adminGovt prepared to negotiate new mining fees
By Oliver Kazunga
THE Government is prepared to negotiate the proposed mining fees based on facts that the miners are not able to pay the rates, an official said yesterday.
Last week, the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development said it was in the process of reviewing upwards registration, rental and licence fees for mining activities.
Youths urged to form empowerment committees
Masvingo Correspondent
YOUTHS in Masvingo have been urged to organise themselves into provincial empowerment committees that will champion economic empowerment programmes.
Addressing a provincial youth forum in Masvingo last week, Zimbabwe National Youth Council director Mr Livingstone Dzikira said it was easy for banks and other organisations to assist people in well-organised structures than when they presented themselves as individuals.
Success lies in collective effort: Dube
By Ricky Zililo
One of the candidates vying for the Highlanders Football Club chairmanship post, Peter Dube, believes the club’s success lies in the collective effort of all stakeholders.
Dube is challenging incumbent Themba Ndlela and Mandla Moyo in the elections set for Sunday.
Tuskers ready to take on Eagles
Sports Reporter
MATABELELAND Tuskers Cricket Franchise is ready to take on Mashonaland Eagles in a One-Day match set for Queens Sports Club tomorrow.
Timeline of worst soccer stadium disasters
At least 74 people were killed in a riot at a soccer match in the Egyptian city of Port Said on Wednesday.
Dzumbunu appeals for numbers at Saints AGM
Sports Reporter
Zimbabwe Saints Football Club outgoing chairman Felix Dzumbunu has appealed to club members to come in their numbers to attend Sunday’s annual general meeting at the clubhouse in Queens Park East.
“The annual general meeting is an important gathering for the club. It is where the club’s performance of the previous year is discussed and plans for the ensuing year formulated,” said Dzumbunu.
He said the future of the club lay in active participation by members.
Basketball teams converge on Gweru
Sports Reporter
GWERU is set to be abuzz with activity tomorrow with Bulawayo teams invading the city to take part in the Southern Region Basketball Leagues for both men and women.
Games will be played at Regina Mundi High School courts.
Player agents cry foul over proposed $10 000 licence fee
Harare Bureau
LOCAL players’ agents could be heading for a collision with the Zifa assembly after a resolution was passed to charge a fee of $10 000 for the licensed football agents to operate.
At their meeting at the weekend, the Zifa assembly agreed to charge a fee for all the operating football agents but the association for players’ managers, through its president Omega Sibanda yesterday came out fighting and said such a decision “is unfortunate”.
Spoof Zuma, Zille poster causes stir
Cape Town — A spoof advert showing puppets of President Jacob Zuma and DA leader Helen Zille in a passionate clinch is the latest mock of the opposition party’s youth poster campaign to cause a stir on social network sites.
Brain-eating man held in US
Bridgeport — A US man charged with hacking a homeless man to death with an axe and eating his brain was ordered on Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Tyree Lincoln Smith, aged 35, stared blankly as he stood with his hands chained behind his back during his arraignment on a murder charge. It was his first court appearance since he was returned to Connecticut on Tuesday following his arrest last week in Florida.