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Looted funds financing Scottland FC
New players in Zimbabwean football are making waves with huge sponsorship deals, with Scottland Football Club, the Premier Soccer League's latest addition, at the center of attention. Controversial bu...Published: 23 hrs ago | 973 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP steps down from PSL 'good riddance of bad rubbish
The curtain is coming down on Farai Jere's tenure as the Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairman, a role he assumed on September 9, 2018. As he prepares to step down on December 31, Jere spent yesterday ...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:05hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Infrastructure development takes centre stage at Zifa polls
In just eight days, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Electoral Committee will reveal the names of candidates who have passed the integrity test for the upcoming ZIFA board elections. Among the...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:10hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa warns of legal challenges ahead of Zifa presidential election
Former Norton Member of Parliament and veteran sports administrator Temba Mliswa has raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in the upcoming Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presiden...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 18:14hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
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
Nqobile Magwizi meets ZIFA Central Region councillors
Aspiring Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president, Nqobile Magwizi, took an important step in his election campaign over the weekend by meeting with the ZIFA Central Region councillors. The meet...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:13hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
First shipment of bucket seats arrives for National Sports Stadium renovation
The long-awaited refurbishment of the National Sports Stadium took a significant leap forward yesterday with the arrival of the first consignment of bucket seats. This milestone is part of an ambitiou...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:49hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's National Sports Stadium bucket seats finally delivered
Renovation efforts at the National Sports Stadium (NSS) took a major step forward on Friday afternoon as five trucks delivered part of the 60,000 bucket seats destined for installation. This developme...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 16:32hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei denies interest in Kwekwe United takeover
Prominent businessman Kuda Tagwirei has dismissed rumors suggesting he is considering a takeover of Kwekwe United Football Club, the newly promoted Premier Soccer League (PSL) side.Speaking to...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 20:13hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Chasi prepared to return to end ZESA woes
Former Energy and Power Development Minister, Fortune Chasi, has expressed his readiness to serve Zimbabwe once again as the country grapples with a worsening electricity crisis. The growing calls for...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 18:13hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Hero's send-off for Bosso CEO
Hundreds of mourners gathered at Lady Stanley Cemetery to pay their last respects to Sihlangu Dlodlo, the late chief executive officer of the Highlanders Football Club. Dlodlo's lifeless body was disc...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Govt allocates $25 million for National Sports Stadium refurbishment
The Zimbabwean government has earmarked a budget of $25 million for the ongoing refurbishment of the National Sports Stadium, Parliament was informed this week. However, there are growing concerns tha...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Dembare, Bosso clash in high stakes match
Since 2018, Highlanders have not beaten Dynamos in a Premier Soccer League match in Harare. However, recent events have given the Bosso camp hope of breaking this jinx and completing a double over the...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:55hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
National Sports not ready for 2025 Afcon qualifiers
The National Sports Stadium may not be ready for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches, as renovations are expected to be completed by December, Parliament has heard. Sports and Rec...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 18:21hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Dembare battle to contain crisis
DYNAMOS management are fighting with their back to the wall to save the situation at their club after the players refused to take to the training pitch for the fourth day running yesterday in a crisis...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Debunking mischief about Tagwirei, Sakunda
There has been a sustained casting of aspersions over the success of businessman Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei, whom I will simply call Kuda, from anti-Zimbabwe media and activists both locally and outside t...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:49hrs | 18 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Dynamos players demanding overdue bonuses, signing-on fees
Dynamos FC management is striving to resolve a crisis after players boycotted training for the fourth consecutive day, jeopardizing their upcoming match against rivals Highlanders. The players are dem...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos in turmoil
Dynamos are in turmoil as their players' strike continues into its third day, jeopardizing preparations for their upcoming Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Highlanders at Rufaro Stadiu...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gvt partners with Sakunda to invest in upgraded seating for National Sports Stadium
The Government, in partnership with Sakunda Holdings, has invested in upgrading the National Sports Stadium, paving the way for international events to return to Zimbabwe. This development is ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:45hrs | 37 | by Tonderai Ndoro
PHOTOS: Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings acquires bucket seats for NSS
Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings acquires bucket seats for the National Sports Stadium in an exclusive deal with the government. The lack of bucket seats is one of the major flaws identi...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 16:04hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Bosso out to defend Uhuru Cup
HIGHLANDERS will hope to replicate their league form in the Independence Trophy as they clash with perennial rivals Dynamos in this year's final at Murambinda B High School in Buhera on Thursday....Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sakunda challenge Bosso, Dembare
SAKUNDA Holdings has challenged Dynamos and Highlanders to win titles after the energy giant yesterday presented the two teams with their 2024 season kit.The country's two most supported clubs...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso rekindle love with Adidas
Bulawayo giants Highlanders and Harare fallen giants have rekindled their relationship with global sportswear supplier Adidas.The two teams last wore Adidas stripes in 2014 before experi...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dembare to jointly unveil Sakunda 2024 season kits
THE country's two most popular football teams Highlanders and Dynamos are today set to jointly unveil their 2024 season kits in Harare.They are set to be presented by principal sponsor Sakunda...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe currency crisis as seen from abroad!
AS we go to press, US financial news media has become aware of the Zimbabwe financial crisis.Bloomberg news agency and the Financial Times have reported authoritatively on the events surroundi...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:25hrs | 4 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Tagwirei amassed his wealth through legal means
Former opposition politician Eddie Cross has defended Zanu-PF-affiliated business magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei, asserting that the billionaire's wealth was accumulated through lawful means.Tagw...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 06:31hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Cross fights in Tagwirei's corner
BUSINESS tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei made his wealth in the fuel sector and did not use any political connections to achieve his status, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's biographer Eddie Cross has said....Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Players division rocks Dembare
According to a report by New Zimbabwe.com, Dynamos camp is facing internal discord among its players. An insider revealed that this division stems from perceived favoritism in the treatment of...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by a 'corrupt business network' says the US
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa is involved in corrupt activities, in particular those relating to gold and diamond smuggling networks, United States President Joe Biden and his government say...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda remain Bosso principal sponsors
HIGHLANDERS on Friday evening got the much-needed financial boost to wage a serious challenge for honours in Zimbabwe football when BetterBrands stepped up as co-sponsors of the football giants....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam not letting go of little Zimbabwe
THERE is something interesting about the new United States sanctions regime announced this week. Besides President Joseph Biden making a statement, the US National Security Council made one too. What ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:16hrs | 5 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Highlanders secure partnership with Pedzai 'Scot' Sakupwanya
HIGHLANDERS have partnered Better Brands ahead of the start of the new season, in a move that is set to ease the club's financial burden.Better Brands is owned by businessman and Mabvuku-Tafar...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP to sponsor Bosso?
HIGHLANDERS are set to receive a major boost ahead of their first big Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match of the season following a sponsorship deal between the club and Better Brands to be unvei...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gate-crashes US's sanctions Press briefing
Zanu-PF yesterday accused the United States of shutting the door for engagement after its members were barred from gate-crashing a Press conference where US embassy officials were explaining the new s...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
US slams door on Mnangagwa
UNITED States Senate Foreign Relations member Jim Risch and analysts have said the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights violations is a damning indictment of his...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants all sanctions removed
THE piecemeal removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States has been described as a step in the right direction, although the country prefers to have the illegal embargo completely rem...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US punishes Mnangagwa
The United States on Monday said it was ending its 2003 sanctions programme against Zimbabwe as it reimposed new restrictions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inner circle for alleged corruptio...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
US makes piecemeal adjustments to Zimbabwe sanctions
THE United States yesterday made piecemeal adjustments to its targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe signalling the success of the country's engagement and re-engagement drive under President Mnangagwa....Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
US issues fresh sanctions on Mnangagwa and 8 others, terminates 2003 curbs
The United States on Monday terminated a Zimbabwe sanctions programme and reimposed curbs on nine people and three entities, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, over their involvement in corruptio...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sibanda engages Bosso's Harare fans
HIGHLANDERS chairman Johnfat Sibanda believes he still has a lot to offer at the club and re-election in the upcoming elections will allow him to take the club to another level. Sibanda will g...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos on the verge of renewing its sponsorship contract with Sakunda
Dynamos is on the verge of renewing its sponsorship contract with principal backers Sakunda Holdings. The previous sponsorship agreement with Sakunda Holdings expired last year, concluding a three-yea...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dembare on bended knees
HIGHLANDERS and Dynamos have been making frantic efforts to persuade petroleum giants Sakunda Holdings to sign another sponsorship contract with the two Premier Soccer League sides with the current de...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 16:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ED-UNZA Scholarship Fund raises US$600,000
THE ED-UNZA (University of Zambia) Scholarship raised US$600 000 during a fundraising dinner held at State House two weeks ago.President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the patron of the fund, which was...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Financial woes bite Bosso
DEFENDER Andrew Mbeba wants to stay with Highlanders beyond his deal that expires in ten days, but that all hinges on the club paying what they owe him and offer a more lucrative deal this time around...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bosso-Dembare run out of Sakunda fuel
THE honeymoon could be over for Castle Lager Premier Soccer League giants Dynamos and Highlanders with their Sakunda sponsorship deal expiring at the end of next month.Sakunda have not engaged...Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 15:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has destroyed Zimbabwe soccer, says Mucherahowa
United Kingdom-based former Zimbabwe national football team player and Dynamos captain Memory Mucherahowa says Zanu PF has destroyed soccer in the country and everything else - people's lives, familie...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 12:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
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