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Tarakinyu wins Econet Victoria Falls half Marathon
BLACK Rhinos Athletics Club veteran runner Moses Tarakinyu has defended the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon 21km tittle for the third consetive year after finishing first in 1:04:19 this morning....Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 08:49hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper
On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bullying leads to suicide
AGONY, grief, pain, anguish, sadness and anger aptly describe how the Saudan family in Bulawayo is feeling following the death of their 15-year-old son Jayden who committed suicide after complaining o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks to waiver entry for school children
HWANGE West Member of Parliament Mr Godfrey Dube has implored the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) to waiver entry fees into the Victoria Falls Rainforest for school childre...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Wrong man arrested after LONE gunman senselessly attacks
YOU would expect women and school children to be the only ones who walk home in groups to protect themselves from a violent armed robber but in the Empandeni area in Mangwe District, men can also be s...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 10 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Zimbabwe linked wonderkid named among 'best talents' in the Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers youngster Leon Chiwome has been named as one of the brightest young talents in the Premier League.Each year The Guardian compiles a list of youngsters from each Premier...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Australian police open probe into Mnangagwa over rape complaint
Australian police on Tuesday said they would work with international bodies to investigate rape allegations against Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mnangagwa, 79, was accused of sexual...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:45hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sports facilities in sorry state
BULAWAYO residents have lamented over the city's poor state of sports and recreational facilities, which they say points to deteriorating service delivery by the local authority.Bulawayo Progr...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:46hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Isaac Mpofu shatters eight-year record
LONG distance runner Isaac Mpofu put up a good performance at the World Athletics Championships in the United States of America to finish in the top 10 of the men's marathon and in the process shatter...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Isaac Mpofu makes top ten at the World Athletics Championships
ZIMBABWE'S Isaac Mpofu yesterday put up an amazing performance at the ongoing World Athletics Championships when finishing on position 10 in the men's marathon and setting a new national record in Eug...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean athlete forced to forfeit R50 000 in prize money in South Africa
ATHLETICS coach Lisimati Phakamile says it's devastating that long-distance runner Isaac Mpofu was disqualified on an administrative matter rather than a technical issue in Sunday's Durban Internation...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust hosts Zusa Games
THE Zimbabwe Universities Sports Association Games with nine sporting disciplines get underway in Bulawayo on Wednesday with the National University of Science and Technology the hosts.Univers...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:21hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
3 killed after 2 VW Golf vehicles driven by friends collide in Bulawayo
Three people were killed and two others are being treated in hospital after a two-vehicle collision in Bulawayo early Wednesday morning.Police said two VW Golf vehicles were travelling west on...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 17:39hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Methembe Ndlovu joins Trinity College as head coach
UNITED STATES: Zimbabwean Methembe Ndlovu has joined private liberal arts college Trinity College as head men's soccer coach.The former Highlanders coach brings to Trinity in Hartford, Connect...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Boy with disability beats able bodied in 5km run
A 14-year-old Bulawayo boy with disability defied all odds on Saturday when he won a family fun marathon, beating able-bodied competitors.With an amputated right leg and walking with aid of cr...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to expand city centre, avail 7000 housing stands
BULAWAYO is set to expand its Central Business District (CBD) which will see it stretch up to Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue and also avail additional housing stands around the city as it seeks to expand beyo...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
9 Young Warriors fail age tests
NINE members of the Zimbabwe Under-17 national football team have failed tests which are conducted to determine the ages of players allowed at age-group tournaments.Of the 25 players who were ...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 01:33hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Warriors frustration fuels Jonah Fabisch
GERMANY-BASED midfielder Jonah Fabisch says he has nothing, but fond memories of his experiences in the Warriors camp during last week's Fifa World Cup qualifiers despite his frustration at being made...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
5 Games that people of Nigeria love to play
Nigeria is one of those countries that has a diverse, rich, and immersive culture. There are many benefits of having such a diverse culture that you will find all sorts of people in such countries. Ga...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 16:01hrs | 10 | by Styaff Writer
Methembe Ndlovu appointed women's coach in USA
Highlanders legend and former coach Methembe Ndlovu has been appointed associate head coach of a United States based women soccer side Claremont-Mudd-Scripps whose head coach is another former Bosso c...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sport cancelled, again
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) last night suspended all sporting activities in the country, including football.The SRC said the suspension had been necessitated by the surge in COV...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chibuku Super Cup returns
THE Sports Commission have partially lifted the domestic football ban and granted permission for the completion of the Chibuku Super Cup. In recent days, players and coaches have been singing ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Living between a rock & hard surface - Brenda Manyoni Narrates her Story!
The quagmire that Brenda Manyoni (25) is living through is terribly deplorable. Brenda says she does not 'understand' how, her nylon skirt caught fire when she was just five. The girl reports that she...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 13:46hrs | | by Dumisani Mawere
The rising popularity of online gaming
Every passing day marks a further development in the world's pursuit of technological efficiency. Land-based betting establishments are slowly becoming a thing of the past and online gaming is swiftly...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 18:48hrs | 37 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe sports stars shine amid Covid-19 pandemic
THE outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning of the year did cast its dark shadow over the 2020 sporting season.Some sport codes lost at least four months while others resumed...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry salutes new pool queen Mikayla
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry has saluted child sensation Mikayla Makwabarara and backed her to grow into a world-class swimmer.This comes as Makwabarara broke the...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
David Pocock set for return to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE-BORN David Pocock, one of the finest rugby union players to represent Australia, has announced his retirement from the sport to pursue his interests in grassroots rugby and conservation in hi...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coaches invited for Uefa course
AT least 19 Zimbabwean football coaches have been invited to attend the introductory Uefa C and B licence coaching courses in Hamburg, Germany, next month. The course, set to run from August 3...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ 2019 graduation ceremony to be held on Friday, 13 September 2019
The University of Zimbabwe wishes to inform all graduands, their families and the nation that the 2019 University of Zimbabwe Graduation Ceremony has been scheduled as follows: 1. DATE AND VEN...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 22:12hrs | | by Ndou Paul
CIO officer up for kidnap & robbery
A CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative and four accomplices allegedly kidnapped two suspected illegal forex dealers and hired people to attack them before robbing one of the victims of hi...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
The economy may never rise under a Zanu-PF leadership
There is no apparent sign of a vote of no confidence than an economy that is refusing to respond to various policy prescriptions amid growing destitution. In three months' time, this administration wi...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:37hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Nature and function of 'Alien Spirits' in the Shona/Ndebele traditional religion
Explain the nature and function of Alien Spirits in the Shona\Ndebele Traditional Religion.The concept of God, divinities and spirits in African traditi...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1385 | by Brian Maregedze
Explain the nature and function of Alien Spirits in the Shona\Ndebele Traditional Religion
Advanced Level Family and Religious Studies: Nature and Function of Alien Spirits in the Shona/Ndebele Traditional Religion The concept of God, diviniti...Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | 9518 | by Brian Maregedze
Zimbabwe linked Sasha Zhoya lights up Australian athletics
SIXTEEN-year-old athletics wonder-kid Sasha Zhoya, who was born in Australia to a Zimbabwean father and a French mother, is currently at the centre of a fierce tug-of-war between Australia and France ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pays Special Olympics team surprise visit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa paid a courtesy call on the Special Olympics Zimbabwe (Soz) team that is currently raising the country's flag high in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates giving them the much-...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baby girl for Kirsty Coventry
Expecting mother and Zimbabwe Sports minister Kirsty Coventry, on Friday gave the biggest hint yet that the country could be warming up to another lady swimming sensation.The swimming legend l...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Luveve High School maintains prestigious standards
RATED among the best schools and with a current Advanced (A) Level pass rate of 77 percent, Luveve High School in Bulawayo has managed to maintain its prestigious status as one of the most sought afte...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3367 | by Staff Reporter
Low pupil turn-out at schools
GOVERNMENT has appealed to parents to send their children to school as most schools recorded a low turn-out yesterday despite security guarantees by the authorities. Schools suspended lessons ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big plans to break MultiChoice's DStv monopoly on sport
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has released its Draft Sports Broadcasting Services Amendment Regulations 2018, which are aimed at making big sporting events accessible for fr...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:33hrs | | by MyBroadband
It's back to school for teachers
A DECENT number of primary as well as secondary school teachers turned up for a Level One Athletics coaching course which ran from Thursday up to yesterday.The course was conducted by Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Kirsty Coventry
Artists in Zimbabwe have shared their displeasure at the slow process that the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation is taking to avail the budget to the Arts sector and avail a strategic plan...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 13:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean family in Canada endures strife, separation, death on long way home
THE Murasiranwas' story is about a separated family's quest for a better life, a heart-wrenching but necessary Zimbabwean exodus, agonizing refugee nomadism in North America and the death of a brother...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by his article is taken from Kamloop This Week
Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon announces 2018 final results ahead of their 50th anniversary campaign launch
(South Africa, 5 October 2018) With just one month before entries open for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon, the OMTOM team has been given the green light to publish the results of the 201...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 09:38hrs | | by Two Oceans Marathon NPC
UZ release new graduation date
The University of Zimbabwe wishes to inform all graduands, their families and the nation that the previously deferred 2018 University of Zimbabwe Graduation Ceremony has been rescheduled as follows: ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 10:15hrs | 3171 | by UZ
Economic war cabinet
After the noise and deliberate anti-development scheme by the opposition President Mnangagwa has appointed a new well balanced and surprising Cabinet. The nation is very anxious for change and the anx...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 731 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
UK Sports charity 'on hold' after Zimbabwean's drugs jailing
A charity aimed at helping poverty-stricken youngsters get into sport has been "put on hold" after the athlete behind it was jailed for dealing drugs.Sprinter Marvin Bheka wanted to give young...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 10:26hrs | | by BBC News
Watch free SuperSport channels for next 18 days
MultiChoice is opening its entire set of SuperSport channels for lower-tiered DStv subscribers in South Africa, as well as in other African countries, for 18 days between 13 and 31 July.While ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 13:30hrs | 2298 | by Staff reporter
Semenya could run up to 7 seconds slower
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya could run up to seven seconds slower under new rules requiring her to lower her natural testosterone levels to race internationally, a p...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
National athletics championships set for Bulawayo
WHITE City Stadium will play host to the Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (Naaz) junior and senior track and field championships on April 15.The meet is being organised by the Bulawayo Athlet...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:03hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
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