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General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Commissioner General of Police Stephen Mutamba has been awarded the Grand Commander of the Zimbabwe Order of Merit (GCZM), one of the nation's highest honours, in recognition of his "exemplary and outstanding policing skills."The accolade …

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 10:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Top athlete demanded US$3m to market Zimbabwe

A high-profile Zimbabwean sportsperson based abroad demanded US$3 million annually to promote the country as a tourism destination, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi has revealed.Speaking during an interview with Lin…

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's investment advisor awarded UAE Golden Visa

Zimbabwe's Special Presidential Investment Advisor, Dr. Paul Tungwarara, has been granted a 10-year Golden Visa by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a move seen as deepening the country's economic ties with the Gulf region.The long-term resi…

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:33hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter

Schools buy cattle for govt officials after awards ceremony

Several primary and secondary schools in Mashonaland East have come under fire from parents after contributing to the purchase of cattle for two Cabinet ministers and Primary and Secondary Education secretary Moses Mhike, following a recen…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:28hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter

Imiklomelo kaDakamela Festival lights up Nkayi with cultural celebrations

The third edition of the Imiklomelo kaDakamela festival held in Nkayi, Matabeleland North, on Friday and Saturday, lived up to expectations as the event brought the usually quiet district to life. A celebration of culture, the festival att…

Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:31hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa rewards Minister of potholes

President Emmerson Mnangagwa controversially awarded Transport Minister Felix Mhona the title of Best Performing Minister in his Cabinet for 2024, despite the country's roads being in a deplorable state.Mnangagwa praised Mhona for his so-c…

Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 20:18hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter

Zinara boss scoops top gong

The Zimbabwe National Roads Authority's (Zinara) chief executive officer, Nkosinathi Ncube, has been honored as the 2025 Best Performer among revenue authority CEOs. The prestigious award, presented on Friday, also recognized Ncube as the …

Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 21:33hrs | 1655 | by Staff reporter

Tagwirei becomes first black recipient of Global Award of Excellence

Dr. Kudakwashe Tagwirei, Chief Executive Officer of Sakunda Holdings, made history this weekend at Solusi University by becoming the first black individual to receive the Global Award of Excellence from the General Conference of the Sevent…

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 20:47hrs | 11377 | by Staff reporter

Masaraure wins prestigious US human rights award

Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure has expressed deep gratitude and appreciation for his courageous team members and the labour rights lawyers who have stood by them in their ongoing battle for t…

Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:42hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter

Chigumira win Bosso players' player of the month

Highlanders defender Marvelous Chigumira has been honored as the Friends of Bosso Players' Player of the Month for August, receiving a prize of US$400 in recognition of his outstanding performances on the field.This marks the fifth award o…

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Melikhaya Ncube clinches Bosso Player of the Month Award

MELIKHAYA Ncube became the first player to win the Friends of Bosso Player of the Month Award launched this afternoon. It is sponsored by Bosso Friends in Business and is valued at US$400. The players choose their own star. Phathisani Nkom…

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Sandra gets ready for roasting

Talented award-winning musician Sandra Ndebele, who is also Councillor for Ward 20 in Bulawayo, has contributed a lot to the local entertainment scene. As such, she will be celebrated uniquely on 17 February at Rainbow Hotel in Bulawayo, t…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean singer crowned best gospel artiste in Mzansi

BULAWAYO-BASED gospel musician Canaan Nyathi was crowned the best gospel artiste at a colourful Crown Gospel Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, on Sunday.The Crown Gospel Music Awards celebrate excellence within t…

Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:11hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF's Masuku award courts controversy

HUMAN rights defenders and activists in Matebeleland have expressed outrage after Zanu-PF Matebeleland North provincial chairperson Richard Moyo was conferred with the Lookout Masuku Consistency Award.Moyo will receive the award on Saturda…

Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Edd Branson receives prestigious Focus Africa recognition award

Amidst a grand and momentous celebration of unparalleled excellence and unwavering dedication, the illustrious Ambassador Edd Branson was graced with the highly esteemed Focus Africa recognition award, a testament to his exceptional contri…

Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 13:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

Masiyiwa receives Afreximbank award

STRIVE Masiyiwa, the founder and chairperson of the Econet Group and Cassava Technologies, has expressed his appreciation at the recognition he received at the Afreximbank's Pan-African Business and Development Awards during the bank's 30t…

Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

Coltart nominated for a European award

Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Doug Coltart has been nominated for the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe's (CCBE) 2023 Human Rights Award. He was nominated by the Law Society of Ireland and the Bar of Ireland.He has represented n…

Published: 20 May 2023 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean science teacher bags prestigious leadership award in US

The prestigious Cisco Youth Leadership Award, with a prize of $250,000 (R4.6m), this year went to Zimbabwean science teacher Nkosana Butholenkosi Masuku.He founded Phenomtech-Sciency to make science, technology and engineering (Stem) acces…

Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 20:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

NoViolet Bulawayo makes prestigious Booker Prize shortlist

ZIMBABWEAN writer NoViolet Bulawayo is among the 13 authors shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Booker Prize for fiction.Bulawayo, was nominated for her second novel â€˜Glory' which has been described as "even better and radically differe…

Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean tech start-up wins US$250,000 Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa

ZIMBABWEAN tech start-up Vaxiglobal was recently named among the first winners of the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa which attracted 330 applicants from 38 countries across the continent.The other two winners of the award which …

Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Nicola Faith Dyakonda winners the 2022 Girls in ICT hackathon held at the University of Zimbabwe

As part of the nationâ€™s commitment to the success of the girl child in the information and communication Technology (ICT) sector. On 28 April 2022, ZICT and ZIE joins girls around the world to mark International Girls in ICT Day, drawing…

Published: 08 May 2022 at 15:26hrs | 23 | by Agencies

Auxilia Mnangagwa more than a hero, she deserves the award

As Zimbabwe prepares to honour their living and non-living heroes in an annually occasion, the president in his wisdom has taken this opportunity to honour some people past and present heroes. True Zimbabweans have accepted with satisfacti…

Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 23:37hrs | 25 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Mnangagwa accords wife national honour

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded his wife, First Lady Auxillia a gold medal for her "outstanding performance in her philanthropic activities among 99 other outstanding institutions, civilians and gallant fighters of the liberation …

Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa awards his wife with 'Order of the Great Zimbabwe Silver'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has created national awards to honour outstanding Zimbabweans - and one of the first recipients is his wife, Auxillia.Mrs Mnangagwa was awarded an Order of the Star of Zimbabwe Gold. Below is the Statutory Inst…

Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

WATCH: University of Zimbabwe graduation ceremony 2020

University of Zimbabwe Graduation Ceremony 2020.

Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean businesswoman wins Forbes Africa Woman Businesswoman of the Year Award

TRAILBLAZING Zimbabwean businesswoman and Securico chief executive officer Divine Ndhlukula has won the prestigious Forbes Africa Woman Businesswoman of the Year Award.In winning the award Ndhlukula beat leading women businesspeople from a…

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 22:03hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe

Olinda nominated for two gongs

United Kingdom-based businesswoman and "socialite" Olinda Chapel has been nominated in two categories under the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards United Kingdom edition.Chapel was nominated in the Female Personality of the Year as well as the Peop…

Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Activist cry foul over ZimRights' human rights defenders awards

#ThisConstitution #OurConstitution founder Abigaile Mupambi has rapped the ZimRights over the selection of the human rights defenders in which the published; list shows only prominent people from Harare among them the legislator Jessie Maj…

Published: 24 Nov 2016 at 04:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

LIST: 18 outstanding Zimbabweans awarded Chevening scholarships

The British Embassy in Harare has awarded eighteen outstanding Zimbabweans the prestigious Chevening Scholarship funded by the British Government to pursue Masters Degree studies in the United Kingdom.Ambassador Catriona Laing said: "The p…

Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 17:30hrs | | by APO

Dairibord scoops CZI company of the Year award again

Dairibord Zimbabwe scooped the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries Company of the Year award for the second year running. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed group beat fellow listed companies Afdis and Colcom that were first and second ru…

Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 07:48hrs | | by Business Reporter

NoViolet Bulawayo wins another Award

ZIMBABWE-BORN NoViolet Bulawayo, a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, is this year's winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for "We Need New Names".The novel follows a 10-year-old girl who leaves her shantytown in Zimbabwe to liv…

Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo up for another award

TRAILBLAZING Zimbabwean writer, NoViolet Bulawayo continues to shine on the international scene, as she has once again been nominated for the prestigious Book Man Long List award. The United States-based writer shot to stardom after winnin…

Published: 25 Jul 2013 at 07:27hrs | | by Arts reporter

French medal, worthless Morgan

It is interesting that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was conferred with a French Commander of the Legion of Honour right on the heels of a similar conferment of honour to outstanding military officers by President Robert Mugabe during t…

Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 10:15hrs | | by Tendai Moyo

Nobel Peace Prize Award: 1901-Present

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the person "who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."Here are the…

Published: 04 Oct 2011 at 12:16hrs | | by Ryan Williams

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South Africa pushing to deport more undocumented migrants

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Ibbo Mandaza's Sapes Trust premises firebombed

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Zera, ZETDC iron out proposed private sector power retail deal

Landmark ruling clears way for fraud lawsuit

Bulawayo steps up crackdown on illegal vendors

Cop arrested for selling 30 police uniforms

Victoria Falls, Chirundu borders to operate 24 hours

400 000 houses to get private sector electricity connection

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Nyambirai stirs succession troubled waters

Zanu PF appoints new Director General

Dangote to invest US$1 billion in Zimbabwe

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