HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has appointed Shabanie Mine coach Wilson Mutekede as their new technical director to replace Taurai Mangwiro, who quit to join Triangle. Mutekede will join the association after taking charge of his last game as Shabanie coach against Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow. “Mutekede is a Caf A licence…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has named a strong team to take part in the Arnolds Classic Africa bodybuilding contest in South Africa next month. The National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) has drawn athletes from 11 different categories namely senior men bodybuilding, women bikini fitness, women body fitness, junior men bodybuilding and masters’ bikini…
BULAWAYO – PPC Zimbabwe recently held their inaugural Invitational Kids’ Golf Tournament at Bulawayo Golf Club which received a lot of support from the local community. At least 25 boys and girls from Mzilikazi, Milton and Eveline High schools took part in the competition which was sponsored to the tune of over $2 000. PPC’s…
HARARE – Zimbabwe golf captain for the Region V tournament, formerly Zone VI Championships, scheduled for Kitwe, Zambia next week Liberty Gumisa is upbeat his side will hold their own and bring the trophy home. The tournament gets underway next Thursday and will see Zimbabwe’s two teams of four golfers squaring off against top amateur…
HARARE – A wary President Robert Mugabe yesterday warned his Zanu PF followers that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai could win next year’s watershed national elections if the ruling party remains locked in its ugly tribal, factional and succession wars. This comes as Zanu PF’s seemingly unstoppable infighting has taken a turn for the worse this…
HARARE – Under-pressure Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has promised severe punishment for companies and other traders who are not banking money — accusing them of fuelling the country’s cash shortages which have worsened in recent days. This comes as banks have reduced further their daily withdrawal limits, in addition to suspending dispensing money through Automated…
HARARE – Transport minister Joram Gumbo was on Thursday grilled by senators over the increase of fatal accidents on Zimbabwe’s roads, with the legislators demanding government’s action to curb further loss of lives. This comes as at least 30 people were killed after a South Africa-bound Proliner bus they were travelling in reportedly sideswiped a…
HARARE – Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has said it is illegal for the police to throw spikes at moving vehicles. Answering a question from Midlands Senator Lilian Timveos who questioned him about police use of spikes to deflate vehicle tyres in an attempt to stop motorists alleged to have committed traffic offences, Mguni…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe apparently read the riot act to the organisers of recent Zanu PF demonstrations at Wednesday’s politburo meeting in Harare, including those who mounted this week’s protest marches against party national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere. Party sources who spoke to the Daily News yesterday also claimed that Mugabe’s outburst had forced…
HARARE – The Tourism and Hospitality industry yesterday led a large cross-section of Zimbabweans in condemning a government directive that empowers police to mount one roadblock within a 10 kilometers radius, arguing that the ill-advised decision would fuel corruption on the country’s roads. Curiously, police has actually increased roadblocks within the 10km zones — a…
