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Djokovic to be deported from Australia, court rules
A court has affirmed the decision by the Australian authorities to cancel Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time. The Serbian star will now be deported, meaning he is unable to defend his Grand Slam ...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:56hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
'Oppressing health workers to backfire'
A PLAN by the government to criminalise industrial action by health professionals, among other proposed changes, will trigger massive skills flight of medical staff, a parliamentary watchdog has warne...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:01hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Djokovic visa cancelled for second time
Novak Djokovic is facing deportation from Australia after Immigration Minister Alex Hawke personally intervened to cancel the Serbian star's visa."Today I exercised my power under section 133C...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
SA immigrants crisis: Zimbabwe must play ball
AT the centre of the immigration crisis that has been making headlines for the past few days in South Africa is the failure by the Zimbabwean government to provide better living standards for its citi...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:29hrs | 944 | by Tatenda Kaponda
'Djokovic deserves respect'
ZIMBABWEAN tennis player Benjamin Lock has waged into the Navac Djokovic and Australian authorities' saga expressing no kind words for the latter.Djokovic could not provide evidence of double ...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:34hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Crisis at Bulawayo council clinics deepens
BULAWAYO residents are spending long hours at council clinics due to a shortage of nurses, a development that is compromising access to health services in the city.Council clinics and Governme...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 18:56hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
All round changes as ZAA enters new era
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced Nicolatte Matuku as the new ZAA Global CEO, with publisher Sakhile Khanye stepping in as the Country Director for ZAA UK, in a change of leadership at the...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:06hrs | 1202 | by Agencies
Djokovic controversy exposes crumbling pro-mandatory COVID-19 vaccine house of cards
As tennis world number one Novak Djokovic sparks controversy over his granting of a medical exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement to enter Australia for the a major grand slam tour...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:01hrs | 1440 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New brooms at ZimAchievers Awards
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has appointed Nicolette Matuku as the new ZAA Global chief executive, with publisher Sakhile Khanye stepping in as the country director for ZAA UK.Matuku ta...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Engineer Simela Dube laid to rest
THE late Bulawayo City Council (BCC) Director of Engineering Services Engineer Simela Dube epitomised humility and tackled Bulawayo service delivery challenges head on.Through his innovations,...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'engaging' UN to recoup millions from countries hosting Zimbabwean nurses, doctors
THE Zimbabwean government says it is engaging the United Nations in an attempt to recover millions of dollars from countries that have recruited the nation's health workers, including nurses and docto...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 18:55hrs | 2426 | by Staff reporter
20 years of ruinous sanctions
The unilateral sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West in the last 20 years have, among others, adversely affected the country's ability to boost its manufacturing sector, build health and education...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:21hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
China's Huayou buys Lithium mine for $422m
CHINA'S Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (603399.SS) said on Wednesday it would pay a total $422 million to acquire the Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine in Zimbabwe.The move marks Huayou's second foray in...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:37hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Benjani youth league launched
FORMER Warriors, Manchester City and Portsmouth forward, Benjani Mwaruwari last Friday launched a youth league during a well-attended glitzy ceremony.The event also marked the launch of Magweg...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born rugby great Pocock seeks political office in Australia
Rugby great David Pocock announced on Friday he is moving into politics, launching a bid to reach the Australian Senate in next year's general election.Pocock, 33, said he would stand as an in...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:39hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
From Harare, Pretoria To Harvard: The Story Of Plunket Twins Making Waves
FOR twin brothers Rory and Pat Plunket, the short walk between Mather House and Winthrop House might be the farthest apart they have ever been."We've never spent more than a week or two weeks ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:44hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement propaganda hollow, falls flat
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned home last week blowing his own trumpet about his purported diplomatic victory at the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow, the reality that he ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:41hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-British actor among frontrunners to be next James Bond
British-Zimbabwean actor Regé-Jean Page finds himself among Hollywood's best British actors who are favourites to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond.The up-and-coming star, who was n...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or for 7th time
Lionel Messi admitted winning the Copa America with Argentina might have been the determining factor in him claiming the men's Ballon d'Or prize for the seventh time after a turbulent year, as Spain's...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 07:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Pink Pigs' feed millions of hungry 'independent' Zimbabwean citizens; they demand human rights & the rule of law on our behalf
They bite the hand that feeds them in the sense of the word. European countries from the west collect resources from their hard-won taxpayers and afford food aid to countries facing starvation and hun...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:55hrs | 19 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tight screening at borders for new Covid-19 variant
Border testing and movement controls in place for many months are being tightly enforced for travellers crossing into Zimbabwe, especially on the southern and western borders, in the wake of the disco...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for new Covid-19 variant
The GOVERNMENT has set in motion an intensive Covid-19 mass vaccination blitz to thwart the looming threat of the recently discovered omicron variant which threatens to plunge the country into a fresh...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
World Cup blow for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S Lady Chevrons were dealt a huge blow as their World Cup aspirations were bowled out by concerns over the emergence of a Covid-19 variant, with the International Cricket Council (ICC) callin...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
World races to contain new South African variant
Countries around the world are racing to introduce travel bans and restrictions on Southern African countries in an effort to contain a new variant of Covid-19 called Omicron. The moves come after the...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe goes to court over TV paternity show
A TV host whose DNA paternity show was shut down by the Health Professions Authority Zimbabwe (HPAZ) has gone to the High Court to challenge the decision.Tinashe Mugabe's hit show, The Closure...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 07:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host ICC WC again
ZIMBABWE will co-host the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 alongside South Africa and Namibia, the International Cricket Council have announced. The ICC confirmed the decision yesterday, after...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement propaganda hollow, falls flat
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned home last week blowing his own trumpet about his purported diplomatic victory at the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow, the reality that he ma...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean model crowned Miss Africa South Australia
AUSTRALIA-BASED teen model Lian Tadiwanashe Takayidza (19) shrugged off stiff competition from 20 other contestants to be crowned Miss Africa South Australia at Paradise Influencers Church in Adelaide...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hunt puts oil barons' capacity to the test
THE Australian firm exploring for gas and petroleum resources in Zimbabwe's Muzarabani district this week said the quality of data coming out of swathes of their claims in the Zambezi Valley had surpa...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Patriotism needed to retain skilled labour, says Chiwenga
VICE-President and Minister of Health and Child Care General (Retired) Dr Constantino Chiwenga says patriotism is the motivating factor that should see the country retaining its specialised and skille...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs win big in AfCFTA Caravan Prize
The AfCFTA Secretariat rewarded winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize with five young Zimbabwean entrepreneurs joining a list of finalists and seme-finalists of enterprising entrepreneurs with potential...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Qoki brings smiles to hundreds of households in Matebeleland
THE past few weeks have seen Qoki Zindlovukazi trending following a revelation that the group of Zimbabwean women in the diaspora are millionaires after investing so much in immovable property....Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to prosecute sanctions advocates
FOREIGN Affairs ministry secretary James Manzou yesterday told Parliament that Zimbabwe would soon craft a law to criminalise the support of sanctions imposed on the country by individuals and organis...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
COP 26 Opens in Glasgow
The 26th meeting of the Conference of Parties (Cop26) has opened in Glasgow, Scotland with delegates deliberating on the Paris agreement and the Kyoto Protocol to mitigate the effects of climate chang...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Sanctions cost Zimbabwe over US$42 billion in revenue
Allow me to welcome you to this unique and inaugural Sadc wide anti-sanctions Indaba which is being held under the theme "Zimbabwe a friend to all and an enemy to none". This statement is premised on ...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Dr Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
Zanu-PF membership reaches 3,6 million
Zanu-PF says it has to date recruited 3,6 million members who are all registered under the party structures, as it angles for five million votes in 2023.In the 2018 elections, the revolutionar...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sports betting around the world
When compared to casino games, poker, or raffles, sports betting has been frequently vilified as a kind of gambling that is ethically wrong. This is just foolishness. Betting on a sporting event is no...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 14:32hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
'Zesa engineers running Eskom'
ZESA Holdings executive chairperson Sydney Gata has bemoaned massive brain drain at the power utility, saying its engineers were literally now running South Africa's Electricity Supply Commission (Esk...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What makes belly dancing such a unique art form?
There are very few forms of dance that are as captivating and intriguing as belly dancing. Have you ever attended a cultural event and seen those beautiful women wearing extravagantly made costumes, r...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 05:27hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Brain drain too rampant in the health sector
IN 1963, the first medical school in then Rhodesia was established and was affiliated to the University of Birmingharm. This followed the establishment of University of Rhodesia in 1952, which was fun...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Johannes Marisa
Zimbabwe lithium miner ships first samples
AUSTRALIA-LISTED mining concern Prospect Resources Limited has shipped its first 25-tonne container of technical grade petalite concentrate from its Arcadia pilot plant, near Harare, the firm said at ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe works on national migration policy
ZIMBABWE is working on finalising the National Migration Policy, whose implementation is expected to contribute to the country's economic development agenda.Representatives of various ministri...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: Politics of sabotage in 'Jambanja'
The opening chapter of Eric Harrison's memoir, "Jambanja" (2006) is telling in that it places Zimbabwe in the context of the many sanctions the country had been exposed to, either by the United Nation...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Douglas Mwonzora tells West to 'remove your sanctions'
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora Friday called for the immediate removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States and Western countries saying they were hurting the ordinary citizens more th...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm former owner puts weight behind Malunga
THE former owner of Esikadeni farm, which has been at the centre of an ownership dispute pitting its local shareholders and government, has said he disposed of his stake in the dairy business to three...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 17:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribalism cripples MDC rural penetration strategy
Sources within the MDC Alliance national and provincial structures have declared that the party's rural penetration strategy is facing serious challenges as a result of tribalism and the perceived mar...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Asylum seekers flood Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is experiencing an influx of asylum seekers and separated children of migrants who will be in transit from the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region.This was said on Tuesday by Ho...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 06:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
National mining ICT database to eradicate mining disputes
In 2021 Zimbabwe's mining sector is proving to be big business, with mineral exports possibly reaching 60% of the country's export earnings and the mining sector contributing around 20% of national GD...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
When the police officer is actually a thug
CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
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