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Dynamos beat Highlanders to clinch Independence Cup
Dynamos 2 - 0 HighlandersDynamos clinched the 2021 Independence Cup trophy after beating Highlanders 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.The match, which marked the return of domestic football in the ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 793 | by Staff reporter
New faces at first Bosso field training
FORMER Bulawayo City FC players Toto Banda and Crispen Ncube were among news faces at Bosso's first field training session at White City Stadium on Monday morning. Banda and Ncube are yet to s...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere: flouting democratic values
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy must have been too emotional to appreciate my perspective. What is disturbing is that be i...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 16:10hrs | 1211 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bosso have 18 contracted players
Highlanders currently have 18 first team players contracted to the club, with only one Under-20 slot filled.Seven players that left the club last year and Bosso only concluded deals for Winsto...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:42hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo's interview was a disaster in the making
Not long-ago last month, Sibangilizwe Nkomo announced his Zapu candidacy to replace the late DD: Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa. I was excited about this, well as someone who grew up in Zapu and known the la...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 08:25hrs | 3699 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bosso gear up for upcoming season
HIGHLANDERS players and officials will this week undergo COVID-19 testing, medicals and start training in preparation for the resumption of the league next month.The Independence Trophy final ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:30hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Lunga still part of Warriors
GOLDEN Arrows defender Divine Lunga remains an integral member of the Zimbabwe national senior soccer team amid revelations by Warriors manager Wellington Mpandare yesterday that the door had not been...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:03hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Devine Lunga says he didn't snub Warriors
ZIMBABWE international fullback Devine Lunga has refuted reports suggesting he snubbed Warriors call-up for the last two Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia, insisting...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Loga sets squad selection criteria
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic, who is close to finalising his list of the players for next year's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), stressed that he will select players who are committed to the nation...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Loga slams door on Devine Lunga
DEVINE Lunga's future with the senior national football team is in doubt with reports suggesting that he turned down a national team call up, which riled Warriors coach Zdravko Logarusic.Addre...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1716 | by Staff reporter
Warriors out to finish the job against Chipolopolo
THE mission was accomplished in Francistown last Thursday when the Warriors defeated the determined Zebras of Botswana to book a place at next year's Africa of Nations football showcase in Cameroon....Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Bosso shed light on Madinda deal
HIGHLANDERS have said they will confirm the inclusion of Madinda Ndlovu into their technical structures once a sponsorship deal is finalised.Ndlovu was Highlanders head coach before he quit mi...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1371 | 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 | 891 | by Staff reporter
Bosso on verge of new sponsorship
HIGHLANDERS are working on securing a main sponsor following the exit of NetOne last year and is hopeful a deal could be struck soon. Presenting the chairman's report to members at the club's ...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Bosso struggling to get main sponsor
Highlanders continue struggling in pursuit of a main sponsor following the exit of NetOne last year, but the club remains hopeful of securing sponsorship soon.Presenting the chairman's report ...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 10:55hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Musona expected to join Warriors camp today
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona is expected to join camp today ahead of the 2021 AFCON penultimate round qualifier against Botswana in Francistown on Thursday. There is also a ray of hope th...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:02hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Warriors begin 10-day camp
THE Warriors' technical team is praying that none of the foreign-based that confirmed availability for Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers duty don't pick up injuries while playing for their club...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland activists 'under siege'
HUMAN rights activists have accused authorities of employing unorthodox means to hound government critics following reports that armed police raided the house of a leader of a Matabeleland-based milit...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Madinda bounces back at Highlanders
HIGHLANDERS legend Madinda Ndlovu has bounced back at the club, taking up the role of junior development technical director, club chairman Kenneth Mhlophe said yesterday. The Bosso great, know...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:01hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
Divine Lunga involved in car accident
SOUTH-Africa based Zimbabwean footballer, Divine Lunga, who plays for Lamontville Golden Arrows in the DStv Premiership was yesterday involved in an accident in which he came out unharmed.Whil...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Darikwa buzzing for Warriors duty
HIS availability might still be uncertain due to the new stringent Covid-19 travel restrictions imposed by the British government but Warriors defender Tendayi Darikwa is relishing the opportunity to ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:49hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Loga battles for work permit
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who is battling to extend his work permit after his initial one-year permit expired, says there is no guarantee he will get his Euro stars for the final two AFCON qu...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Warriors named in provisional squad
ZIFA has included United Kingdom-based players in the Warriors' provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia next month.The Warriors technical...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:02hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love's dodgy hero status divides opinion
THE ruling Zanu-PF party's decision to declare the late Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love - born Soul Musaka - a liberation war hero has inadvertently raised political dust and left internet users di...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu: A splendid traditional leader, cultural activist, nationalist
UGODLWAYO! Yithi! This is a familiar slogan in the Godlwayo Communal Land whenever people are gathered. Yesterday at around 01.00 hrs their Chief, Vezi Maduna Mafu passed away.Chief Maduna was...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:45hrs | 487 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Ndebele language barrier stalls court case
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Monday urged Zimbabweans to learn local languages in order to solve communication barriers in court, after a case was postponed because the litigants spoke ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:54hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
Divine Lunga linked with Mamelodi Sundowns
WARRIORS defender Divine Lunga has been linked with South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns, with reports suggesting that the left-back could join the club as early as this month.The 25-year-ol...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:33hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum locked in the bus in Tanzania
FC Platinum starlet Kelvin Mangiza has revealed that the team was locked in the bus outside Benjamin Mkapa Stadium forcing players and officials to jump out through the windows ahead of the crucial CA...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
War in Dar
DESPITE carrying a first leg handicap, Tanzanian side Simba SC are confident of eliminating Zimbabwe's representative FC Platinum from the Caf Champions League.The two teams square off in the ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:23hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Simba SC not invincible, says Mapeza
A BUOYANT FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza on Saturday told Tanzanian media soon after touching down that Simba SC were not an invincible outfit. Pure Platinum Play take on Simba SC at the Benj...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum arrive in Tanzania to face Simba
FC Platinum have arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a Confederation of African Football Champions League second leg match against Simba Sports Club at Mkapa Stadium on Wednesday.The three-...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn hold on to Chirinda
CHICKEN Inn will reject any advances for their striker Obriel Chirinda amid reports he is targeted by a number of clubs including neighbours Highlanders.Chirinda, a former Young Warriors strik...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:51hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Choruma's death shocks football fraternity
THE Zimbabwean football fraternity expressed shock and sadness at the death of former Highlanders and Warriors midfielder Richard "Dabuka Express" Choruma.Choruma died at a hospital in Thembis...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | 608 | by Nigel
FC Platinum edge Simba SC
FC Platinum 1 - 0 Simba SC ATTACKING midfielder Perfect Chikwende turned on the show with a beautiful strike that gave FC Platinum a narrow win over Tanzania's Simba S.C. in the first leg of the C...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:06hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba residents protest over burst sewage pipes
MAKOKOBA residents dumped plastic bags with sewage at Bulawayo City Council offices protesting the municipality's slow response in attending to burst sewage pipes.The disgruntled residents rev...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Mhango signs for Bosso
FORMER FC Platinum utility player Winston Mhango has joined Highlanders on a two-year contract.According to sources, the combative midfielder, who can also play as a fullback, put pen to paper...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda accused of being a sore loser
A war of words has erupted in Gokwe South amid reports that the winners of last week's chaotic District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections have vowed to stop the National Commissar Victor Matemada...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
We are not at war, says Malunga
VETERAN musician and promoter Clive Malunga yesterday challenged the government to run institutions based on non-partisanship after his Jenaguru Arts Centre built 25 years ago in the capital was on Th...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Muduhwa, Ariel, Lunga extend stay at Bosso
THE Highlanders' trio of veteran goalkeeper and captain Ariel Sibanda, defence stalwart Peter Muduhwa and midfielder Ray Lunga have extended their contracts with Bosso ahead of the 2021 season. ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Malunga to deliver lecture on hate speech
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group in Zimbabwe (NTJWG) will on Tuesday host its first transitional justice annual lecture to discuss the impact of hate speech on transitional justice at a...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:22hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum completes a double over Costa do Sol of Mozambique
FC Platinum 2 0 Costa do SolZIMBABWE soccer kings FC Platinum took another step towards a fourth consecutive appearance in the CAF Champions League group stage when they completed a double over Co...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza back in Caf inter-club trenches
JUST over a year after he turned his back on continental inter-club football, Norman Mapeza is expected to make his return to Champions League in Mozambique tomorrow. He leads FC Platinum into...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Khama starts on the bench
WARRIORS posterboy, Khama Billiat, will start from the bench when Zimbabwe host Algeria in a 2021 AFCON at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon.It's only the second time Billiat has star...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 18:04hrs | 5359 | by Staff reporter
More families evicted from Cyrene Farm
THE Messenger of Court, assisted by the police last week evicted 12 families from Cyrene Farm in Figtree which is owned by the Anglican Province of Central Africa Church in the Diocese of Matabeleland...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Warriors seek revenge
Warriors coach Zdravko Lugarusic says he will approach tomorrow's clash against Algeria with the same positive intent that served his team so well in the second half of the two teams' first meeting on...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:21hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Warriors beaten
Algeria 3 1 ZimbabweZIMBABWE missed a glut of chances and were made to pay by a clinical Algeria in this 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played in an empty Stade 5 Juliet 1962 Olympic last ni...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Bournemouth defender for Zimbabwe Warriors
BOURNEMOUTH defender Jordan Zemura (21) is in line to make his Warriors debut after he was drafted into a leaked 24men provisional squad for the crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Algeri...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:12hrs | 4313 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop 'eats' junior's wife
A police officer's photographs kissing his junior officer's wife leaked and are circulating on social media.Inspector Meza Malunga's romantic pictures with his junior officer Constable Mafunga...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 5382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rogue state agents warned
PERPETRATORS of state-sponsored violence, abductions and torture are not immune to prosecution and can face their day in court in whatever capacity to answer to charges, a top human rights defender ha...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Warriors in bore draw
Malawi 0 0 ZimbabweTHE writing was always on the wall for the Warriors. At least it wasn't a defeat, but even the draw against Malawi somehow felt like a defeat following the uninspiring goalless ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:11hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
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