Emmanuel Marambe REIGNING Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions Simba Bhora have unveiled a 13-man technical team ahead of the start of the 2025 campaign in which they will be fighting on three fronts. Apart from looking to defend the title that they won in such impressive style last term, Simba Bhora will be keen…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) continues to make giant strides towards availing resources to budding footballers in line with its grassroots football thrust after an eighth province, Matabeleland South, became the latest to receive soccer balls. The local football mother body has been working to avail soccer balls to all…
THE government-mooted cholera vaccination programme is an absolute must given the increasing numbers of those infected by the bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water. According to official statistics, Zimbabwe has recorded at least 282 suspected cholera cases, 28 confirmed cases, 275 recoveries and two deaths. Though the government has administered at least 5 000…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw EIGHT people died across the country over the past two months in crocodile attacks, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has said. The ZimParks spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo, yesterday said several people were also injured in the attacks by the large reptiles. “ZimParks is concerned with the increased number…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A NYAMANDLOVU man in Matabeleland North Province has appeared in court, accused of pouring diesel on his neighbour’s house and setting it ablaze over a dispute. Nqobile Mpofu yesterday pleaded guilty to malicious injury to property and attempted murder charges when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Joseph Mabeza. The matter was…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO artisanal miners from Shangani, Matabeleland South Province, were yesterday jailed for five years each for attempted murder and malicious damage to property charges. John Moyo and Moses Ncube attacked a local businessman, Mbusi Moyo, with machetes and damaged his shop following a dispute over a US$10 debt. The two appeared…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER Kunyiswan@dailynews.co.za CONSTRUCTION of the sorting plant at Geo Pomona Waste Management in Pomona, Harare, meant to separate waste for recycling or disposal, is expected to be completed next month. This was confirmed yesterday by the Geo Pomona Waste Management executive chairman and chief executive, Delish Nguwaya, during a tour of…
SUNGURA kingpin Alick Macheso has unexpectedly cut short his January break, temporarily, to feature in a high-profile event to be held at Rufaro Stadium in Harare on Saturday. Macheso will share the stage with artists that include Winky D, Master H, Saintfloew, Kinnah, Fantan, and Levels at the highly-anticipated launch of the Swan cigarette brand…
Emmanuel MarambeCHIEF SPORTS WRITER FORMER Highlanders vice-chairman Modern ‘Voltage’ Ngwenya says the local game can only be revived if there is unity…
By Hazel Marimbiza and Brandon Josphat THE government needs to introduce stiff mandatory sentences for crimes involving corruption, to curb the country’s worsening graft scourge, a top official has said. Speaking at a 2025 legal year function in Bulawayo earlier this week, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), Michael Reza, said the country…
