HARARE – Interim Warriors coach Norman Mapeza has called up goalkeeper Petros Mhari in his squad to face Zambia in a friendly international at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. Zifa on Tuesday named Mapeza to take charge of the team after former Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa was sacked following Zimbabwe’s poor performance at the…
HARARE – Zimbabwean international Khama Billiat has described the moment he was caught in the middle of an armed robbery in Johannesburg, South Africa last month as “like a scene from a Hollywood action movie”. The Mamelodi Sundowns forward had visited an Engen service station convenience store to buy a pre-paid electricity token and fill…
HARARE – Perpetua Siyachitema has laboured in the rigours of a mine, toiled as a train wagon attendant and was willing to become a police officer all in a bid to keep her netball dream alive. In her 17-year career, she has played for at least nine clubs and has helped the national team to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cricket team will get the much-needed game time after they were invited to tour Sri Lanka in June later this year. With the leading cricket nations not keen to tour Zimbabwe, Heath Streak’s side is always short of game time. Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairperson Tavengwa Mukuhlani earlier this month embarked on an…
HARARE – Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa has received glowing praises from the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) after spearheading former Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Issa Hayatou’s downfall. The long-serving Hayatou was deposed by Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar during last week’s elections held during the Caf General Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [GoogleAd] Chiyangwa, who…
HARARE – In a surprising twist to Zanu PF’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars, party supporters yesterday held demonstrations across the country demanding the immediate sacking of women’s league heavyweights Sarah Mahoka and Eunice Sandi Moyo. The stunning development came amid claims that the two women — once seen as close allies of President…
HARARE – Jittery authorities yesterday deployed heavily-armed police on all of Harare’s major roads — mounting multiple roadblocks to thwart the mega demonstration that had been planned by the country’s opposition. As a result, the opposition parties coalescing under the banner of the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) were forced to turn their demo into…
HARARE – Over 300 000 orphans and disadvantaged children who depend on State assistance for tuition risk dropping out of school. Under the Basic Education Assistance Model (Beam), government allocated $10 million in last year’s national budget to pay the children’s fees, an amount Parliament’s Social Welfare portfolio committee said was grossly inadequate, catering for…
HARARE – The Mwenezi East by-election has been blighted by accusations of politicisation of food aid, abrogation of the right to freedom of assembly and intimidation and harassment, a rights group has said. The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) said it was worried by the unfolding events in Mwenezi East as the electorate is failing to…
HARARE – Tsholotsho villagers are living in squalor, weeks after their homes and belongings were destroyed by ravaging floods. According to World Vision, five people are sharing a single blanket at Sipepa Transit Camp, which houses about 1 265 victims, while averages of 18 people are squeezed into each of the available 69 tents. The…
