal area tucked 22 kilometres away from Chivhu town centre. Not surprisingly, hundreds…
HARARE – Zimbabwe-focused mining concern Caledonia is proposing to move its headquarters from Canada to Jersey, Channel Islands, as part of strategies to reduce tax obligations. Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, between England and France, is an independent, English-speaking territory with a mix of British and French cultures and is known for its…
HARARE – Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe (Tongaat) says it has enough sugar to meet the country’s needs despite a three-week industrial action by its workers. This comes as the country has been gripped by market rumours of impending sugar shortages, which witnessed many consumers buying the product in bulk in the past few days to avoid…
HARARE – Liberation struggle stalwart and Zapu leader, Dumiso Dabengwa, says today’s commemorations of Unity Day are a farce that only serve to remind Zimbabweans of the gross misrule of the past 35 years by President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF. In a statement that he released yesterday as Zimbabwe marks 28 years…
HARARE – Amid the political and economic gloom enveloping the country and that critics blame on President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has promised Zimbabweans “a Christmas gift” of unity among all opposition parties. The former prime minister in the government of national unity said the envisaged “unity gift” would include…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF allies in Mashonaland Central who were fired from the ruling party say national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has so far been unsuccessful in his mandate as he has allegedly failed to foster unity in the party. In a letter to Kasukuwere yesterday, suspended Zanu PF provincial secretary…
HARARE – Christmas cheer seems to have bypassed Zimbabwe this year with most families finding themselves with empty pockets and barely enough to survive another day let alone think of organising a festive party. In a year where an unprecedented number of companies collapsed and thousands of jobs were lost through the widely-debated July Supreme…
ZURICH – Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation. They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) “disloyal payment” made to Platini in 2011. The Fifa ethics committee found Blatter and Platini had demonstrated an “abusive execution”…
