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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 | 193 | 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 | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi, more Zanu-PF heavyweights fall in party primaries
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has suffered defeat in weekend Zanu-PF primary elections, becoming one of the high profile casualties in the just ended ruling party internal polls.A fervent l...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Command centres submit Zanu-PF primary elections winners list
ZANU-PF provincial command centres have submitted the names of the winners of primary elections to the party's national elections directorate in Harare, which will officially announce the results....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe remains stuck in football wilderness
ON February 24, 2022, Fifa took the decision to suspend Zimbabwe from international football because of government interference in the running of the game.This was after the country's sports r...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanga tries to knock sense into Mnangagwa's son in-law's head
FORMER Zifa vice-president Omega Sibanda has urged the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to lift the Zifa suspension which he says is the only way Zimbabwe will be reinstated back into the Fifa f...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda rubbishes SRC's road map for Zimbabwe football
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Vungu Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda has rubbished the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) road map for football as debate on the suspension of Zimbabwe from the ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Youths disrupt National Youth Service hearings
THE public hearing meeting on National Youth Service that was held in Bulawayo yesterday ended prematurely after violence broke out.Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Cultur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean MPs want chauffeurs
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) have demanded personal chauffeurs to drive them around while performing their legislative duties.This was suggested in the National Assembly by Vungu MP Omega Siban...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths chide Empowerment Bank
Zanu-PF youths have accused the country's first "youth-focused" financial institution, Empowerment Bank (EB), of sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambitions to uplift young people.This...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's Zifa board is the best, says Omega Sibanda
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda ranks the suspended Zifa board led by Felton Kamambo as the best to have taken charge of local football, and says their banishment is ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs demand Kamambo return
Members of Parliament yesterday implored the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to reinstate the suspended Zifa board to save careers of footballers, who stand to be affected by the suspension of ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's enforcer bites the dust again
FORMER State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube's political woes worsened at the weekend after he lost the Zanu-PF Midlands provincial vice chairmanship, on which he had imposed himself, and was shunt...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council abandons Barbourfields bucket seats
THE Bulawayo City Council has given up on plans to erect bucket seats at the City's ceremonial home of football, Barbourfields Stadium, after citing construction space constraints.Responding t...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF officials tussle over Vungu constituency
Zanu-PF MP for Vungu constituency in Lower Gwelo, Omega Sibanda is facing stiff competition from former Chiwundura MP Brown Ndlovu, who is said to be eyeing the constituency ahead of the 2023 election...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA flying into major storm
ZIFA could be blindly flying into another constitutional storm which has the potential of pushing out scores of those in charge of domestic football, ahead of the elections to choose their leadership,...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abuse of authority by parliamentary committees
A number of small scale miners and big mining companies have complained about the total fragrant abuse of power and office by the chairman of the Parliamentary mining committee MR Edmund Mukaratigwa w...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Omega says Methembe is Bosso's messiah
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Highlanders' life member Omega Sibanda has suggested that United States of America-based former club coach Methembe Ndlovu takes over ownership of the Bulawayo giants. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Forget about traditional funeral rituals, says Omega Sibanda
THE death of five people in Lower Gweru from Covid-19 after performing body viewing of a deceased relative from South Africa has raised concerns over rites traditionally observed upon the passing on o...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa could bounce back at Zifa
FORMER Zifa president and property magnate Phillip Chiyangwa could make a spectacular return to 53 Livingstone Way if an audacious plan by some councillors to bring him back succeeds.Chiyangwa...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube allays Bosso capture fears
HIGHLANDERS long-time benefactor Tshinga Dube has allayed fears that the club had been captured by the ruling Zanu-PF party after government recently granted a mining claim to the Bulawayo football gi...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bruising battles in Zanu-PF DCC polls
THE stage is set for bruising battles as the ruling Zanu-PF conduct their much awaited district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) elections across eight provinces today.This comes as cracks have bee...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP tells youths yo demonstrate against govt and get bashed
ZANU-PF MP for Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe Prosper Machando has warned youths they will be beaten up if they dared protest against government.Machando was speaking at Thursday's National Association o...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCCs process soiled by factionalism, name-dropping and tribalism
SEVERAL Zanu-PF bigwigs, including Cabinet ministers, survived a nerve-racking and tension-filled process at the weekend as the ruling party chose candidates for its divisive district co-ordinating co...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 19:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo fails to live up to expectations
WHEN former Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa withdrew from the rerun during the local football association's election in December last year to hand his rival Felton Kamambo victory, a breath of fresh ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chiyangwa 'Futumuka Fulengenge' prepares for a fight
A video of banished former Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa preparing for a fight has surfaced on social Chiyangwa and his vice Omega Sibanda were given life bans for "bringing Zimbabwean foot...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 18:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blessed Chiyangwa life ban?
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo and board member responsible for finance Philemon Machana have formally apologised to President Mnangagwa for the unfortunate events that rocked the Zimbabwe camp during ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Philip Chiyangwa, Omega banished for life
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) says it has banned its former president Philip Chiyangwa and his sidekick Omega Sibanda for life for "bringing Zimbabwean football into disrepute."...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 19:05hrs | 3 | by BBC
FULL TEXT: ZIFA statement disbanding Warriors
Subject: Meeting between the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the ZIFA presidium and subsequent ZIFA Executive Committee's Emergency Committee meeting deliberations and resolutions of 9th Aug...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 14:56hrs | | by ZIFA
Omega Sibanda dismisses 'match-fixing' allegations
FORMER Zifa vice-president Omega Sibanda has dismissed allegations by the Zifa leadership that he was among the former executive committee members that allegedly destabilised the Warriors camp during ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa blames Chiyangwa
Zifa has laid the blame for the country's suspension from next year's Cosafa Senior Men's tournament on the doorstep of former president, Philip Chiyangwa accusing him of making a bid to host this yea...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament of Zimbabwe exposed
The constitution of the Republic of Zimbabwe provides for a robust and effective legislative arm of government, which provides oversight to the executive. Recent events have exposed Parliament as weak...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chiyangwa sidekick Omega Sibanda brushes aside Afcon claims
FORMER Zifa vice-president Omega Sibanda has described as clownish claims by Zifa that he was part of disgruntled former executive committee members that contributed to the Warriors' embarrassing Afri...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamu Chiwanza vows to fight suspension
SUSPENDED Zifa board member Chamu Chiwanza has vowed to challenge the decision by the association's emergency committee and says he will also spill the beans over what happens at 53 Livingstone Avenue...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspended ZIFA board member vows to fight suspension
SUSPENDED Zifa board member Chamu Chiwanza has vowed to challenge the decision by the association's emergency committee and says he will also spill the beans over what happens at 53 Livingstone Avenue...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chiyangwa, Omega Sibanda accused of Afcon sabotage
ZIFA has resolved to recall former association president Philip Chiyangwa (pictured) from the Cosafa presidency, holding him responsible for the Warriors dismal performance at the on-going 2019 Africa...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Bring Warriors to Bulawayo'
ZIFA has been urged to look on the bright and use the opportunity presented by the banning of the National Sports Stadium by Caf to bring the next Caf sanctioned Warriors to Bulawayo.Former Zi...Published: 30 May 2019 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jere defends under-fire ref
PREMIER Soccer League chairman Farai Jere says referee Thabani Bamala, who is in the eye of a storm in the wake of his handling of the showdown between Highlanders and CAPS United at Barbourfields on ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man torches family homestead
A 23-year-old old Lower Gweru man torched his family homestead in a fit of rage over an undisclosed issue on Christmas Day leaving the family homeless and all property destroyed.The man Mandum...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sense finally prevailed at Zifa
AFTER a few months of bickering, controversy and drama, the Zifa elections have come to a close and boy oh boy, what theatre we were treated to!While those that suffered defeat will be licking...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa engages creditors to clear debts
Zifa will start engaging its creditors this week to come up with a payment plan as the new leadership led by Felton Kamambo begins efforts to turn around the fortunes of the association.The as...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa lies that he wants to concentrate on MP post
LOSING Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa claims the reason he withdrew from a re-run with new Zifa boss Felton Kamambo in Sunday's elections is because he wants to invest his time as a Member of Parliam...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cosafa president humiliated in Zimbabwe
AFTER defying odds to become Zifa president when defeating favourite incumbent Philip Chiyangwa over the weekend, Felton Kamambo is taking no prisoners as he gets down to the association's serious wor...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa speaks on ZIFA Presidency
Former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) President Philip Chiyangwa has opened up on the reasons why he decided to withdraw from the ZIFA Presidency race.The new ZIFA President is Flt...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 08:03hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiyangwa looked crestfallen
PHILIP Chiyangwa was left a dejected man after a surprise 35-24 defeat to challenger Felton Kamambo, the man he tried so hard to prevent from contesting in the Zifa elections which were held in Harare...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa, Omega Moyo embarrassed
PHILIP Chiyangwa's bid to retain his post as Zifa president fell in embarrassing fashion after he was trounced by former board member, Felton Kamambo, in an election held in Harare yesterday.K...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa booted out as Zifa president
The ZIFA elections held today have ushered in a new team after both President Phillip Chiyangwa and his deputy Omega Sibanda fell by the wayside.Felton Kamambo beat Chiyangwa 35-24 but failed ...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Chiyangwa's challenger arrested
ASPIRING Zifa president Felton Kamambo, who is challenging incumbent Philip Chiyangwa for the post, was yesterday picked up by the police on allegations of threatening violence on the association's ge...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa blow, as audit report exposes him
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa's bid to retain his post in elections scheduled for Sunday suffered a major blow yesterday after it emerged the association "fraudulently" circulated a 2017 audited acc...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo promises bliss
ASPIRING Zifa president Felton Kamambo has pledged a more efficient, richer, transparent and successful administration if he wins the mandate to lead the national football mother body, with elections ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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