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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 | 189 | 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

Masimirembwa named in 2025 African Genius Awards

Renowned innovator Professor Collen Masimirembwa has been named a finalist in the 2025 African Genius Awards (AGA), recognizing his groundbreaking work that has placed Zimbabwe at the forefront of biomedical science across Africa and beyon…

Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 12:07hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter

Magriza Made Me Cook nominated at EuroFilmFestZW

For five years, the late Violet Masiye (nÃ©e Nkomo) shared her kitchen wisdom with her grandson, Prince Sivalo Mahlangu. Today, her legacy is being celebrated on the international stage, as Mahlangu's YouTube culinary series Magriza Made M…

Published: 07 May 2025 at 21:01hrs | 227 | 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

Zimbabwe govt to launch e-library for schools

The Government is set to launch an electronic library and an innovative education early warning electronic system for schools tomorrow. These initiatives aim to enhance and standardize the education system across the country, Ministry of P…

Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:07hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter

Mohadi honoured with Induna Matshe Leadership Excellence Award

Vice President Kembo Mohadi was yesterday honoured with the prestigious Induna Matshe Leadership Excellence Award in recognition of his steadfast loyalty to Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, exceptional leadership, and his significant contri…

Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 07:39hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa succession battle turns ugly

The escalating battle over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's succession has taken a violent turn, with homes of the Zanu-PF leader's perceived opponents coming under attack. Among the targets was war veteran Blessed Geza, whose farm in Sanyat…

Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 20:43hrs | 14746 | 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

Chiwenga honoured with Chaminuka Leadership Excellence award

Vice President General (Retired) Dr. Constantino Chiwenga has been awarded the prestigious Chaminuka Leadership Excellence Award by Legacy TV in recognition of his outstanding service and contributions to Zimbabwe. The award celebrates his…

Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:10hrs | 1398 | 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

SA-based Zimbabwe entrepreneur wins top award

South Africa-based Zimbabwean entrepreneur Nyasha Chisoko has been crowned Female Personality of the Year 2024 at the prestigious Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA). The annual event celebrates the remarkable achievements of Zimbabweans in th…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 15:23hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter

Mzila Ndlovu honoured for championing human rights in Matebeleland

Veteran freedom fighter, former minister, and opposition politician Moses Mzila Ndlovu has been honoured with the General Lookout Masuku Award by the 1893 Matebeleland Human Rights Restoration Movement (MHRRM) for his unwavering commitment…

Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 18:33hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter

SA-based Zim entrepreneur nominated for top award

Nyasha Chisoko, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur based in South Africa, has been nominated for Female Personality of the Year at the prestigious Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA), recognizing her success in two thriving businesses.Chisoko is the fo…

Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 240 | 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 | 107 | by Staff reporter

Mashayamombe nominated for global award

Women's rights defender Nyaradzo Mashayamombe has been named one of three finalists for the prestigious 2024 UN SDG Action Awards.Mashayamombe will travel to Rome, Italy, for the awards ceremony on October 29. The UN SDG Action Awards, a s…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:01hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter

NOIC suffers blow in US$160,000 arbitration award

The High Court has ruled in favor of the contractor in a dispute with the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) overpayment for supplying and installing instrumentation, control, and electrical equipment for the Mabvuku Et…

Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Ralph Mupita scoops top regional business award

Ralph Mupita, the Zimbabwean-born President and CEO of MTN Group, has been honored as CEO of the Year at the 2024 Africa CEO Forum.The prestigious award was presented to Mupita this week during the Africa CEO Forum 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda. …

Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:27hrs | 17 | 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 | 30 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Smelly Dube inducted into African Leaders Hall of Fame

Businesswoman and philanthropist Smelly Dube was last Thursday inducted into the African Leaders Hall of Fame at the African Business Summit in Accra, Ghana.Dube, who is the CEO of River Valley Group of Companies, was part of CEOs, investo…

Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Another African honour for Simeli Dube

GWERU-based business magnate Smelly Dube has been awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the just-ended 13th African Achievers' Awards held at the House of Lords, London, the United Kingdom as the philanthropist star continues to sh…

Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 19:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's wife honoured in UK, lifts global award

ANGEL of Hope Foundation patron First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa was yesterday presented with the 2023 Global Education Leadership Award by Cambridge International Education Conference and a shield by another university in recognition of h…

Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

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 | 22 | by Staff reporter

Grammy Award for Mapfumo?

THOMAS Mapfumo, popularly known as Mukanya, might finally get a chance to win a Grammy Award following the addition of three new categories for the 2024 edition of these awards regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant accol…

Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | 4 | 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

Mudenda unanimously nominated for prestigious global award

THE speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda who is in Algiers, Algeria on a Parliamentary Bilateral visit has been unanimously nominated as Africa's sole candidate for the prestigious Cremer-Passy Prize.Advocate Mudenda was nominated…

Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:16hrs | 2 | 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

Munetsi picked for top French award

WARRIORS midfielder Marshal Munetsi has been shortlisted for the prestigious Marc-Vivien FoÃ© Prize award by C (RFI).Eleven players, including Munetsi have been shortlisted for the award which was previously won by Lens star player Seko Fo…

Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Sue Nyathi nominated for AU20 Artistes and Writers Residency Programme in Ghana

BULAWAYO-born fiction author Sukoluhle "Sue" Nyathi has been nominated for the AU20 "Our Africa, Our Future" Writers Residency Programme to be held in Ghana from tomorrow to November 28.The Writers Residency Programme, organised by the Lib…

Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Ali Baba to receive award

LEGENDARY junior football coach, Ali "Baba" Dube is on Saturday receiving a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the local game. Dube, a former Highlanders juniors coach is being recognised by the Zimbabwe Football Forum, wit…

Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 3 | 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

FC Platinum awarded points after Bosso found guilty

HIGHLANDERS has been found guilty of missile throwing by their fans in their abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium on April 23 and were fined US$6 000.FC Platinum have been awarded three …

Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ex-ZANLA combatant awarded war-vets compensation dating back to 1997

A former combatant of the ZANLA guerrilla army, Marshall Rex Sibanda, has won a case in which he demanded to be registered as a war veteran and awarded compensation.Sibanda, a war veteran and former police officer, will be paid all benefit…

Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Sisa Senkosi finally clinches ZimAchievers Award

UNITED KINGDOM-based musician Sisa Senkosi is on cloud nine as she finally clinched her debut award at the Zim Achievers Awards (UK) 2022 edition.This was the maskandi artiste's second nomination at the awards that were held this past week…

Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

5 awarded hero status on the same day

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national and provincial hero status to five people who died last week.They are Godfrey Chanakira, Francis Kombono Gondo, Charles Savanhu, former Finance minister Christopher Kuruneri and Chi…

Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2 | 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 | 199 | by Agencies

Ndlovu scoops continental gong in Ghana

FORMER Mr Zimbabwe Bernard "Ben Chest" Ndlovu continues to make strides in his modelling career after he recently scooped the Mr Continent Best Body gong at a show held in Accra, Ghana.At the pageant, Ben Chest rubbed shoulders with male m…

Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe actress wins Zambian award

LOCAL actress Cleopatra Mashingaidze has become the first Zimbabwean artiste to win Zambia's Zikomo Africa Awards that honour entrepreneurs, fashion designers, dancers and actors on the continent.The Harare-based Mashingaidze was adjudged …

Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt launches Robert Mugabe awards

GOVERNMENT has announced plans to honour the late former President Robert Mugabe by launching an award in his name.Mugabe died a bitter man in September 2019 in Singapore where he was receiving treatment, two years after his military chief…

Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland cultural awards date set

THE Matabeleland Cultural Awards Trust has set October 30 as the date for this year's second edition of the cultural awards at Amakhosi Township Square in Bulawayo. Trust chief executive Philani Ncube said several entries had been received…

Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Tendaiishe Chitima wins 'Best Actress' at the I WILL TELL International Film Festival

Actress Tendaiishe Chitima has won "Best Actress" at the I WILL TELL International Film Festival on Sunday, September 5th for her outstanding performance in the film Gonarezhou: The Movie.  The actress earned herself an award for her …

Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

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