How ironic, Dynamos at 50, CAPS United at 40 and the Premiership at 20, all these milestones coming in the same year?

Back then we all knew Anthony Mandiwanza as ‘that very good and educated referee’ and we used to meet at the Chinhoyi caves for a chat, and a drink, returning home to the big city after a day out in Mhangura for a league match. Today, Mandiwanza has risen through the corporate ladder, to become one of our most respected business executives in this country.
SO, on Thursday, with God’s grace, the clock that keeps time on my service at this company finally read 20 years, or two decades, or five-short-of-a-Silver Jubilee.

Rahman survives axe

Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor
ZIFA  are insisting that they have not wielded the axe on Rahman Gumbo but have instead asked the coach to present to them a technical report on the Warriors’ deemed 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. The Zifa board met in the capital on Wednesday night and resolved to

DeMbare CAPS in Mbada clash

Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
IN another dramatic turn by the Premier Soccer League, Harare giants Dynamos and CAPS United will now clash in the Mbada Diamonds Cup semi-final at Barbourfields next Sunday. Monomotapa and FC Platinum will now clash at Sakubva this Saturday. And this latest development seems

Sables boycott training over allowances

Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter
THE Sables’ Thursday night training session at Harare Sports Club was cancelled after players demanded to know how much they were to get as allowances for the Namibia rugby invitational tournament next week. The national rugby side is expected to leave the country for Windhoek on

36 golfers for Harare Open

Takudzwa Chitsiga   Sports Reporter
THIRTY-SIX professional golfers have registered for the Zambezi Tour Harare Open to be held at Chapman from Thursday. The tournament will be played over three days and a number of professional players confirmed their availability for the US$25 000 purse tourney. Zambezi Tour marketing

Bgwoni hails Zifa

Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association have hailed Zifa for disbanding the Warriors structures and they believe it will mark a new era for the team. ZNSSA organising-secretary, Fortune “Giant” Bgwoni, said the old structures needed to go. “As ZNSSA we applaud Zifa for the well-timed

US$500 000 cigarette bootleg seized in raid

Thupeyo Muleya  Beitbridge Bureau
POLICE here have smashed a cigarette smuggling syndicate and recovered a bootleg of export quality cigarettes worth almost US$500 000 in Tshapfuche. The 1 081 boxes of assorted local cigarettes brands were kept at Edzisani Muleya’s homestead. Police said the house had become an

Unki to cede 51pc stake to Zimbabweans

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ANGLO American Platinum says it will give 10-year loans to indigenous Zimbabweans to buy a 51 percent stake in its local unit, Unki Platinum Mine.
The world’s largest platinum miner agreed on Thursday to transfer the majority shareholding in Unki in line with the country’s indigenisation laws.

Legislators demand exit perks

From Zvamaida Murwira in VICTORIA FALLS
LEGISLATORS yesterday confronted Finance Minister Tendai Biti demanding exit packages and their outstanding allowances before the House is dissolved.They said there was no assurance that they would be re-elected in the next election. Minister Biti and MPs are attending a pre-budget

Speaker blasts Biti

From Zvamaida Murwira in VICTORIA FALLS
SPEAKER of the House of Assembly Mr Lovemore Moyo yesterday slammed Finance Minister Tendai Biti for undermining the institution of Parliament by inadequately funding the house. He accused Minister Biti of downgrading Parliament as the august house had to queue for resources like other

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