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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
Stampede for Zifa board positions
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections scheduled for January 25, 2025, are poised to be among the most hotly contested in the organization's history. With an impressive lineup of candidate...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:44hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt says 'no shortages of basic commodities'
The Government has dismissed claims of shortages of basic commodities in the formal market, attributing the perceived scarcities to economic agents redirecting supplies to the informal sector. In a po...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:28hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Zifa appointments of Southern Region representatives raises questions
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Normalisation Committee has officially announced the delegates who will represent the Southern Region in the Zifa Assembly, resolving a long-standing dispute o...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:27hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Thekwane High School celebrates Centenary of excellence
Thekwane High School in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Established in 1924 by Reverend Herbert Carter, a Methodist Church Missionary, the school has a mi...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:10hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga festival returns after Covid-19 induced break
AFTER a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival is set to make a comeback next month. The festival, which celebrates the rich and diverse culture of the Ba...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Football Club bounces back
HWANGE Football Club are officially the Zifa Southern Region Division One champions after they defeated Indlovu Iyanyathela 1-0 at the Colliery Stadium to earn promotion to the Premier Soccer League....Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 14:04hrs | | 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
Ref Ndazi bashed in Binga
ZIFA Southern Region Division One side Binga Pirates will be summoned to appear before a disciplinary hearing after the team's fans assaulted referee Hardly Ndazi accusing him of bias in a home match ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | | 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
Loga's contract review date set
ZIFA'S technical development committee has asked Warriors' coach Zdravko Logarusic to submit his report following the team's dismal performance in the Cosafa Cup in South Africa.The six-time C...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Division One clubs revolt against Zifa
ZIFA Southern Region Division One League clubs have rebelled against the board and refused to pay affiliation fees over $300 000 in sitting allowances claimed by board members in 2020 when no physical...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bosso members refute 'social media ban' reports
SOME Highlanders members that attended the club's mid-year review meeting last Sunday have refuted reports that they resolved to revoke membership of those that antagonise the club's leadership on soc...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa appoints team to investigate claims he rigged polls
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has dispatched a seven member team to investigate claims that he rigged The Bulawayo provincial congress polls to ensure Ndebele candidates lost.The party...Published: 08 May 2019 at 08:52hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
MDC Bulawayo province in turmoil
MDC cadres who lost the provincial elections about a fortnight ago are pushing for the nullification of the poll result, the Daily News can report. In a letter to the party's national executive, the l...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Debt-ridden Zifa 'splurge on SA trip'
DEBT-ridden Zifa allegedly blew over half a million rand in allowances for a 12-member entourage that went for a five-day capacity-building and benchmarking interactive workshop at the South African F...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
SamaNdlo opens up on Bosso return
FOR Bekithemba Ndlovu, his new coaching role at Bulawayo football giants Highlanders is the next best thing to playing for his boyhood club.The 42 year-old Ndlovu, who won a number of champion...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Court case to suspend Zifa polls lodged
LOSING Zifa Southern Region chairmanship candidate, Musa Mandaza, yesterday filed an urgent High Court chamber application in Bulawayo seeking the suspension of Zifa national elections set for Decembe...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mandaza appeals elections result
LOSING candidate for the Zifa Southern Region chairmanship Musa Mandaza has appealed to the Zifa Electoral Appeals committee challenging the outcome of the elections that saw him losing to Andrew Tape...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tapela wins Zifa Southern Region chairman post
FORMER Highlanders secretary Andrew Tapela was voted the new Zifa Southern Region chairperson after he trounced incumbent Musa Mandaza in an election that was held in Bulawayo yesterday.Tapela...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso members trash draft constitution
HIGHLANDERS club members have decided to stick to their current constitution after a proposed draft was trashed at Sunday's extra ordinary general meeting.A resolution was passed to dissolve t...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC mourns death of Lutho Tapela
The MDC has said it is profoundly saddened by the passing of former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education and former Senator for Bulilima Mangwe, Addington Lutho Tapela, who passed on last ...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 06:26hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
MRP delegation visits Ntshamathe Primary School on fact finding mission
An Mthwakazi Republic Party delegation led by its foreign affairs Secretary Njabulo Ngwenya and National youth chairman Xolani Ncube, has visited Ntshamathe Primary school on a fact finding mission, f...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 16:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Former deputy minister of education 'Tapela' dies
The former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education and former Bulilima Mangwe Senator Addington Lutho Tapela is no more.He passed on this morning (19 Jan 2018) around 8am.Sena...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 10:08hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Mhlophe eyes Bosso chairman's post
BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist Kenneth Mhlophe has declared his interest in the vacant Highlanders' chairman's post and revealed that he will launch his manifesto today.Mhlophe becomes the fir...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Emmett Ndlovu quits Bosso
HIGHLANDERS secretary general Emmett Ndlovu is set to quit the Bulawayo giants when his term ends in February 2018 to concentrate on his pastoral role.Ndlovu was voted club secretary general i...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso playesrs challenged to wear uniform with pride
FORMER Highlanders tear away winger Tapela Ngwenya has torn into the fading Bulawayo giants' present crop of players for turning the once mighty institution into a laughing stock.The former ga...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's govt takes over Joshua Nkomo memorial lectures
THE government has taken charge of organising the second Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture to be held in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, after the one in South Africa was marred by chaos.The memorial ...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporetr
Bosso demote, fine Cosmas 'Tsano' Zulu
HIGHLANDERS have demoted their goalkeepers' coach veteran Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu to the junior structures and replaced him with legendary Bosso keeper Peter "Oxo" Nkomo.Zulu was found guilty of m...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bosso constitution under spotlight
HIGHLANDERS members will get to debate proposed changes to the club's constitution during an extraordinary general meeting at the clubhouse this morning.A committee was put in place to look at...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 13:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso executive to decide on Soma-Phiri and Tsanos' fate
THE Highlanders executive will decide what action to take on suspended assistant coach Amini Soma-Phiri and goalkeepers' trainer Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu on Friday.Soma-Phiri and Zulu were suspende...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soma-Phiri, Cosmas Zulu hearing team set
BULAWAYO lawyer Zibusiso Ncube will head an independent disciplinary tribunal to hear charges against suspended Highlanders' assistant coach Amini Soma-Phiri and goalkeepers' coach Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's ethics of liberation
Since his sad passing away on 1 July 1999 Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's name and life have continued to arrest public attention and imagination at a world scale.As I write the Zimbabwean historian an...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Wits University hosts Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture
THE University of Witwatersrand in South Africa is today hosting the inaugural Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Centenary Memorial Lecture at its Johannesburg campus to honour the late Zimbabwean nationalist who ...Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso AGM resolves to appoint boss in two months' time
HIGHLANDERS members passed a resolution at their annual general meeting on Sunday that the club appoints a chief executive officer by the end of March.The club's secretary-general Emmet Nd...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Dube's suspension divides Highlanders
AN attempt by Highlanders FC members to force the reinstatement of suspended chairman Peter Dube divided the Bosso house at the annual general meeting held at the Clubhouse yesterday.Highl...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plot to out Musa Mandaza?
LOBBYING for the 2018 Zifa Southern Region posts has started, with an unnamed women's soccer league boss reportedly leading the plot to oust regional chairman Musa Mandaza.Mandaza and his exec...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet Rhumba artists, Mbaa Tapela and Brunapeg Challengers
Igama ngingu Mbaa Tapela ngizalwa ePlumtree, Brunapeg Zimbabwe. Ngisungule iqembu kwezomculo elaziwa ngikuthi yiBrunapeg Challengers (Mbaa Tapela and Brunapeg Challengers) ngomnyaka ka2010 ngibambisan...Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 08:18hrs | | by DJ-Sticha
Rescue mission goes bad, man kills girlfriend's attacker
A MAN from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly killing a man who was assaulting his girlfriend.Moses Chimanisa (25) allegedly responded to a distress call from Abigail Ndlovu, saying she ...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:12hrs | | by Tanaka Mrewa
Moses Mzila-Ndlovu ditches MDC
About 70 MDC members including suspended former MDC secretary general Moses Mzila Ndlovu on Saturday permanently cut ties with the political party.Other notable personalities inclu...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 15:57hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Welshman Ncube on Friday - 2008 ZANU PF's legacy of economic and political violence lingers on
One of the most distinct features that differentiates MDC from all other political parties in Zimbabwe - save for one or two - is our refusal to use violence as a means of achieving political objectiv...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 11:32hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Highlanders FC meeting flops
A BID by the Highlanders Football Club executive to organise a meeting with the club's former executive committee members on Sunday flopped after only two turned up at the venue. The meeting was suppo...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 05:59hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Gwanda buries it's heroine
Hundreds of Gwanda villagers braved the Friday afternoon hot sun to lay their last respects to liberation war heroine Jane Tapela Mandipa.Mandipa died on the 18th of August at the United Bulaw...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Asiagate, Tarumbwa haunt Maphepha
HIGHLANDERS members resolved that former chairman Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda should not contest any position in the club's executive committee as his image would tarnish the Bulawayo giants after he wa...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Explosive Bosso AGM
HIGHLANDERS Football Club members meet this morning at their clubhouse in North End in what is expected to be an explosive annual general meeting with the disqualification of Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 11:59hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Bosso executive backtracks on Mthulisi Maphosa
WAYWARD Highlanders midfielder Mthulisi Maphosa has been extended an olive branch by the executive who have allowed him to return to the team.Maphosa appeared before a disciplinary hearing, wh...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 11:56hrs | | by Sports reporter
Bosso drag Mthulisi Maphosa to hearing
HIGHLANDERS midfielder Mthulisi Maphosa yesterday appeared before the club's disciplinary committee charged with bringing the name of the team into disrepute. The disciplinary hearing, however...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 08:26hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Bosso board divided over Maphepha
THE Highlanders Football Club board is reportedly divided over the candidature of former chairman Ernest Maphepha Sibanda who is eyeing a comeback in the administration of the Bulawayo giants....Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jostling for Bosso's Secretary General position intensifies
THE past secretary general of the now defunct Zifa Bulawayo Province Junior League Faith Silandulo Dube has reportedly thrown his name into the hat for the same post at Highlanders Football club for e...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 10:51hrs | | by Sports reporter
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