adminTitle race in home stretch
Ricky Zililo
THE Castle Lager Premier Soccer League management has said it is too early to have matches of teams gunning for the championship and those battling relegation played at the same date and time.
The championship battle is approaching its home stretch and it is at times like these where league bosses should be prudent about matchfixing.
The country’s most followed clubs Highlanders and Dynamos look set to take the title fight to the wire with third placed Monomotapa having an outside chance of landing the most coveted silverware in Zimbabwean football.
The world is against my team: Kaindu
Harare Bureau
HIGHLANDERS coach Kelvin Kaindu feels the world has sharpened their swords against his team as the championship race gets hot at the top where the Bulawayo giants are battling for control against traditional rivals Dynamos.
Bosso lost for the first time this season when their 23match unbeaten run was halted by a determined Monomotapa at Rufaro on Saturday with a crashing 3-0 defeat.
The result tipped the scales in favour of championship rivals Dynamos in their fierce battle for the Castle Lager League title as DeMbare gained more ground the next day with a 4-1 thrashing of Shabanie Mine.Gombami still to find feet
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
FORMER Highlanders star player Honour Gombami is yet to find his feet at his new Belgian Second Division side, Antwerp after featuring for only 45 minutes this season with seven games played so far.
Gombami joined the second tier side, who are yet to lose, this season after being loaned out by top league outfit Cercle Brugge following a horrific injury in 2009.Cheetahs fail to qualify
Harare Bureau
THE Cheetahs went, saw and conquered in Morocco on a great weekend for Zimbabwe rugby but the Pangolins failed in their mission to qualify for the Rugby Sevens World Cup.
The Cheetahs were on cloud nine yesterday celebrating their qualification for the global showcase after lifting the Africa Cup with a 31-12 win over Tunisia.Rocks ready for new season
Walter Mswazie
MASVINGO-BASED cricket franchise side Southern Rocks says they are prepared for the new season which starts this Saturday.
The chairman, Graham Phillips, said the new-look team was ready to compete with the best in the land. He said fans should expect fireworks from the Brian Vhitori-led side.
David Houghton is the substantive coach after the team decided not to give the previous coach another contract.Willard Khumalo demands dues
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
SUSPENDED FC Strikers coach and Highlanders legend Willard Khumalo has written a letter to his employers demanding his outstanding dues amid reports that a players’ crisis at the club was averted at the last minute this past weekend.
Sources close to the Beitbridge-based Zifa Central Region Division One side told Chronicle Sport that when news of the suspension of Khumalo filtered through, a total of eight players from Bulawayo who were recruited by the former Warriors midfielder threatened to walk out of the club unless they too, were paid their outstanding dues.Ministry short of $45 million to complete PSIP projects
Diana Muringisi
THE Ministry of Public Works requires about $45 million to complete some of the 550 Government projects under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP).
Work on the projects has been on a standstill for the past 15 years.
Minister of Public Works Joel Gabuza Gabbuza said that an audit by his ministry revealed that 106 projects were almost 60 percent complete and require $45 million to be completed by the end of the year.Girl (15) goes on hunger strike after being denied conjugal rights
Masvingo Correspondent
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl married to a 47-year-old man surprised villagers from Tokwane resettlement area in Mwenezi when she went on hunger strike after allegedly being denied conjugal rights by her husband who wanted to wait until she finished school.
The man, from Renco Mine under Chief Nyajena, was forced to marry his 15-year-old sister-in-law after allegedly being caught fondling her by his in-laws.Villagers forced to share drinking water with animals
Chronicle Reporter
VILLAGERS in Tshamatema village in Tshitulipasi area of Beitbridge District are facing a serious water shortage and they have now resorted to sharing water with animals.
Chronicle last week visited the area and villagers who spoke to this paper confirmed the latest development.
“We have for the past three months been drinking water from Tshamatema Dam following the breakdown of several boreholes servicing the village. The dam water that we are now drinking is dirty and in some cases you find animal carcasses floating in water,” said Mr Rudzani Mbedzi.
Kwekwe group scoops Road to Fame prize
Auxilia Katongomara
AFRO Jazz outfit Terry and the Bliss scooped first prize in the sungura dominated Chibuku Road to Fame competitions held over the weekend in at the Glamis Arena in Harare.
The Kwekwe based outfit walked away with $5 000 and a recording contract with Gramma Records.
The group which hails from Mbizo suburb outclassed nine other groups from the country’s ten provinces to land the top spot in the annual competition.