HARARE – Although time is running out, the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) insist they want to make further consultations before they appoint all national team coaches. The Warriors are without a coach after Zifa decided not to renew Kalisto Pasuwa’s contract while Mighty Warriors’ ex-coach Shadreck Mlauzi, who was working without a contract, was not…
HARARE – Bulawayo giants Highlanders today take on FC Platinum at Luveve Stadium in the second semi-final of the ZNA Commander Charities Soccer Shield. The match — which was earlier scheduled for February 26, at Barbourfields Stadium — was postponed due to waterlogging of the pitch and will now be played at Luveve Stadium. The…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s spirited efforts to rescue revered “abducted” prophet, Madzibaba Wimbo — who is acclaimed for allegedly foretelling the nonagenarian’s presidency 60 years ago — are dead in the water, with the famous seer’s church now also splitting into two due to ugly infighting linked to the ruling Zanu PF’s deadly succession…
BULAWAYO – Our Bulawayo reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi sits down with mayor Martin Moyo. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: Honourable mayor, how best can you describe your tenure from the time you took over? A: My tenure in office has been characterised by mixed fortunes. I suffered the passing on of our erstwhile town…
MUTARE – Rural district councils (RDCs) have slammed the transfer of the collection of land development levy in resettlement areas from RDCs to the Lands ministry, saying the move was starving them of revenue. The changes were ushered in through the Public Finance Management Amendment Act, 2016 gazetted as Act No. 6 of 2016 on…
HARARE – A group of visiting specialist Indian doctors was forced to cancel high profile meetings with their Zimbabwean counterparts when police arrested them moments after arriving in the country on Thursday for allegedly practicing without licences. The incident came just a few weeks after President Robert Mugabe’s government scrambled to avoid a diplomatic row…
HARARE – A High Court order outlawing corporal punishment in homes and schools spotlights the struggle between Zimbabwe’s deeply-rooted attachment to spanking children and new laws that criminalise the infliction of bodily pain as a form of punishment. In most Zimbabwean homes, children have more respect for the belt, stick or the infamous slip-on sandal,…
BULAWAYO – Former Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi has appealed to the High Court here to compel the government to set aside the decision by an independent tribunal to expel him. This comes after Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere last month expelled Kombayi and ward 4 councillor, Kenneth Sithole after a tribunal installed by the minister…
HARARE – Zimbabweans on Thursday woke up to the terrible news of the demise of over a dozen family members in a horrific accident that had occurred the previous night near the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo. Social media went into a frenzy, posting images of the crash, although details of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s deaf community has called for a sign language curriculum. While the Primary and Secondary Education ministry in its new curriculum has made the syllabi for Shona, Ndebele, Tonga, Tshivenda, Kalanga, Nambya, Sesotho and Shangani to mention a few, the new programme of study is conspicuously silent on the indigenous language of the…
