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Zimbabwe's Chevrons clinch ICC T20 qualifier with unbeaten record
Zimbabwe's cricket team, the Chevrons, secured a comprehensive 61-run victory over Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground yesterday, completing an unbeaten campaign at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Re...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:39hrs | 455 | by Staff reporgter
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Zimbabwe smashes T20 World record
Zimbabwe's cricket team, the Chevrons, shattered the record for the highest-ever T20 international score after racking up a monumental 344-4 against Gambia during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regio...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 15:55hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
Trial begins for Zimbabwe police shooting
The trial of four men accused of fatally shooting Paul Munakopa in Bulawayo's Hillside suburb four years ago has commenced at the Bulawayo High Court. Munakopa, 34, was shot during a high-speed chase ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:04hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Musekiwa, Maposa named in Zimbabwe T20 squad
Zimbabwe unveils young squad for T20 World Cup Regional QualifiersZimbabwe has announced an exciting 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifiers, set to take place in Kenya t...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:06hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Council boss in witchcraft storm
Masvingo Town Clerk Edward Mukaratirwa has reportedly declined to occupy his designated office, citing fears that the furniture is bewitched. This unusual claim comes shortly after he returned to work...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:13hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
India bounce back with a 100-run win over Zimbabwe
Abhishek Sharma slammed a 46-ball century as India bounced back with a 100-run win over Zimbabwe in the second Twenty20 international at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.Sharma, playing in his...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stuns India in T20
India's post-T20 World Cup celebrations were cut short as Zimbabwe delivered a stunning upset, defeating the reigning champions by 13 runs in a T20I match at Harare Sports Club. India, restricted to 1...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec facing legal action
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is facing legal action over a controversial US$40 million tender awarded to businessmen linked to Zanu-PF for the procurement of electoral materials ahead ...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Farm invaders fined US$50
TWENTY-FOUR villagers have been convicted and fined US$50 each for invading a farm owned by the late MDC politician, Roy Bennet.They were arrested two weeks ago and appeared before Karoi magis...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid 2 more private schools
TWO more private colleges in Ruwa and Gweru lost nearly US$17 500 cash to robbers who raided their premises recently, with police suspecting that the thieves could be working with staff.In Gwe...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man brutally murdered in revenge killing
The ChronicleA 35- year-old man from Maboleni area in Lower Gweru died after he was allegedly fatally assaulted and stabbed by a gang of five men over previous grudges.The five suspect...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 12:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean voted Africa hockey vice-president
HOCKEY Association of Zimbabwe secretary general Sarah Bennett's profile outside the country continues to grow after she was elected Africa Hockey Federation vicepresident at the continental body's 24...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala's arrest was politically motivated'
Kucaca Phulu, a constitutional lawyer, has said that Job Sikhala's arrest was politically motivated and could have been finalised sooner.Sikhala has been in remand prison for over a year after...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 22:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean escapes from SA prison
SOUTH AFRICAN police in the Waterberg district in Limpopo province have launched a manhunt for a 32-year-old Zimbabwean man who last Thursday escaped from holding cells at the Lephalale Police Station...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Biti, Chamisa fall out over US dollars?
OPPOSITION CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa threw his former vice president and ally Mr Tendai Biti under the proverbial bus and rigged the Harare East candidate selection process against him because he b...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC calls for Sikhala's release as he marks one year in prison
Zengeza West legislator, Job Sikhala, has completed a full year in remand prison with members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) demanding his release.Sikhala was arrested on June 14 l...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala clocks 365 days under pre-trial detention
Tormented legislator Job Sikhala clocks one full year under pre-trial detention this Wednesday, becoming the second sitting opposition legislator to endure lengthy imprisonment since 2000.Comm...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prison escapee re-arrested in SA after being hit by truck
A Zimbabwean man who escaped from a prison in the Eastern Cape in South Africa has been re-arrested after he was hit by a truck in Free State, police said.Bennet Kwarrie is one of seven prison...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 Zimbabweans escape from SA prison
SEVEN Zimbabweans facing rhino poaching charges in South Africa escaped from the Grahamstown Correctional Facility in Eastern Cape yesterday.South Africa's Department of Correctional Services ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans led mail interception fraudsters who terrorised northern England
Proceeds of crime proceedings have begun against mail interception fraudsters who targeted mainly rural addresses across the North East.Two leading members of the gang were jailed and three ac...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Spirit of Morrison Nyati still lives
IF you are as old as Bishop Lazi, you probably would never be able to banish the irrepressible memories of those chicken bus rides from the village to the city, or vice versa.However forgettab...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Countries shut borders over new South Africa variant
More countries are tightening their travel restrictions after a new coronavirus variant was identified in South Africa earlier this week.The UK, Japan and Singapore are among those rushing in ...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 13:46hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Go well my friend, Cde SK
COMRADE Simon Khaya Moyo is no more. He has joined the pantheon of Zimbabwe's finest patriots throughout the ages. Of recent note are fellow heroines and heroes of Chimurenga II who sacrificed to bury...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:12hrs | 8 | by Amb Chris Mutsvangwa
Parly not pressing case against Mliswa, Mbondiah
Parliament will not take action against legislators Ms Memory Mbondiah of the MDC-T and Mr Temba Mliswa, an independent, whose row forced the Public Accounts Committee to adjourn its meeting early on ...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MDC legislator slaps Mliswa in Parly
There was drama in Parliament yesterday after MDC-T legislator, Ms Memory Mbondiya slapped outspoken Norton legislator, Mr Temba Mliswa forcing the Public Accounts Committee meeting to disband. ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police in soup over fatal shooting
A BULAWAYO family has filed a US$436 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and their subordinates following the fatal shooting of a fami...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Were MDC human rights violated in 2008?
MDC was created by the CFU (Commercial Farmers Union), capitalists and the west, so that they take power from Zanu-PF, reverse land reform and indigenization; pull the Zimbabwe National Army out of Co...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Chamisa a hurdle to progress
Unless Zimbabwe's opposition puts its act together, the thunder that is going to strike it is still doing push-ups in heaven. Events over the past two years should serve as a wake up call for the spli...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
Cyberocracy: from prospects to reality?
Implications for Political Communication and Digital Diplomacy for Zimbabwe and the Developing WorldIn 1992, David Ronfieldt writing for the RAND Corpo...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:32hrs | 17 | by Taurai Mutoti
MDC Alliance abduction skeletons tumble
A FORMER MDC official, Nqobizitha Khumalo, who is now with the People Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed how the opposition party has been faking abductions and causing terror in the country through ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa defends white farmers
Just over a week ago, Brendin Horner, a young farm manager in the Free State, was murdered in an appalling act of cruelty. His killing should anger and upset every one of us. ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Ndiweni is an MDC-affiliated Chief and so can do no wrong
The discussion around the Chief Ndiweni case is so disappointing I am going to start my own here. In fact, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I probably should start writing public think pieces...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 18:01hrs | | by Petina Gappa
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches Europe's first autonomous delivery vehicle, Kar-go
The vehicle was praised by both English Dukes and Zimbabwean dignitaries Zimbabwean, William Sachiti and his team at the Academy of Robotics laun...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Tamborinyoka must resign
It was disturbing to read the press statement issued by the MDC Deputy Spokesperson published on the party's facebook page a day before Jacob Sikhala was arrested by the Zimbabwe Republic police on Tu...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 15:18hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero
Mnangagwa splurges US$1m to re-engage US
GOVERNMENT has hired a second American consultancy firm, Avenue Strategies Global LLC, for US$1 080 000 to lobby the United States government to drop sanctions against the southern African nation, New...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buyanga loses child custody, frames magistrate
Flamboyant businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has lost the battle for custody of his four-year-old son to ex-wife Chantelle Muteswa, but immediately launched a complaint against the magistrate who handl...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Sytaff reporter
MDC and the colonial ghost of whiteness
David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party's congress ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Bravo to Chamisa and team MDC
Besides celebrating the High court dismissal of an appeal to interdict the about-to-start peoples congress in Gweru, we congradulate Advocate Nelson Chamisa for his courageous leadership against eleme...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:22hrs | | by Benny Gudo
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Benny Gudo
Buyanga forced to return son
A Harare magistrate has ordered businessman Frank Buyanga to return his four-year-old son to his estranged lover. Indications are that Buyanga returned the boy to his mother yesterday.The magi...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buyanga, guns for the lawyer in a child custody case
Johannesburg - ZIMBABWEAN businessman Frank Buyanga says he has been unfairly maligned by news coverage of an infamous child custody case and he's now fighting to get the lawyer representing his...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC national elective Congress 2019: Biti-Ncube rebirth or death
Less than a month to the MDC crunch congress slated for Gweru, a lot is happening within the mainstream opposition outfit as the jostle for positions heats up. Interim party President Advocate & p...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Benny Gudo
Lawyers derail Parliament committee hearing
ORAL evidence of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee set up to look into a matter involving four legislators affiliated to the Mines Committee who allegedly demanded a $400 000 bribe from businessm...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Business forum 'The Shift' to launch in the UK in March
LONDON - Affirmative Action Group (AAG) president, Dr Chamu Chiwanza is scheduled to keynote at the launch of The Shift UK, a business enterprise scheme that brings together corporate leaders to discu...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 12:59hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
A quick look at some of the teams in the upcoming 2019 NRL season
A Quick Look at Some of the Teams in the Upcoming 2019 NRL Season There's no question that 2018 was the year of the Roosters. The Sydney...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 16:09hrs | 4 | by Tom Bewes
Mnangagwa considered illegitimate by The West
WHEN Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the presidency following the November 2017 coup that toppled Zimbabwe's long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, he did not waste time in telling the world that his government ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Zimbabwe : Responsible citizenship and leadership
Gordon Hickley once said, "Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation" How a nation is viewed by other nations very much depends on the conduct of its own citizens. Much more if those citizen...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Chamisa disbanded MDC militia?
Nelson Chamisa's MDC yesterday claimed it has disbanded a youth-led outfit called The Order of the Vanguard (Vanguard).Describing it as "an otherwise peaceful and disciplined team of MDC youth...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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