HARARE – Harare City Hornets shot to the top of the Harare Basketball Association League (HBA) following a convincing 93-60 win over HLF Raiders over the weekend. Hornets are now tied on 17 points with second placed Foxes but they have a better head-to-head having beaten their rivals earlier this season. Duncan Shenje led from…
HARARE – Former World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi has been afforded an opportunity to redeem himself after his handlers at Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions (OQBP) won the right to challenge for the belt once again. Manyuchi had been the welterweight champion since March 2014 the same year he managed to defend his…
HARARE – The tussle for the Team of the Year for this evening’s Annual National Sports Awards (Ansa) appears to be a fascinating duel between the world cup-bound Zimbabwe Sevens Rugby side and their cricket counterparts, Zimbabwe senior men cricket team. If judgement is according to the field size then Zimbabwe cricket will be automatic…
HARARE – Mashonaland Eagles batsman Cephas Zhuwao says he is not disappointed to have miss out on the squad travelling to South Africa for the historic Boxing Day following his recent heroics in which he scored 265 in a domestic Logan Cup match. The 32 year old left hander smashed 265 runs, Zimbabwe’s third best…
HARARE – Former President Robert Mugabe appears to be an enduring source of inspiration for dendera music star Suluman Chimbetu. A year after composing a song titled Chirombo which borrowed the statement “Ndiri kunzwa masimba ekupinda muzana, kuita kunge munhu uya ari kumhanya race…” from Mugabe’s birthday interview, Suluman has done it again. This time…
HARARE – United Kingdom-based Kambo Boys has released their third sungura single titled Merry Christmas “Gebha Time.” The just-released track, which is accompanied by a swanky video, was produced by Mono Mukundu with Munya Vialy doing the mixing and mastering. Kambo Boys, whose earlier singles Melo and Sweet Larrisa garnered considerable popularity in Zimbabwe and…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Film Industry Development Platform (ZFIDP), founded three years ago by a number of stakeholders in the local film industry, has urged the government to urgently appoint a new professional board and management at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC). In a letter to Media, Information and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary, George Charamba,…
HARARE – Barclays Bank Zimbabwe managing director George Guvamatanga has retired from the financial institution he served for nearly 30 years. He has since been replaced by Samuel Masekete in an acting capacity. Masekete is the bank’s chief finance officer. “The bank is deeply indebted to George for his 28 years of dedicated service, 10…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick is sticking his guns to reducing government expenditure and streamlining under-performing parastatals after he refused to write-off the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)’s $83 million debt. “The Industrial Development Corporation submitted a request for a direct Budget allocation of $83 million to pay-off their debts,” he said in his 2018 national…
HARARE – Netone public relations and special projects manager George Manyaya has joined the Postal and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) as head consumer affairs and publicity. The affable executive, who in the past worked for various organisations and has been a board member at the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe, is expected to improve…
