HARARE – Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu has openly revealed for the first time that he is eyeing the Castle Premiership title, dumping his season-long diplomacy in which he constantly spoke about building a team for the future. The Zambian has kept his ambitions a closely guided secret, with “I am building a championship team for…
HARARE – Meikles Resources, a subsidiary of diversified Meikles Limited, has been granted a mining concession in the mineral rich Midlands Province. John Moxon, the group’s chairman, said the grant allows them to prospect for various minerals including iron ore and chrome. He said the group also has opportunities to explore gold and tantalite. Moxon…
HARARE – A good lesson that all Zimbabweans could learn from the opening speeches at the Second Stakeholders’ Conference which started on Monday this week and ended yesterday is how easily perceived antagonists can turn round to embrace and lead the nation in national healing and rebuilding. There were fears that the conference would degenerate…
HARARE – Zifa technical adviser Klaus Dieter Pagels has attacked the way Zimbabwean Castle Premiership teams warm up before matches. The German coach made the remarks yesterday during a one-day stretching and fitness training for Zimbabwean women football coaches facilitated by German fitness trainer Laura Daras. “I am really disappointed about the manner in which…
LONDON – The family of a Zimbabwean woman found dead in the shower in a small English town says it feels “let down” by an inquest which recorded an open verdict. Ntando Moyo, 35, was working as a live-in carer when she was found unconscious by her employer carrying out a routine site check at…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Under-17 coaches are running around to raise a team for the Young Warriors’ African Youth Champions second leg qualifier against Congo next month. At least 18 of the players that were in the Young Warriors squad that lost the first leg 2-1 at Rufaro stadium two weeks ago are unavailable for…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has ruled that a Central Intelligence Organisation operative who allegedly fleeced Zifa chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze has a case to answer. Magistrate Tendai Mahwe last Friday dismissed Richard Mubaiwa’s application for discharge at the close of the state case. Mahwe said Mubaiwa, who is jointly charged with a Banket…
BULAWAYO – Throngs of people from all walks of life attended the burial of football hero Adam Ndlovu at Lady Stanley Cemetery yesterday afternoon. And while the request to officially recognise Ndlovu as a national hero fell on deaf ears, the massive turn out at his funeral service that was held earlier at the Amphitheatre…
HARARE – Berlin’s premier DJ Andi Teichmann will perform in Zimbabwe for the first time at the Shoko Festival on Friday September 21. Andi will play alongside Zimbabwean DJ Marv Studd at the Chingono Stage, Alliance Francaise in Harare. The event is bound to be a funky electro, house, techno and dub-step party made for…
LONDON – Ecuador could make a decision on the asylum request of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as early as this week, President Rafael Correa said. Assange has been holed up inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since petitioning for asylum on June 19. He is seeking to avoid being sent to Sweden over claims of…
