adminOnesimo Bhasera back in form
TWENTY-FIVE-year-old Onesimo Bhasera returned from a three-match suspension to inspire his England League Two side, Plymouth Argyle, to a memorable away win over Bristol Rovers in a match played at Memorial Stadium on Boxing Day.
Busy year ahead for cricket
AUCKLAND — Zimbabwe have a pretty busy cricketing schedule lined up for the new year, as there are several home and away series.
Foreign-based players to beef up Warriors
Harare Bureau
Zimbabwe will take advantage of the availability of a host of their foreign-based players next week as they prepare for a date against high-flying neighbours Botswana in an international friendly in Gaborone.
Zifa yesterday indicated that they would field the strongest team available but would not be able to call up foreign-based players outside the country.
Volleyball coaches excel
Sports Reporter
TWO Zimbabwe volleyball coaches Jasper Moyo and Itsanang Abu-Basuthu became the first national team coaches to attain Level Two Coaching Certificates early this year, a development which was one of the highlights of the Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA) season.
Zim set to become world’s third largest diamond producer
Harare — Zimbabwe is poised to become the world’s third largest diamond producer by the end of this ecade as production continues to soar, an international industry report has said. The country, which is the seventh largest producer in the world, has potential to supply 25 percent of global demand.
Miners warned on exportation of raw platinum
Harare — The Zimbabwe Government will soon withdraw export licences from miners exporting raw platinum as the country moves to promote value addition of minerals, a senior Government official said on Saturday.
The move is meant to force companies to build refineries.
Farmers concerned over influx of imported potatoes
Business Reporter
IMPORTED potatoes continue to flood the market forcing some local farmers to move away from growing the crop, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has said.
At the moment imported potatoes especially from South Africa dominate the market to the disadvantage of local producers.
Hwange Town Council issues commercial stands to SMEs
Business Reporter
HWANGE Town Council has awarded three commercial stands to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for the growth and development of operations by entrepreneurs in the town.
In an interview, the chairman of SMEs in Hwange, Mr Themba Chauke, said the town council issued them three stands from which they could conduct business.
“We were given three stands, one for the construction of West Foods Wholesale from which we will order our commodities. Another stand will be for the construction of a shopping mall while the other one will be for the establishment of a flea market.
Ten-man Wolves frustrate Gunners
Arsenal were left frustrated as 10-man Wolves battled to a 1-1 draw at Emirates Stadium.
Black Rhinos crowned women’s soccer champs
By Thandiwe Moyo
BLACK Rhinos have been crowned the Zimbabwe Women’s Soccer League champions although the league ended rather abruptly.