HARARE – Ocean Mushure last night got some consolation for missing out on the Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year Award as he emerged the biggest winner at the Dynamos end of season awards banquet. The DeMbare captain walked away with the Player of the Year gong at a colourful ceremony held at a…
HARARE – FC PLATINUM have snapped up right back Jameson Mukombwe on a one-year loan from Black Rhinos. Mukombwe, is one of the most enterprising wing-backs in the country, had a stellar season with Rhinos registering 19 assists and two goals for the army side. FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza has been a secret admirer…
HARARE – For rising Zimbabwean boxer Tinashe “Chairman” Madziwana it still feels like a dream and he is failing to come to terms with his newly-found opulence. Madziwana won himself a brand new Toyota Hiace and $2 000 cash after beating Robert Kachidza of Malawi in a Super Bantamweight title fight with a sixth round…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will get a taste of floodlit cricket with a pink ball when they play a day/night match against a South African Invitation XI over three days at Boland Park, starting today. This will be the only warm-up Heath Streak’s men get before the historic four-day Test against the Proteas starting on Boxing…
HARARE – An elite crime-busting unit run by government is going after flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo over a string of energy deals entered with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) — a unit of Zesa Holdings. Controversy around the mega deals between ZPC and Intratrek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited — a company owned by Chivayo — is…
JOHANNESBURG – Newly elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s camp is deeply divided by the dispute over Senzo Mchunu’s defeat. A leader from a province that supported Mchunu has dismissed the dispute lodged over 63 “non-existent” votes, and has urged the rest of the Ramapahosa team to accept that Ace Magashule is the new secretary general….
HARARE – Christian author and success coach Brilliant Pongo has just concluded a tour of Southern Africa which saw him travel to South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. One of the highlights of the tour was the “Powered to Succeed” book event in Francistown, Botswana which took place during the first weekend of this month. “Powered…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday effectively ended police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri’s 24-year tenure as boss of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) by sending the top cop on leave pending retirement as he rang several changes to the security sector in a major shake-up. Chihuri’s deputy, Godwin Matanga, has been named acting Zimbabwe Republic Police…
HARARE – Hard-pressed Zimbabweans have once again been hit by a wave of massive price increases. According to a snap survey by this paper, prices of basic commodities — rice, chicken and beef, among many other needs — have gone haywire, rising by between two and 125 percent within a month. That is abnormal. While…
HARARE – Top Harare lawyer Gerald Mlotshwa has emerged as the sole and beneficial owner of Empowerment Corporation (EC)’s 40 percent stake in Telecel Zimbabwe (Telecel) after his partner George has reportedly opted out. The development not only comes as James Makamba’s return was expected to help resolve some lingering shareholder issues at the empowerment…
