Furore over draft ZIFA constitution

ZIFA Northern Region chairman Martin Kweza and Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder  Walter Magaya who last week published a document, the “101 things that I have done for football in the country and the region.”   IN exactly eleven days, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) annual general meeting will take  place in Harare to review…

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Seven mineworkers resurface at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof Gold Mine

[File Image]: Miners work deep underground at Sibanye Gold’s Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017. 2 minutes At least seven mineworkers have resurfaced from underground at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof Gold Mine in Westonaria, West of Johannesburg on Friday afternoon. Approximately 300 miners had been underground since yesterday, after an equipment failure caused debris…

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Rand, stocks, government bonds slump

South African rand notes. 2 minutes The rand, stocks and government bonds slumped on Monday following United States (US) President Donald Trump’s comment on how he would cut off funding for South Africa. This morning, the rand traded at R18.89 against the US dollar, about 1% weaker than its closing level on Friday. On Sunday,…

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Hung Thabazimbi council set to elect mayor, councillors

Outside the Thabazimbi Local Municipality offices. 1 minute The hung Thabazimbi Municipality in Limpopo will today hold its first council meeting in which councillors and a Mayor will be elected. Last week’s by-elections didn’t produce an outright winner. This is the third electoral process in which a hung council has been produced since the 2016 Local Government Elections….

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Funding model of municipalities under the spotlight

South African bank notes. 2 minutes Funding has been highlighted as a key factor in turning the performance of struggling municipalities around. This has emerged at the three-day local government summit in Bloemfontein. With assets attached in some struggling municipalities, mayors are calling for national government to prioritise local government budget allocations. Tlhoare Motsoeneng is…

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