adminWestgate Half Marathon scheduled for Sunday
Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterA WINNER’S purse of US$ 3 000, the biggest for any local athletics event, has been set aside for the second edition of the Westgate Half Marathon scheduled for this Sunday. The sponsors, Old Mutual, have put US$16 000 for prizes with the winners in the Open categories getting US$ 3 000 each
Volleyball preps advanced
Sports Reporter
THE Starz women volleyball team’s preparations for the Zone VI Clubs Championships to be held in Zambia have reached an advanced stage.
Coach, Priestledge Nhamburo, believes that they stand a good chance of winning this years’ competition. The competition has been scheduled for
Zim U-17 coach concerned
Godknows Matarutse Sports Reporter
Zimbabwe Under-17 coach, Lloyd Chigove, is concerned their travelling arrangements to Maputo could affect their performance this weekend. The Young Warriors were still on the road late last night. The team, which left Harare on Wednesday, will spend more than two days on the road ahead of
Middelburg Sevens tourney kicks off
Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE Sevens side, the Cheetahs, are not taking the Middelburg Sevens tournament lightly as this will be their final preparatory tourney ahead of the World Cup qualifiers in Morocco next weekend. The Middelburg Sevens kicks off this morning with five local teams — Cheetahs, Goshawks,
Mangwiro to end jinx?
Sports Reporter
CAPS United gaffer Taurai Mangwiro has struggled for positive results in Zvishavane in his coaching career and wants to end that nightmare when the Green Machine descends at Mandava tomorrow. But injuries to key personnel could dampen that enthusiasm. Makapekepe have a tricky date
‘Kelvin Kaindu is a great pro’
From Paul Mundandi in ZVISHAVANE
LUKE MASOMERE has hailed Zambian coach Kevin “KK” Kaindu as the ultimate professional and says the Highlanders’ gaffer has significantly boosted the Bosso brand since taking charge of the country’s oldest football club. Kaindu, who played for Bosso as a forward before returning at
Zim honoured to host UNWTO general assembly
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
Zimbabwe and Zambia will host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly as part of President Mugabe’s dream to showcase the country as a world of wonders, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi said. Speaking during a public lecture at the University of
Aspiring MDC-T MP Makumbe blasts party
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
ASPRING MDC-T legislator for Buhera West Professor John Makumbe yesterday criticised his party for abandoning the people for the pleasures of Government. This, he said, contributed to the waning the popularity of MDC-T which has seen it trailing Zanu-PF in support base, according to a recent
Karoi council workers go on strike
Chinhoyi Bureau
KAROI Town Council workers have gone on an indefinite strike pressing for the payment of their outstanding salaries. Council owes workers four months salary in excess of $220 000. Efforts to pacify the workers have been in vain as they have vowed to stay on strike until they get paid. In an
Epworth residents appeal to Shamu
Herald Reporters
Epworth residents have appealed to Zanu-PF to facilitate their acquisition of identity and proof of residence documents to allow them to register as voters. The request was given to the party’s national commissar Cde Webster Shamu when he addressed Zanu-PF supporters at Epworth Secondary