DYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya feels he has laid a good foundation for his team to succeed ahead of the 2021 season after seeing his charges beat arch rivals Highlanders to lift the Independence Cup here yesterday. Goals from new boy Trevor Mavhunga and an own goal by Bosso defender Peter Muduhwa ensured the Glamour Boys…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged the sports sector to adopt a more robust commercial approach if the industry is to get any better. This comes as the sector has been hit hard by the recent ban on sporting activities in the country ordered by the government as part of measures to contain the coronavirus (Covid-19)…
ARTS minister Kirsty Coventry, pictured, has announced the appointment of six more trustees to the board of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) which had been under the leadership of five members since 2017. The just-appointed board members are Moris Mpala (banking and financial expert), Bryn Mteki (sculptor and entrepreneur), Nigel Phillip (businessperson), Joyce Chimanye…
ZIMBABWE have included three uncapped players for the upcoming three-match T20I series and two Tests against Pakistan. In-form young batsman Tadiwanashe Marumani, seamer Tanaka Chivanga and spin bowler Tapiwa Mufudza are the three youngsters who earned their maiden call-ups after impressive performances recently. Marumani, in particular, impressed during the just ended 2020/21 Domestic T20 competition…
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has dismissed an application for bail by Fanuel Musakwa, who is alleged to have been the mastermind of the US$2,7 million bank heist in January. Justice Chitapi noted that despite Masakwa comparing his situation to his co-accused who have been granted bail, the allegations against him did not show…
FORMER Mutare City Council chamber secretary Cephas Vuta has taken Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Attorney General Prince Machaya to the High Court demanding US$220 000 in damages, claiming he was unlawfully arrested last year. Vuta was nabbed in June 2020 after he allegedly stole money he had been allocated to attend a meeting…
AN unlicenSed kombi driver has been jailed for four years after he ploughed into people at a bus terminus in Harare central business district, killing a nine-year-old child. Archford Chikoto, 18, was banned from driving and further slapped with a $10 000 fine for driving without a licence, while the four years in prison were…
FORMER University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura, who is accused of illegally awarding a doctorate degree to former first lady Grace Mugabe, has denied the allegations, arguing that the conferment was lawful. His trial opened last Thursday before chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi, with Nyagura, through his lawyers, telling the court the granting of the…
A FRESH Covid-19 storm could be brewing in the country, after St David’s Bonda High School in Mutare reported that 120 girls had tested positive for the virus. The jarring infections at the school are believed to represent the highest number of recorded positive cases at a single learning institution in the country to date. It…
WITH Zimbabwe starting to experience relative economic stability following years of markets turmoil, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for national unity and discipline to improve the lot of citizens further. Speaking during the country’s 41st Independence celebrations at State House in Harare, Mnangagwa said all the country’s key economic sectors were showing good growth potential….
