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  • Revellers can’t have enough of ‘Young Igwe’

    Peter Moyo made a surprise appearance at the show pitting Alick Macheso and the Muddy Face at the City Sports Gardens on Sunday. The “Young Igwe” as Moyo is affectionately called, stunned revellers by his unexpected showing and left them asking for m...
  • Hwange, FC Platinum in tough reverse fixtures

    HWANGE coach, Tennnat Chilumba, says his team gave visiting Sudanese outfit El Amal Atbara too much respect and lamented the expulsion of defender Munyaradzi Mungadze as a major contributing factor in the drawn first leg of the Confederation Cup first rou...
  • Timely boost for Shabanie

    SHABANIE Mine Football Club got a timely boost when they received a kit donation over the weekend in preparations for the 2012 Castle Lager Premiership season, which gets underway this weekend. Shabanie have a tough opening home game against CAPS United....
  • Chunga in car crash

    MOSES CHUNGA said he was lucky to be alive after his car crashed into a ditch in Harare yesterday — just a few hours before he laid his late father to rest at Warren Hills cemetery. The former Zimbabwe senior national football team captain was alone in ...
  • Government to assist in burial of Nyanga disaster victims

    GOVERNMENT will give financial assistance to cover funeral expenses of the 18 members of the Johanne Masowe sect who were killed in a road accident in Nyanga on Sunday. Three more died yesterday bringing the death toll to 18. In his condolence message, L...
  • President to launch industrial, trade policies

    PRESIDENT Mugabe is expected to officially launch the country’s Industrial Development Policy and the National Trade Policy in Harare on Thursday. This was said by the Minister of Industry and Commerce Professor Welshman Ncube yesterday. “The officia...
  • President to launch e-learning programme

    PRESIDENT Mugabe is expected to officially launch the e-learning programme at Chogugudza Primary School in Goromonzi District tomorrow. The massive computerisation programme targets all schools in Zimbabwe by 2015 as the country moves towards a knowledge ...
  • Kirsty Coventry for UltraSwim event

    ZIMBABWE’S swimming icon Kirsty Coventry will move a gear up in her preparations for this year’s London Olympic Games when she takes part in the UltraSwim meet in Charlotte, United States, from May 10-13. According to reports from Charlotte, Coventry...
  • FC Platinum confident despite draw

    DESPITE being held to a 2-2 draw at home by El-Merreikh in a Caf Champions League first round, first leg soccer tie at Rufaro on Saturday, FC Platinum insist that they are still in the game and could turn the tables against their Sudanese opponents in the...
  • Peter Ndlovu to coach VW Under-13 squad

    WARRIORS legend Peter Ndlovu will take his passion for youth football to another level this year when he takes charge of Zimbabwe’s Under-13 squad at the VW World Junior Masters Championships scheduled for Poland at the end of May. Ndlovu is one of two...
  • Gwala makes a date with Macheso

    Freddy Gwala will make a date with Alick Macheso and Jah Prayzah at City Sports Bar in Harare on March 30, on his return to Harare. On April 1, Gwala teams up with iconic musician Oliver Mtukudzi for a family bash at Richwood Sports Club in Meyrick Park i...
  • Andy Brown: One of Zim’s finest

    There is a sound that defines a people, a sound that tells the stories of the people and identifies with them. Usually this sound comes from within the soul and spirit and refuses to conform to other patterns such as language but stands out and continues ...
  • Chombo warns local authorities of open spaces

    Government has threatened to strip some local authorities of their planning responsibilities if they continue disregarding a directive to stop dividing playing fields and planned public open spaces into residential stands. Stern action will also be taken...
  • Indigenisation hailed

    THE Indigenisation and Empowerment policy is a Government instrument to economically emancipate indigenous people, giving them full ownership of the country’s natural resources, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Speaking at a joint birthday party of o...
  • Chinamasa on prisons

    GOVERNMENT is working on a comprehensive programme aimed at improving conditions of prisoners, Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Friday. He said while resources have been a perennial challenge to the prison service, it was his w...
  • Children’s day marked

    Children in Zimbabwe yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting. The day is commemorated on March 15 each year. When The Herald visited Radio Zimbabwe studios in Mbare yesterday, scores of ch...
  • Harare still to recieve US$144m from China

    HARARE is still to receive the US$144 million water and sanitation loan from China several months after the deal was sealed. The full council meeting last Thursday approved another US$100 million loan for water and sanitation from the Development Bank of ...
  • Call for speedy implementation of partnerships with Indian firms

    VICE President Joice Mujuru wound up her visit to India yesterday by emphasising the need to move with speed in implementing partnerships with Indian companies to unlock investment from the Asian country. During her stay in India, Vice President Mujuru...
  • Young lads take over

    A new tide is sweeping across the country — minors have become giants and children no longer need their parents. While it was the norm that any big show had to have either Alick Macheso or Oliver Mtukudzi in the line-up for commercial success, the youn...
  • Platinum’s bumpy ride

    FC Platinum .................(1) 2 El-Merreikh (Sudan)......(2) 2 Sudanese outfit El-Merreikh took full advantage of the psychological blow dealt to their hosts by the misdirected Confederation of African Football to emerge with two vital away goals in ...