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Zifa candidates undergo vetting
With the deadline for the submission of nomination papers for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections having passed on Wednesday, the electoral committee has now begun the critical task of ...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:35hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA elections trigger controversy
With the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections looming, the race to elect a new president, vice presidents, and committee members has taken a dramatic turn, mired in allegations of corruption...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 11:34hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
9 vie for Zifa top post
As the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) prepares for its presidential election on January 25, at least nine candidates have formally expressed their interest in running for the coveted position....Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:56hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo acquitted of fraud charges
Former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) executives Felton Kamambo, Philemon Machana, Stanley Chapeta, Joseph Mamutse, and Brighton Malandule have been acquitted of fraud charges following a length...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:12hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
SRC official exonerates ousted ZIFA board members facing fraud
A Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) official has made significant concessions during the trial of five former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) board members charged with fraud, potentially in...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 11:30hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Man stoned over gold mine
A 37-year-old man from Zhombe is nursing wounds sustained when he was severely assaulted with stones and stabbed by Columbian knives until he fell unconscious in a dispute involving a gold mine....Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 22:16hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed in gold dispute
A 37-year-old resident of Zhombe in the Midlands province is currently battling for his life after being attacked by a group of four individuals wielding Columbia knives in a dispute over gold....Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare, CAPS Utd match off
THE proposed Harare Mayor's Cheer Fund Cup showdown between Dynamos and CAPS United pencilled for Rufaro on Sunday has been put on ice. Harare's biggest rivals had been provided with an opport...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Britain should be in Zimbabwe genocide dialogue'
WAR veterans from the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) have expressed concern over the exclusion of Britain in the Gukurahundi hearings arguing that the former coloniser had a hand in the ...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher killed, face skinned, eyes and ears cut off
A RIO Tinto Zhombe High School teacher was allegedly killed and defaced in a development that left the Zhombe community shell shocked.The body of the history teacher only identified as Mr Mwal...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Burial impasse drags on for 4 months
IT is now four months since the murder of a Gokwe artisanal miner at Zhombe Business Centre, popularly known as Kwa-Juwero under Chief Gwesela, with affected families failing to agree on terms and con...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA set to appoint new CEO
ZIFA is on track to welcome a new leader to its secretariat by mid-October, with reports indicating that the Normalisation Committee has concluded interviews for the position of a new chief executive ...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA flies into CCC, Zanu-PF war over Rufaro Stadium
THE newly appointed Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Normalisation Committee chairperson was unwittingly drawn into a political battle pitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the ruling pa...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Harare doesn't have a football stadium good for PSL
PSL chief executive Kenny Ndebele expressed concern that the few stadia which are being used at the moment may suffer from over use which makes it vital for renovations at Rufaro to be completed....Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 14:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Midlands murder cases rile traditional leaders
TRADITIONAL leaders in the Midlands province have expressed concern over rising cases of murder involving artisanal miners and villagers.Chief Gwesela from Gokwe recently told the Southe...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zifa leadership to assemble in Harare today
THE football leadership in the country is expected to assemble in Harare today where they are expected to come up with a road map that will guide the association in the implementation of football refo...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Zifa's new league
IT'S only 15 days into the new year, but a lot of contentious issues are already beginning to emerge in local football.Just when the clash between local coaches and ZIFA over the implementatio...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Langton Nyakwenda
Community joins police in search of paedophile teacher
Gokwe and Zhombe community declared not to rest in assisting the police in search of a teacher only identified as Mr Mugonesi from a primary school in Gokwe South following allegations of sexual assau...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zifa stooges battling a rebellion from association's members
ZIFA interim president Gift Banda is battling a rebellion from some of the association's members who have refused to recognise his executive board.The association's Central and Southern region...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa 'witch-hunt' audit out tomorrow
THE ZIFA Extraordinary General Meeting is set to be held this Saturday at the PHD Complex in Harare following reports ZIFA will receive the official audit tomorrow. ZIFAThe EGM will accord the...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of Ndebele teachers hits Zhombe, Silobela
ZHOMBE and Silobela districts in the Midlands province have been hit hard by a shortage of Ndebele teachers, which has been blamed on speakers of the language that are hesitant on taking the language....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:11hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Touts terrorise passengers
TRAVELLERS in the Midlands province have complained over harassment by touts at bus termini, where they are forced to board buses against their will.The commuters also protested over pushcart ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zifa told not to use CAF funds
CAF have ordered Zifa to stop accessing funds in their coffers that were deposited by the continental football body as well as Fifa, saying a defiance by present office bearers will lead to disciplina...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chunga appointed in key ZIFA committee
FORMER Warriors captain Moses "Bambo" Chunga has been included in a strategic planning committee that has been appointed by the ZIFA board.The ZIFA executive committee led by acting president ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Goat gives birth to kid with 'human private parts'
A bizarre incident that left people of Zhombe shell-shocked occurred yesterday when a goat gave birth to a humanlike kid.Chief Gwesela confirmed the incident saying the goat belong to a Mr Khu...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 09:57hrs | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Fifa set to snub bogus Zifa board's request for recognition
For the first time, since the Felton Kamambo-led leadership was illegally elbowed out by the political machinations at ZIFA, and replaced by an illegitimate committee led by Gift Banda, FIFA have ackn...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda gloats over Kamambo's ouster
Acting ZIFA boss Gift Banda Friday appeared gloating over his former boss, Felton Kamambo's ouster as the football mother body's president while pledging to ensure a speedy Warriors' return to interna...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa say Highlanders should appoint coach
ZIFA say Highlanders should have appointed a coach for their next game against Harare City as they only allowed Joel Luphahla to be in charge of one game while Bosso sought a qualified gaffer....Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa running out of time to convince Fifa to lift suspension
ZIFA has one week left to convince Fifa to lift the country's suspension and allow the Warriors to participate in the 2023 Afcon qualifiers.Caf gave Zimbabwe up to next Thursday to get the sus...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uhuru Cup cautions won't carry over to PSL
THE red card shown to Dynamos' utility player Shadreck Nyahwa by referee Arnold Ncube in the Independence Cup final against Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium on Monday will not have any effect in P...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Five in court over Kwekwe rally murder
Five of 16 people who were arrested for the murder of 35-year-old Mbongeni Ncube during a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party campaign rally in Kwekwe appeared in court o...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo, Machana arrested
THE ongoing ZIFA saga took a new twist when the association's suspended president Felton Kamambo and board member finance Philemon Machana were arrested yesterday for fraud.The two were picked...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIFA councillors vow to fight on
THE ZIFA councillors have vowed they will go ahead with the proposed special Extraordinary General Meeting despite the spirited attempts by some members of the association's suspended board to block t...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zifa councillors unfazed by 'suspensions'
THE Zifa congress members, who are pushing for an emergency general meeting (EGM) which could culminate in the dismissal of some board members yesterday said they were unfazed by the suspension of the...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele scoffs at suspension
SEASONED football administrator Kennedy Ndebele has scoffed at his suspension by suspended Zifa board members, saying he is unmoved by "feeble" things.The iced Zifa board dished out suspension...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo suspends ZIFA, PSL officials
THE suspended ZIFA board has suspended the acting head of secretariat Xolisani Gwesela as well as the chief executive officer of the Premier Soccer League Kenny Ndebele among several other officials l...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unknown German, Italian coaches interested in Warriors job
THE vacant Warriors' job has attracted interest from as far afield as Germany and Italy after about four European football coaches threw their names in the hat.ZIFA are expected to advertise t...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIFA hunt for Mapeza's replacement
ZIFA are set to put in motion the recruitment processes to hire a substantive coach to replace Norman Mapeza whose contract ended last week following the Warriors' early exit from the African Cup of N...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIFA head for and SRC induced implosion?
ZIFA is headed for an implosion after members of the association's Congress yesterday called for an extra-ordinary general meeting to revoke the mandate of the suspended ZIFA board. The crucia...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Afcon axe falls on Knox Mutizwa
GOLDEN Arrows striker Knox Mutizwa and six other players failed to make the cut for the final 23-man Warriors' squad that will do duty in the Afcon finals that kick-off in Cameroon next month....Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Warriors leave for AFCON
THE Zimbabwe national football team is set to leave for Cameroon today for the AFCON tournament that kicks off in the West African nation in a few days.Warriors team manager Wellington Mpandar...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:21hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Benjani drafted into Warriors technical team
FORMER Warriors skipper Benjani Mwaruwari has been drafted into the Warriors' technical team as one of the assistant coaches to Norman Mapeza.Mwaruwari is the Zimbabwe Under-23 head coach....Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
SRC to suspend 23 Zifa councillors
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) intends to suspend 23 Zifa councillors accused of accepting inducements from aspiring candidates in the national association's elections in December 2018....Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man offers daughter (15) to appease avenging spirits
A man from Zhombe area in Kwekwe district allegedly married off his minor daughter to appease an avenging spirit while another one from the same area is reportedly forcing his under-age daughter to en...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zifa threatens Mapeza
THE suspended Felton Kamambo-led Zifa board has threatened Norman Mapeza with unspecified action if he accepts his appointment as Warriors coach by the Zifa secretariat. His appointment was announced ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Norman Mapeza re-appointed Warriors coach
Former Warriors midfielder and captain Norman Mapeza has been officially retained as the national team coach and will lead the squad at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon. The appointment wa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zifa secretariat refutes interference reports
Zifa acting head of secretariat Xolisani Gwesela has dismissed reports doing rounds that some suspended executive committee members were still calling the shots in the operations of the association or...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Stadium crisis haunts Zimbabwe football
THE last 20 minutes of the Chibuku Super Cup semi-final clash between Cranborne Bullets and Ngezi Platinum Stars was a painful reminder of the poor state of the country's football infrastructure....Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA apologises
ZIFA have said they take full responsibility for the 2022 World Cup debacle, which saw the Warriors crashing out of the contest, after three defeats in their four qualifiers.The senior nationa...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Darikwa out of return leg
WARRIORS coach Norman Mapeza will have to do without defender Tendayi Darikwa for the return leg of the World Cup Group G qualifier against Ghana tomorrow at the National Sports Stadium after the Wiga...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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