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Revive Dynamos’ junior policy: Mucherahowa

Legendary former Dynamos captain Memory ‘Mwendamberi’ Mucherahowa believes the Glamour Boys will never go wrong with grooming youngsters as long as they are from the the club’s grassroots structures and that policy should be revived.

When football was allowed to return with the Chibuku Super Cup after an 18-month lay off due to Covid-19, Dynamos coach Tonderai Ndiraya unleashed teenagers Bill Antonio, Hammilton Gomba and Luke Musikiri, a move he defended saying there is no need to recycle players- instead, develop youngsters.

Speaking to Dembare.net from his base in Slough, United Kingdom, Mucherahowa, who just like the aforementioned trio, started playing for the Dynamos first team as a teenager, consented the idea.

“I agree with him (Ndiraya) on the issue of giving youngsters a chance, as long as he means grooming from the juniors, not to just take anyone because they are young,” Mucherahowa said.

“I started as a teen in the first team but the reason why I settled easily and quicker is because I knew the system and culture well, since I was in the juniors. The supporters knew me already from the juniors, that is why they welcomed me to the first team.”

“Junior policy is the way to go,” he added.

Asked to offer any kind of advise to the youngsters donning the iconic blue and white jersey, Mucherahowa simply said: “Discipline and Commitment.”

 

 

Makanda Finally Bleeds Blue

FORMER Highlanders forward, Tinashe Makanda (pictured centre), says Dynamos are one of the biggest clubs in Africa.

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He feels he couldn’t resist the Glamour Boys’ offer when they came knocking on his door since this represents a huge leap in his career.

The 26-year-old striker had been a free agent since the expiry of his contract with Bosso in July last year.

“I am very happy to join Dynamos. Hopefully, it’s going to be a fruitful season and I look forward to achieving the best results,’’ he said.

“I would like to thank the coaches, and the management, for giving me the opportunity to play for one of the biggest clubs on the continent.’’

The forward signed a one-year deal with the option for renewal.

Makanda has been under the DeMbare radar since last year.

He is one of the five players who were unveiled by the Glamour Boys this week.

“It was not an easy decision. As you know, I had become part and parcel of the Highlanders family, during my stay there,’’ he said.

“The club helped me a lot to be a better player.

“It was also not easy to leave the Highlanders supporters, who have been very supportive.

“I would like to thank Bosso, their supporters and staff, for grooming me and helping me showcase my talents.

“Unfortunately, I have to move, in life you have to embrace new challenges.”

Makanda’s manager, Trust Nyambiya, said the move to DeMbare was the best for the player.

“Football is not just a sport for these footballers, they have families to feed, sometimes it’s all about following the best offers.

“This move is like moving from a cottage into the main house.

“That is to say your life has changed. The boy is happy to join the biggest club in Zimbabwe,” said Nyambiya.

The player ignited a social media storm in October last year after he signed a pre-contract with Dynamos.

The move was aborted as clubs battled to get direction on the status of the contracts, which expired during the coronavirus pandemic, when no football was being played.

Nyambiya said they were clear that the contract with Bosso had expired and they were looking for more options in Zambia and Tanzania.

“There is a difference between a deal and a pre-contract. We signed a pre-contract with Dynamos (late last year) which remained open to seek more opportunities outside Zimbabwe.

“There was a chance to move outside but Highlanders failed to produce his clearance on time citing that he lost their playing kits of 2018.

“So, they wanted to be refunded for that, which we did the day after the announcement of the lockdown.

“From there, we have been asking for the release letter but they have been saying their offices were closed,” said Nyambiya.

Makanda, who also once had a stint with Stellenbosch FC in South Africa, is one of the five players unveiled by Dynamos this week.

Dynamos Set To Sign More Players

AFTER signing and releasing players en-masse in preparation for the aborted 2020 Premiership football season early this year, Dynamos are planning to sign more new players ahead of the 2021 season.

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The Harare giants, who are enjoying a purple patch in terms of getting corporate partners, were looking forward to a fruitful campaign having taken aboard more than 11 new signings but the 2020 term was washed away by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Instead the players were given individual programmes to follow while at home before they resumed training as a group in October in anticipation of a proposed mini-tournament that had been scheduled for this month but failed to take off.

While the DeMbare technical team expressed satisfaction with the team that they have at their disposal, they feel there is still need to reinforce some areas, especially in attack.

Assistant coach Gift “Umbro” Muzadzi confirmed the team was in negotiations with three players who they want to take on board.

“We are happy with the charges we have in our books but a lot has changed during the inactive year and we also need to change,” said Muzadzi.

“We are dropping some players and obviously we need replacements.

“At the moment, we are busy negotiating with our targets. We should say, we have agreed in principle and it’s now a matter of tying the loose ends to the deals.

“We have to drop some players to accommodate the incoming ones. We know we had assembled a good team before the new coronavirus epidemic hit us.

“We needed to make a statement but life is like that. We need to redo everything and try to adjust where we can and move forward.

“Very soon we will be revealing the names of the players who we are negotiating with.

“The deals are on but we believe that naming the players at this juncture could jeopardise our negotiations.

“But the bottom line is we are signing more new players.”

While the former champions have added reliable players in virtually every position, it is in attack where they haven’t been able to secure proven goal scorers.

David Temwanjera, who they signed from ZPC Kariba, appears to have seen his better days as a striker while Cameroonian Albert Eonde, who they plucked from FC Platinum, failed to make an impact at the Zvishavane side.

“We have signed two new strikers in Temwanjera (David) and Eonde (Albert) but we still need some more players to develop depth in the department.

“We can play beautiful football but what brings results are the goals. We need to have those players who can score so we have been unrelenting in our quest to get good strikers and we may add other forwards, too.

“Football is about winning games and we need to have good strikers who can complete the whole process,” Muzadzi said.

With goalkeeper Simba Chinani not yet committed to the team, Dynamos are also understood to be tracking down Ngezi Platinum Stars goalie, Nelson Chadya.

Chinani’s contract with the Glamour Boys ended in June and the goalkeeper appeared well on his way to join South Africa Premiership returnees Moroka Swallows but the deal appears dead and buried after he failed to impress in trials.

Dynamos have opened talks with him (Chinani) but their prime target appears to be Chadya whose contract with Ngezi runs out on Thursday.

Chadya is reluctant to renew his stay in Mhondoro and could be one of the players to join Dynamos at the beginning of 2021.

Tonderai Ndiraya’s charges begin the 2021 pre-season this January ahead of the start of the football term which has tentatively been set for February.

More Dembare Legends Get Replica Jerseys

DYNAMOS Football Club continued honouring its former players with three club legends receiving the official LOOKS replica jerseys at a brief function at Betta Ball Sports Shop in Harare this morning.

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The country’s biggest and most successful club recently signed a three-year kit sponsorship deal with a UK-based sports equipment and apparel manufacturer, On The Ball LOOKS.

The partnership will see the England-based sportswear manufacturer supplying DeMbare with playing kits, training kits, travelling gear, club replicas and merchandise.

The replica jerseys have since been delivered to the market and are selling at US$35 each from Betta Ball Sports Shop in Harare as well as iSport Sports Shop in Bulawayo.

Fans all over the world can purchase their replicas online on www.otblooks.com.

Stanley Chirambaradare (pictured second from right), better known as Samora, a renowned left-back famous for his overlapping runs and booming shots between 1986 and 1991 was the first to be presented with a replica jersey today.

Next to be presented with a club replica jersey was former midfield enforcer and dead ball specialist Elvis Chuchu Chiweshe (pictured second from left).

Chuchu joined Dynamos in 1984 from the now defunct Eagles and retired from playing football in 1995. As a player he won several league titles with Dynamos and as a coach he led the Glamour Boys to the mini league of the CAF Champions League in 2010.

Last to receive his replica was wing wizard and star of the famed Kidznet cast Samson Choruwa (pictured centre).

Choruwa was arguably the most talented player of his generation, he signed a contract with Dynamos from Glen View High 2.

He would later be sent to Churchill from where he easily graduated into the Dynamos team. Unfortunately, a nasty injury in 2002 cut short his blossoming career.

The three expressed their appreciation to the Dynamos Executive for remembering them with these tokens even now when their playing careers are over.

Already, Dynamos has presented replica jerseys to other former players Desmond Maringwa, Thomas Sweswe, Murape Murape, Norman Maroto and Stanley Marunza.

Arguably Dembare’s most popular former player Moses Chunga’s jersey is ready for handover from Betta Ball Sports Shop and will be presented to him anytime he shows up.

**In the photo above, the 3 former players are flanked by 2 other former players, Ernest Chirambadare (left0 and Stanley Marunza (right)

Dynamos-RG Red Hot Promotion Continues

DYNAMOS Football Club fans will once again get an opportunity of meeting their favourite players when the Remington Gold Red Hot Promotion continues at various centres in Harare tomorrow (Saturday).

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With football having been set aside following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, supporters will get to mingle with their favourite players away from the field.

Midfielder Takunda Mawirire and former Hwange goalkeeper Taimon Mvula will be stationed at N.Richards Masasa.

Former ZPC Kariba hitman David Temwanjira and newboy Lenox Mutsetse will spend the day at N. Richards Graniteside.

Cameroonian import Albert Eonde and Barnabus Mushunje are the Glamour Boys players that will be at N.Richards Tynwald.

The Dynamos-Remington Gold Red Hot promotion has been running at N.Richards branches with fans getting photo opportunities with their DeMbare heroes.

Besides rubbing shoulders with their favourite players fans that purchase Remington Gold products will be handed over supporters’ jerseys as well as being entered into a grand draw where winners stand a chance of walking away with bicycles.

Title sponsors Remington Gold have strengthened their relationship with the Harare giants by making Dembare players Brand Ambassadors.

The third week of the Remington Gold Red Hot Promotion will come days before the Glamour Boys begin preparations for the PSL mini-league tournament which is set to be used to assess the viability of topflight football returning following months of being on the sidelines.

 

Dembare Official Kit To Be Unveiled Soon

DYNAMOS Football Club have refuted widespread speculation that the kit (pictured) worn by players at their ongoing social responsibility programmes and training sessions is the official playing kit for the Harare giants.

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DeMbare Chairman Isaiah Mupfurutsa says Dynamos will, infact, unveil their official 2020 playing kits in the coming weeks.

The Premier Soccer League management recently revealed that the 2020 season is provisionally set to be played in a mini league “bubble” format.

The 21-time champions are ticking all the right boxes at a time when some financially struggling local clubs are feeling the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

But for the usually problem-ridden club, what was largely expected to be a tough year for them has in fact turned out to be a fairly smooth sail for the club, all thanks to principal sponsors Gold Leaf Tobacco.

The DeMbare boss clarified the matter, “Contrary to what most people think, the kit that was widely circulated on social media about two weeks ago is not the official kit that will be used by the team but it’s part of regalia that players will use during social responsibility initiatives.

“We are involved in so many social responsibility programmes in partnership with our sponsors RG-Gold Leaf Tobacco and our players must be identifiable when doing non-profit work in communities,” explained Mupfurutsa.

“The official kit will be unveiled in a few weeks.” 

“Now that football has been given the green light to resume, we are forging ahead with plans to unveil a brand manufactured official kit that will be used in the mini league format that is being proposed by the PSL,” he said.

Turning to the DeMbare/ RG-Gold Leaf Tobacco partnership that has seen the club resemble a smooth sailing ship, Mupfurutsa said the club was in a good space and would continue to strive to improve the welfare of its players.

“We are in a good space, we can’t complain. Our sponsors have been very generous by making sure we navigate through these difficult times as our players are paid on time and did not have to worry about pay cuts when other clubs were struggling to keep afloat.

“We are in the first two years of a five-year deal and the relationship between the club and our sponsors keeps growing,” he added.

DeMbare Sign Makanda Amid Mavhunga, Chadya Rumours

DYNAMOS have signed striker Tinashe Makanda (pictured centre) from arch-rivals Highlanders as the club continues to do business at a time when local football has been shut out by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Makanda’s contract with Bosso is said to have expired in June and the player was understood to have been angling for a move to FC Platinum.

But DeMbare acted swiftly and on Wednesday they signed the forward.

Sources in Harare also claim the Harare giants have also signed Triangle Utd talisman Trevor Mavhunga.

However, the club’s officials are not confirming the move.

Dynamos Secretary-General, Webster Marechera, who was pictured with Makanda in full DeMbare-branded regalia, tried to claim he was not aware of the developments.

“We have not signed Tinashe Makanda and Trevor Mavhunga,’’ he said. “We are not aware of those deals, maybe someone took the picture.

“We are not signing players.  Someone should have taken the picture and posted it on social media.  It’s social media stuff,” said Marechera.

Highlanders spokesperson, Ronald Moyo, could neither confirm  nor deny that Makanda has joined Dynamos.

“We are not commenting on that issue,” said Moyo.

The Glamour Boys have also been linked with Ngezi Platinum Stars goalkeeper Nelson Chadya.

Chadya, who was voted the Mhondoro team’s Most Improved Player after conceding 21 goals in 31 games while keeping 13 clean sheets last season is understood to be split between Dynamos and FC Platinum.

His contract with the Ngezi side expires at the end of the year.

Coach Rodwell Dhlakama has brought in former Triangle goalkeeper, Chang Marion, as well as Issah Ali from Yadah, to the club.

DeMbare’s first-choice goalkeeper, Simba Chinani, is targeting a move to Moroka Swallows of South Africa.

If Chadya eventually joins Dynamos, he will reunite with his former coach Ndiraya, with the duo having worked together for close to three years at Ngezi Platinum Stars.

The relative stability at the Glamour Boys has been attributed to their principal sponsors, Gold Leaf Tobacco.

“All the activities happening, and the stability we have at the club, wouldn’t have been there without the support of our dear sponsors, Gold Leaf Tobacco, though the RG brand,” said club executive chairman, Isaiah Mupfurutsa.

Zuze’s Body Leaves For Bindura

The body of the late Dynamos Assistant coach Biggie Zuze has left Harare for Bindura where it will lie in state at the Zuze home tonight.

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Burial is scheduled for tomorrow (Monday).

In the picture above, football fans drawn from several clubs carry the body of Biggie Zuze from his Stoneridge house for the final journey to Bindura.

The funeral hearse left Stoneridge just after lunchtime and passed through Rufaro Stadium where Biggie has fond memories both as player and coach.

Scores of football fans were on hand to bid farewell to an illustrious servant of the game.

Zuze died in Harare last Thursday following pulmonary complications.

Zuze started his career at lower division sides in Mashonaland Central before making the big leap to Harare giants Dynamos in 1983.

At Dynamos he played alongside household names like Clayton Munemo, Elvis Chiweshe, Francis Shonhayi, Peter Fanwell, Lucky Dube, Leon Ntawantawa, Kenneth Jere, Moses, Taurai Mangwiro, Memory Mucherahowa and David Mandigora.

His brother Garikai was to join the Glamour Boys 2 years later in 1985.

As a coach Biggie had an eye for junior talent and was instrumental in setting up the famed Dynamos’ Kidznet project where he groomed stars like Desmond Maringwa, Murape Murape, Cephas Chimedza, Norman Maroto and Samson Choruwa, to mention a few.

He had coaching stints at Sporting Lions, Monomotapa, Triangle, in between having brief stints at his beloved Dynamos.

Despite the lockdown restrictions, a huge crowd is expected to converge in Bindura tomorrow to lay to rest a fine gentleman of the game.

He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Dembare Merchandise Deal Goes Into Motion

The operationalisation of the four-year sales agreement between Dynamos Football Club and their anchor sponsor Remmington Gold has kicked off

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The deal was launched in February and the two parties have confirmed, through an official statement, that the deal is now fully operational.

The development comes at a time Dynamos have begun steps to commercialise and widen their revenue streams beyond gate revenue.

Dynamos, just like all the local teams, have had to endure months without any gate-takings as action was halted owing to the pandemic that forced a stop to global sporting action.

But before the Covid-19 outbreak, Dynamos had begun exploring ways to enhance brand visibility through merchandise sales, particularly the club’s replica jerseys and branded shirts.

“The sale of our merchandise has kicked off,” read part of the statement.

“Dynamos Football Club and their main sponsors Remington Gold are glad to announce the operationalisation of our four-year sales relationship agreement, which was concluded in February 2020.

“The two partners agreed that they shall, during the subsistence of the agreement, distribute, through their supporters’ structures, the official club merchandise and or paraphernalia and Remington Gold products in Zimbabwe and beyond the borders.

“The products, which shall be sold to the club’s fans and the general public, shall be distributed through designated distribution agents comprising, but not limited to the following: sports shops, restaurants and food courts, service stations, licensed vendors, departmental/chain stores, wholesalers and club offices.”

While Dynamos’ official home and away shirts will be on sale when the season gets underway, merchandise like royal blue supporters’ shirts (pictured) are already on sale at US$10.

Dynamos spokesperson Tinashe Farawo explained further details of the merchandise deal.

“The first batch of official club merchandise comprising royal blue supporters’ shirts shall be sold at your nearest distribution agent designated by the club.

“Each original supporters’ shirt shall be sold for a special price of US$10.

“More merchandise, including the official 2020 season home and away playing shirts, shall be going on sale as soon as the season gets underway,” Farawo said.

Dynamos and fellow traditional giants Highlanders and CAPS United have constantly been urged to lead the way in becoming commercial ventures in line with global football trends.

Without official club replicas and branded shirts, caps, scarves and other merchandise, Dynamos fans have had to find their identity in replicas of international clubs such as Chelsea who wear similar colours.

Farawo, however, believes the Premiership giants can only build from the steps they have taken through their partnership with Remington Gold, which includes their supporters across the country.

DYNAMOS’ STATEMENT ON JAURE

DYNAMOS Football Club would like to inform the family of Dynamos that our captain for the 2020 season Partson Jaure was involved in a car accident early morning today and sustained head injuries.

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He is currently detained at Parirenyatwa Hospital where he is receiving specialist medical care in a private ward.

He sustained a head injury when he was involved in a car crash whilst driving home.

His condition is stable, he’s not on oxygen but not yet fully awake.

He will be assessed by a neurosurgeon to see the extent of the injury but he’s out of danger.

Isaiah Mupfurutsa

CHAIRMAN

(For and on behalf of Dynamos Football Club)