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Disgraced Dexter Nduna forced to withdraw from parking takeover
Former Zanu-PF legislator for Chegutu West, Dexter Nduna, has faced a significant setback in his attempted takeover of vehicle parking management in Harare and other cities, leading him to issue a pub...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
Bosso loses US$95,000 in 8 seasons due to fan violence
Highlanders have lost over US$95,000 through paying fines brought by acts of hooliganism by some of the club's supporters in the last eight seasons.This was revealed by the Zimbabwe premiershi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 18:25hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1023 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
Chamisa surrounded himself with advisers who are no wiser than himself
CCC under the influence of Chamisa refused to have a constitution for CCC under the pretext that this was "strategic ambiguity " to side football Zanu-PF. This actually turned out to be a cowardly act...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 09:12hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Biased Harare fines Bosso US$5 000, given up to 17 October to pay
HIGHLANDERS have been fined US$5 000 by the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee with US$500 being suspended for the rest of the season and have up to October 17 to pay the effective US$4 500....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hooliganism cannot be part of the beautiful game.
If my memory serves me well, not long ago ZRP was allocated some state-of-the-art helicopters to assist in their policing duties which at times can be quite challenging. One would think those ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:23hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Tshinga Dube blasts hooliganism
Highlanders benefactor Tshinga Dube has strongly condemned violence in modern sports and society, particularly in light of the recent disturbances that led to the abandonment of the highly anticipated...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA concerned about B/F violence
After three days of silence, the Zifa Normalisation Committee has finally addressed the violence that marred the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Dynamos and Highlanders at Barbourfiel...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean churches ask Zanu-PF, CCC to 'move on'
Since the general elections on August 23rd, Zimbabwe has remained in a state of tension, with a crackdown on opposition figures pushing the country closer to the brink.Now, the Zimbabwe Counci...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dembare facing severe consequences
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Highlanders issue apology
Highlanders have issued an impassioned apology to the Zimbabwean football family over crowd skirmishes that rocked the club's high profile premiership fixture with archrivals Dynamos just 33 minutes i...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 15:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso aim to find form in blockbuster
HIGHLANDERS' skipper Ariel Sibanda is confident that his team will rediscover its form when they host perennial rivals Dynamos in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields Stadium on...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans destroy BF fence
HARARE football giants Dynamos are likely to face the wrath of the Premier Soccer League as well as the Bulawayo City Council after their fans brought down the fence at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturd...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Dembare under pressure to end Bosso jinx
HARARE giants Dynamos face mounting pressure as they seek to end a five-year winless jinx against traditional rivals Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premiership match set for the National Sports Stadium...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare, Bosso in low stakes Battle of Zimbabwe
GIANTS Dynamos and Highlanders are set to rekindle their age-old rivalries with nothing much to fight for in a Castle Lager Premiership match at the National Sports Stadium this Sunday.The con...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF now a serious danger to itself
REPORTS that hordes of Zanu-PF youths besieged Mbare Magistrates Court environs on Monday threatening to burn vehicles belonging to lawyers representing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police called in to defuse pupils gang violence
POLICE in Bulawayo were yesterday called to escort some pupils to prevent gang fights that characterise closing day at some schools.Learners at Sobukazi High in Mzilikazi and Msitheli in Mpopo...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso fined US%,000 for hooliganism
HIGHLANDERS and Dynamos have been slapped with fines following violent conduct by their supporters, which caused abandonment of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash at Barbourfields Stadium ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hooliganism costs Dembare heavily
GIANTS Dynamos' preparations for the resumption of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign suffered a setback yesterday after they were hit with a fine and lost points for the abandoned game...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fine harsh
HIGHLANDERS' followers feel the US$6 000 fine imposed on the club for the abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer league match against FC Platinum is harsh, but necessary to deter fans from hooliganism,...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | 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
PSL bans bouncers
TEAM bouncers will not be allowed on the field of play when the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League resumes next weekend as the league moves to curb violence and pitch invasions.The presence of...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare spat could rock their campaign
THE decision by the Dynamos' leadership to suspend their coach Tonderai Ndiraya could come back to haunt a promising campaign to tame a prolonged title drought.The Harare football giants, who ...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos fined US$2,000 for stadium skirmishes
DYNAMOS Football Club have been fined US$4 000 while their team manager Richard Chihoro was slapped with a US$2 000 fine for disturbances which occurred when DeMbare played Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
No fans charged for Barbourfields Stadium melee
NOT a single hooligan has been charged from both sets of Dynamos and Highlanders fans that charged into the pitch last Sunday, B-Metro Sport has learnt.Scores of supporters from both teams bre...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Jere defends PSL suspension
PREMIER Soccer League (PSL) chairperson Farai Jere has defended his decision to suspend football action for a week following ugly scenes of violence which caused the abandonment of the tempestuous lea...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSL suspends games over Dembare hooliganism
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has indefinitely suspended its programme as it seeks a lasting solution to acts of hooliganism that are tainting the image of local football.The biggest match i...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ankle breaker apologises to Tandi
DYNAMOS' teenage winger Bill Antonio yesterday said he harboured no malicious intentions when he rammed into Andrew Tandi with a rather reckless tackle that left the Highlanders defender with a horrif...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso summoned over abandoned match
HIGHLANDERS have been summoned to appear before a Premier Soccer League (PSL) disciplinary committee on Tuesday following scenes of violence and hooliganism that led to the abandonment of their away l...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandava violence: Police arrest 15 hooligans
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 15 people in connection with acts of hooliganism that occurred during the Castle Lager Premiership football match between FC Platinum and Highlanders at Mand...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso blame police for Mandava violence
BULAWAYO giants Highlanders have blamed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for the violence that led to abandonment of their Castle Lager Premiership football match against FC Platinum at Mandava Stad...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso condemn pitch invasion
HIGHLANDERS have condemned pitch invasion by a section of fans and lashed out at "overzealous" police details for firing tear smoke resulting in abandonment of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos summoned over disciplinary issues
DYNAMOS have become the first club this season to be summoned to appear before the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee for their fan's hooliganism during a league match against Bulawayo Chief...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hammer wielding Bosso fan arrested
HE has been caught.The Highlanders fan who was caught on camera wielding a hammer inside Barbourfields Stadium a fortnight ago has been arrested.The staunch fan identified as Bongani N...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Black students in Ukraine subjected to racism
I was awakened by a loud sound. I looked out through the window from my 18th floor room and saw thick black smoke coming up I could not see where was it coming from. I then heard people screaming and ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bosso express regret over Lulu statement
HIGHLANDERS have expressed regret over the publication of an article by an online publication quoting head coach Mandla Mpofu calling on the club supporters to beat up the players if they continue pro...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudha still using state security aides
FORMER State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube (pictured), who was last month fired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly fanning division and Zanu-PF factionalism in the Midlands province ...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Owen 'Mudha' Ncube overplayed his hand
BY the time fired State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube was removed from office, he had become a Frankenstein monster for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as he was now causing havoc in his home pro...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why is West silent on South Africa violence?
In August 2018, just after Zimbabwe's general elections, the country witnessed some demonstrations that were staged by opposition activists who had lost patience in waiting for the presidential electi...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:19hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
Machete gangs resurface in Guruve
FOUR people from Mudhindo,Guruve are nursing injuries from machete gangs who are terrorising Mudhindo in search of gold.The gangs who a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fear grips women in mining
Women in mining are now living in fear at Mudhindo and places surrounding Guruve where machete gangs have resurfaced in search of the precious stone....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Chamisa's supporters disrupt Mwonzora's meeting
Nelson Chamisa's MDC-Alliance supporters allegedly disrupted the start of an executive meeting that was expected to be addressed by MDC-T leader Senator Douglas Mwonzora in Bindura. Sen Mwonzo...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Charamba lauds courts for discouraging 'hooliganism' and public disorder
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed claims that the imprisonment of MDC Alliance executive member Makomborero Haruziviishe was political persecution and lauded the courts for disco...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes a jibe at Brian Nichols over Capitol Hill incident
Zanu-PF has taken a jibe at the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian A Nichols and other "local and international" critics for what they called their "deafening" silence at the protest that occu...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indeed, the US never been paragon of democracy, but laughable that a worse tyranny would dare comment
As much as my health is not well today, and, would have preferred staying far away from the pen, the most recent outbursts and ranting by the perennially and inherently unrepentant brutal, barbaric an...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 13:19hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ED's human rights record as the president of Zimbabwe under scrutiny
Zimbabweans dotted throughout the world woke up on the morning of 14 th January 2019 not feeling particularly patriotic. Tired of long queues, runaway prices very grumpy not patriotic anymore. Very fe...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:12hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Amanda Mavhaza
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Dembare hooligans at it again
Hwange 2-2 Dynamos HOOLIGANISM reared its ugly head in a Castle Lager Premiership match at the Colliery Stadium yesterday resulting in a 21-minute stoppage in the 55th minute when an overzea...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demos counter-productive
Democracy has become one of the most widely adopted political systems world over and Zimbabwe's Government is also a product of this dominating political system.It comes in different forms and...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Wallace K. Musakanyi
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
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