Messi wins record fifth Ballon d’Or
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for the fifth time. The 28-year-old Argentine had 41.33 percent of the vote, with Real…
Chishanga contest in Central Region presidency
Midlands Correspondent LONG-serving Zifa councillor and Midlands chairman Brian Chishanga has thrown his name into the hat to contest the association’s vacant Central Region presidency in elections slated for February…
7,000 head of cattle succumb to drought
Walter Mswazie/ Munyaradzi Musiiwa/Austin Nyathi Chronicle Reporters NEARLY 7,000 cattle have died in parts of Matabeleland South, Masvingo and the Midlands provinces due to inadequate pastures and acute water shortages. In…
DPC to pay liquidated banks Z$ account holders
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter THE Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) says it will be paying demonetisation proceeds for liquidated banks to qualifying Zimbabwe dollar account holders up to the end of…
BCC mulls converting Ascot Race Course into stands
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council is considering converting the Ascot Race Course grounds into a residential area. Professional horse racing was suspended more than 14 years ago at…
Consultation on power tariff hikes begins
Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority yesterday began stakeholder consultations on a proposed electricity tariff hike with Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge indicating there was no going…
Pupil, 14, granted right to abort
Patience Mutsiwi Midlands Reporter A GWERU magistrate has granted an application for the termination of a pregnancy by the parents of a Form Two pupil who was impregnated by her 30-year-old…
Tsholotsho DA fired for ‘embezzling’ funds
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter TSHOLOTSHO District Administrator, Nosizi Dube, has been fired for allegedly embezzling more than $10,000 in government funds over a two-year period. A source said Dube was sacked…
Zvavanhu dies
Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe Football Association has joined the football fraternity in mourning the passing away of former Dynamos and Amazulu player, Gift Zvavanhu. The former striker, who celebrated his…
Border Strikers seek new coach
Midlands Correspondent NEWLY-promoted Premier Soccer League outfit Border Strikers are searching for a new coach after revelations that Never Malunga, who guided them to the Central Soccer League championship, doesn’t…


