adminPagels gets opportunity to prove worth
Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE Warriors’ new coach Dieter Klaus-Pagels will lead the national team for the first time since his appointment late last year when the Warriors take on Botswana in an international friendly match at Rufaro Stadium this afternoon.
Call for primaries at Bosso
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
HIGHLANDERS members have called for the inclusion of primary elections that will be used to screen candidates vying for posts in the executive whenever there more than two candidates per post.
This, members said, will help the club come up with quality candidates and people of repute.
Speaking soon after the election of Jerry Sibanda as the club’s treasurer and Mgcini Mpofu as vice-chairman, members said it was important to screen candidates.
Seven candidates contested the vice-chairman’s post.
Stage set for cross-country championships
Lillian Sibanda
ALL is set for the Bulawayo Province cross country track and field competitions scheduled for White City Stadium this weekend.
Bulawayo Athletics Board chairman Manuel Mpofu confirmed the development yesterday and said all age-groups were welcome to participate in the competitions.
Chenjerai Dube sets sights on Hwange
Dumisani Nsingo
FORMER Hwange, Warriors, and Highlanders goalkeeper Chenjerai Dube has set his sights at rejoining Chipangano after a four-year stint in the B-Mobile soccer league in Botswana.
The agile goal minder reportedly approached the Chipangano executive expressing interest in the vacant goalkeepers’ coach.
Kirsty undecided about future
Peter Phiri
SWIMMING legend and one of Zimbabwe’s great sportspersons Kirsty Coventry is still to decide about her future in the sport.
Coventry who was in Bulawayo during the weekend told Chronicle Sport that she is yet to make a decision regarding her future in sports.
Nama nominees out today
Entertainment Reporter
The much awaited list of the annual National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) nominees is set to be released today.
The crème de la crème of the country’s artistes are set to converge in Bulawayo for the ceremony to be held at the Large City Hall on 16 February.
Traffic Safety Council unveils Byo ambassadors
Givemore Muzariri
TRAFFIC Safety Council of Zimbabwe will today unveil traffic safety ambassadors who will operate from Bulawayo.
The four ambassadors are Majahawodwa Ndlovu a.k.a Jeys Marabini, Sandra Ndebele, Peter Ndlovu and Rahman Gumbo.
City club puts jazz to the test
Entertainment Reporter
Club Forty40 will tonight test the viability of their proposed Wednesday Jazz night when they host guitarist Hudson Simbarashe at their joint.
Simbarashe, who launched his album Chenga Ose in December, is one of the most prominent jazz musicians in the city.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Union leaders must resolve differences
Government has not increased civil servants salaries despite an undertaking by Finance Minister Tendai Biti to award an inflation-related salary increment with effect from last month.
Minister Biti who made the announcement just before the presentation of the national budget last November, said the wage increase was a top priority for Government.
Teachers’ union says no to security sector reforms
Walter Mswazie
PROGRESSIVE Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) is opposed to the call for security sector reforms since the country’s security is one of the best in the world, an official has said.
In an interview, PTUZ president Dr Takavafira Zhou said there was no need for security reforms. He said those that were calling for the reforms were misinformed.