adminI did not incite players to boycot training — Soma-Phiri
Ricky Zililo, Sports Reporter
HIGHLANDERS FC manager Amin Soma-Phiri yesterday refuted claims that he was behind the just ended player revolt at the cash-strapped Bulawayo giants.
Vic Falls hosts sevens rugby tournament
Sports Reporter
NINE rugby teams from Bulawayo, Gweru, Hwange, Zvishavane and Victoria Falls are set to battle it out in the first ever edition of the Armstrong Paul Gunda Sevens Rugby tournament at Victoria Falls Primary School this weekend.
Chaferfly increase golf sponsorship package
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
LEADING mining equipment suppliers, Chaferfly Enterprises, have increased their sponsorship package for the annual Hwange Open Golf Championships which tee off in the coal mining town tomorrow morning.
Headmaster arrested over missing exam papers
Paul Nkala and Pamela Shumba
THE acting headmaster of Sijawugwe Secondary in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, who lost the November 2012 Ordinary Level examination papers, has been arrested over the case.
Panganayi Zimunhu was yesterday taken to the Western Commonage Magistrates’ Court, but was not placed on remand because the State felt there were not enough facts.
PM, Locardia deal collapses
Harare Bureau
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his wife Ms Locardia Karimatsenga have failed to agree an out-of-court settlement in their maintenance dispute.
D-day for Asiagate players, officials
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter
THE football landscape will be changed today when Zifa makes public various sanctions to be imposed on Asiagate culprits amid reports that some board members tried to call for a vote on the Independent Ethics Committee’s recommendations.
Zuma calls for end to unrest
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, has called on striking miners to return to work and for chief executives to freeze any personal salary increases, amid months of industrial unrest and bloodshed that threaten to derail the nation’s economy.
Africa urged to establish continental weather satelite
Victoria Falls Reporter
VICE-President Joice Mujuru yesterday urged the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) to establish a continental meteorological satellite to monitor weather activities so that member states would be warned of imminent climate disasters on time.
Jahbue to release Afro Jazz album
Entertainment Reporter
YOUNG up-and-coming artiste Jabulani Ndlovu better known as Jahbue is set to release an Afro Jazz album early next month.
President launches Mat North share scheme
Prosper Ndlovu in Hwange
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday officially launched the Matabeleland North Community Share Ownership Trust/Scheme with mining companies operating in the province coming up with a combined $16,5 million in pledges for community development.
The companies, which include Hwange Colliery Company, Makomo Resources, Chibondo Mine, South Mining, Hwange Coal Gassification, China Sunlight Africa, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), Liberation Mining and New Dawn Mining agreed to cede 10 percent shares to the communities they are operating in.