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Bongani Mafu bags $200,000 from Ngezi Platinum
Premier Soccer League champions Ngezi Platinum Stars have been ordered by FIFA to pay former coach Bongani Mafu close to US$200,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal. The platinum miners face a dea...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:00hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Bosso unveil Try Ncube
HIGHLANDERS officially unveiled Try Ncube as the incoming assistant coach to Zambian Kelvin Kaindu as per the Zimpapers Sports reports earlier during the month. In a statement, Highlanders sai...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Try Ncube charms Bosso bosses
HWANGE assistant coach Try Ncube is set to be appointed as one of Kelvin Kaindu's assistant coaches at Highlanders after impressing in interviews held last week.While Ncube arrives at Bosso, s...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors invited to Europe
THE Warriors have been invited for a friendly match in Malta in March before they resume their Group C 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers campaign when they host Lesotho on June 3 at a venue yet to be ann...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Brito's dance with Warriors hangs by a thread
WARRIORS interim coach Baltemar Brito's dance with the national team hangs by a thread after his contract expired on Sunday.Brito and the entire Warriors' technical team signed short-term cont...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Brito chapter begins
A new chapter begins for the Warriors today as they embark on a fresh campaign under the guidance of Brazilian coach Baltemar Brito.Brito, who was appointed as the head coach of the Zimbabwe s...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zifa meet Brito
The newly-appointed interim coach of the Warriors, Baltemar Brito, had not yet met with and signed a contract with the Zifa Normalisation Committee as of late yesterday, despite his appointment to lea...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bosso backs Brito on Warriors job
HIGHLANDERS are confident that coach Baltemar Brito will be able to successfully lead both the club and the Warriors at the same time after the Brazilian mentor was appointed the national men's footba...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe appoints Mourinho's former assistant as coach
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has named Baltermar Brito, a Brazilian-born coach and current Highlanders coach, as the interim manager for the country's senior men's team. Assisting him in t...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 15:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bongani Mafu praises Knox Mutizwa
HISTORY making former Bosso striker Knox Mutizwa has come up for praises by coach Bongani Mafu.Mafu worked with Mutizwa during the 2015 and 2016 seasons.The coach is credited with conv...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare in town
HARARE soccer giants Dynamos lived true to their moniker "Glamour Boys" as they showed off a fine sense of fashion with a trendy photoshoot in the build-up to the start of the 2023 Castle Lager Premie...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soccer coach in adultery storm
FORMER Highlanders FC and Ngezi Platinum Stars FC coach Bongani Mafu is at the centre of a storm following revelations that he rushed to Bulawayo Central Police Station to file criminal insult charges...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mafu praises Bosso coach
FORMER Highlanders coach Bongani Mafu has heaped praise on coach Baltemar Brito for his gamble with young players who he says are the future of the club.Mafu, credited for giving ex-Bosso and ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Benjani Mwaruwari fired
NGEZI Platinum Stars have sacked head coach Benjani Mwaruwari, barely three months after his appointment following a difficult start to his coaching career at the ambitious Premier Soccer League (PSL)...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 15:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bosso take aim at Triangle
HIGHLANDERS are slowly making good recovery after a poor start to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League.Bosso are on a four-match unbeaten streak after, which has seen them collect eight poin...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:24hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mwaruwari takes over at Ngezi Platinum Stars
FORMER Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari is set to be confirmed as the new Ngezi Platinum Stars head coach after reportedly signing a four-year deal with the ambitious Premier Soccer League club....Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda set for Zifa rebound as boss
SUSPENDED Zifa vice-president and Bulawayo based businessman Gift Banda could make a sensational return to mainstream football administration as acting association president.Banda was controve...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Talen Vision grabs maximum points at Mthwakazi Stadium
ZIFA Southern Region Division One 2019 runners up, FC Talen Vision recovered from their opening day defeat to Ratanang by clobbering Binga Pirates 4-0 at Mthwakazi Stadium in Filabusi yesterday, on a ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mafu warns of Zebra kicks
FORMER Warriors assistant coach Bongani Mafu has warned Zimbabwe against taking the Zebras of Botswana for granted ahead of tonight's crucial Group H Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier in Francis...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda likely to be reinstated as Zifa vice-president
Exactly 713 days since he was stabbed in the back by his colleagues, suspended Zifa vice-president and Bulawayo businessman Gift Banda could be reinstated at the end of the Zifa annual general meeting...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can Bosso's Prince rise again?
WHEN striker Prince Dube returned from an unsuccessful stint with South African Premiership side SuperSport United and was signed by Highlanders last year, the Bulawayo football giants' coaches and fa...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Madinda leaves Bosso for Botswana job
AFTER weeks of speculation about his future at the club, Highlanders technical manager Madinda Ndlovu finally quit the Bulawayo side yesterday, leaving Bosso to scurry for a replacement with the Castl...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Gift Banda to stay in the cold for much longer
ON Saturday, the clock marked exactly two months since ZIFA vice-president Gift Banda was suspended and, with the association postponing the Congress where his fate was meant to be discussed this week...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo ready to work with Banda
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo insists that he does not hold any personal differences with his suspended deputy Gift Banda and is ready to work with him once he is cleared by the association's discipli...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Banda questions timing of suspension
SUSPENDED Zifa vice-president Gift Banda yesterday questioned the timing of his suspension, which came after the embattled association received funds from world football governing body Fifa. B...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Banda hits back at Zifa boss
Suspended Zifa vice-president Gift Banda has accused association president Felton Kamambo of flip-flopping over the firing of Warriors assistant coaches Rahman Gumbo and Lloyd Mutasa, alleging his sus...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda to clear his name
Suspended Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) vice president Gift Banda will today address a press conference to clear his name regarding the current controversy in local football.Banda was s...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa defends Gift Banda suspension
Zifa president Felton Kamambo has defended the association's decision to suspend vice-president Gift Banda, stressing that his executive would continue to respect its constitution and follow due proce...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Chiyangwa behind board divisions?
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo admits there are sharp divisions within the newly elected board but insists he will stick to the constitution as the football mother body grapples with an internal strife...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Felton Kamambo defines his reign
HOW Felton Kamambo dealt with his first crisis as Zifa president was always going to be crucial in defining his reign in local football's highest office.Taking over from Phillip Chiyangwa was ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa accused of destabilising Zifa
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has accused former association boss Philip Chiyangwa of destabilising the association, alleging that the businessman held a meeting with some board members, where they di...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zifa nullifies reshuffling of the Warriors technical team
The appointments of Bongani Mafu and Tonderai Ndiraya, as the Warriors assistant coaches, were also nullified by the Zifa board at their meeting yesterday. While there has been whispers that t...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa suspend Gift Banda for reshuffling the Warriors technical team
JUST a month after coming into power, the Zifa board have been rocked by a tsunami with vice-president Gift Banda being suspended yesterday following a meeting of the game's leaders held in the capita...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa fires Rahman Gumbo and Lloyd Mutasa
ZIFA Vice President, Gift Banda today announced the replacement of Warriors assistants; Rahman Gumbo and Lloyd Mutasa, with Bongani Mafu and Tonderayi Ndiraya, who have been tasked with leading the Zi...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi Platinum reject in Warriors comeback
FORMER Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Tonderai Ndiraya is set to bounce back in the Warriors technical team set-up in a restructuring exercise that will also see former Highlanders coach Bonga...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso gives Muduhwa an ultimatum
SOON to be out of contract defender Peter Muduhwa needs to know that he is not indispensable to Highlanders as the club cannot continue bowing down to his ever changing contractual demands, a highly p...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 22:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gabriel ditches Bosso
HIGHLANDERS have officially parted ways with one of their senior players, Gabriel Nyoni who is said to be headed for Caps United.Makepekepe have reportedly offered Nyoni a stand in the affluen...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso coach placed on suspension in Botswana
FORMER Highlanders coach, Bongani Mafu has been suspended by his Botswana Premier League side, Orapa United due to problems between the Zimbabwean and the club's management.Mafu was told not t...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ariel comes full circle at Bosso
MADINDA Ndlovu was in his first stint as Highlanders head coach when goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda made his senior bow for the Bulawayo football giants in 2009 after graduating from the team's development ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madinda settles for Mandla Mpofu as his assistant?
MADINDA Ndlovu, who is expected to be unveiled as the new Highlanders head coach this week, has reportedly settled for former Bulawayo City coach Mandla Mpofu as his assistant.Mpofu will be ma...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hectic days ahead for Bosso
HECTIC times lie ahead for Highlanders who have two matches lined up in Harare prior to heading to Botswana for a four-team tournament.Modern Ngwenya, the Highlanders acting executive chairman...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso defender attracts SA clubs
TWO South African top league sides and a National First Division side have shown interest in Highlanders central defender Peter Muduhwa.The 2016 Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year finali...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 13:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Muduhwa extends stay at Bosso
HIGHLANDERS central defender, Peter Muduhwa has extended his contract with the Bulawayo football giants by two more years until December 2018, the club confirmed yesterday.Muduhwa (23), a ...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bongani Mafu joins Mochudi Centre Chiefs
FORMER Highlanders coach Bongani Mafu has been confirmed as the new head of the technical department at Botswana Premier League side Mochudi Centre Chiefs. Mafu left the country for the Botswana c...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 10:50hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Bosso takes on Kaindu in Chibuku Super Cup
INJURY hit sides How Mine and Highlanders face off in the first round of the Chibuku Super Cup at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow with both coaches predicting a tough encounter.The two teams me...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 08:16hrs | 6 | by Ricky Zililo
Former Bosso coach in Botswana
FORMER Highlanders head coach Bongani Mafu is close to landing himself a job at Botswana Premier Soccer League side Mochudi Centre Chiefs. Mafu, whose most recent post was that of assistant coach at T...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 08:58hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Europe smiling on Prince, Kangwa
YOUNG Highlanders forward Prince Dube and left-back Bruce Kangwa are set to go for trials at unnamed clubs in The Netherlands and Cyprus respectively.Kangwa, the Castle Lager Premiership's lea...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Chicken Inn, Bosso clash
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League leaders Highlanders face another test when they date defending champions Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow.Chicken Inn will be at home and will b...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:07hrs | 2 | by Ricky Zililo
Mafu tipped for NAFAZ job
TSHOLOTSHO FC assistant coach Bongani Mafu is today expected to be named as the National Football Association of Zimbabwe (Nafaz) technical and development committee vice-chairman, Chronicle Sport rep...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Dembare breaks another record
DYNAMOS president Kenny Mubaiwa described the defeat to Highlanders as heartbreaking, but maintains they will not press panic buttons even as their Castle Lager Premiership challenge continues to crum...Published: 30 May 2016 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Eddie Chikamhi
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