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Bafana Bafana must be sanctioned by Fifa for cheating
South Africa's 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign has been thrown into uncertainty after revelations that Bafana Bafana midfielder Teboho Mokoena should have served a one-match suspension in thei...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:41hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Tough Africa Cup draw for Zimbabwe Sables
Zimbabwe's ambitions of ending their three-decade absence from the Rugby World Cup will be tested to the limit this July when they compete in the Rugby Africa Cup, which doubles as a qualifier for the...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:37hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Was Kudzi Keita a diamond dealer and a hustler?
THE first thing which would hit you about Kudzai Keita was his SURNAME.It's not a common surname in Zimbabwe and rarely does one find it being associated with a name like Kudzai.It's a...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 10:08hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe joins United Nations (UN) Water Convention, leading wave of countries in Southern Africa
Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in drought-stricken Southern Africa, has joined the UN Water Convention in a clear demonstration of political will for water cooperation across borders. Home to some 17 ...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 12:55hrs | 258 | by APO
Warriors unchanged on Fifa rankings
Zimbabwe's men's national football team remains in 129th place out of 210 in the latest FIFA global rankings. In the continental rankings, they are still 38th in Africa. Despite winning two ma...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 05:54hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Lock brothers notch biggest career win
Benjamin and Courtney Lock, Zimbabwean tennis siblings, celebrated a significant victory at the 2024 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois in France over the weekend, clinching their first ATP Challenger ...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:41hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Warriors move up on FIFA rankings
The Zimbabwean national football team, known as the Warriors, has shown notable advancement in the latest FIFA world rankings. This positive shift follows their recent participation in a four-nation t...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa niece's legacy woes haunt ZBC
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is grappling with serious management challenges linked to Helliate Rushwaya - the newly appointed board chair - during her tenure as the acting chief execut...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
ZBCtv Secures Full Broadcast Rights For 2023 AFCON
The broadcasting rights for all fifty-two games of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in the Ivory Coast have been secured by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Television (Z...Published: 14 Jan 2024 at 20:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube hangs mic
SHOCKING!What is Zimbabwean stand-up comedy without arguably one of the pioneers of the trade in the precinct, Carl Joshua Ncube?This is a question that will come to boggle the minds o...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
4 diplomats present credentials to Mnangagwa
New ambassadors from the republics of Saharawi Arab Democratic, Cote d'Ivoire, Serbia and Hungary have presented their credentials to President Mnangagwa pledging to strengthen ties with Zimbabwe....Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Third steelworks plant set for commissioning
Commissioning of a third major steel works is expected in November this year in Masvingo Province after the SteelMakers Limited secured funding of US$160 million for the construction, set up and insta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Senator takes over African Parliamentary Union
Senate president Mabel Chinomona has officially taken over the presidency of the African Parliamentary Union following her election at the APU 44th Conference held in Victoria Falls in November last y...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biden's US$55 billion fails to entice African countries to ditch Russia
FRESH from the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, with a US$55 billion financial package over the next three years, African leaders from the region find themselves confronted with a reality check of a...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets back from Abidjan
President Mnangagwa arrived back home this morning from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire where he was attending the Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022, the largest transactional investment marketplace on ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dawson names Sables squad for Namibia clash
SABLES coach Brendan Dawson has made five changes to the starting 15 which beat Cote d'Ivoire in the quarter-final for the crunch semi-final tie of the Rugby Africa Cup against Namibia at the Stade Ma...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Warriors date Bafana again
FORMER Warriors coach, Sunday Chidzambwa, believes the senior national football team have been drawn in a fair Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group that has Morocco, South Africa and Liberia....Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Young Sables crowned African champions
Namibia 14 - 19 ZimbabweTHE Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby team are set for another dance at the World Rugby Junior Trophy next year after winning the 2022 Rugby Africa Barthes Trophy in a tense final ag...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIFA hunt for Mapeza's replacement
ZIFA are set to put in motion the recruitment processes to hire a substantive coach to replace Norman Mapeza whose contract ended last week following the Warriors' early exit from the African Cup of N...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dawson names his Sables
ZIMBABWE Sables team manager Jason Maritz has announced a 27-man squad for next month's quadrangular rugby tournament that will also feature Kenya, Namibia and Brazil.The tournament – slated...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors date Sadio Mane
THE Warriors will open their 2021 AFCON finals campaign against Senegal's Lions of Teranga, whose quest could once again be spearheaded by Liverpool superstar, Sadio Mane, on January 10, in Bafoussam,...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Motsepe snubs Chiyangwa
Former Confederation of African Football (Caf) vice president Danny Jordaan played a major role‚ going on the campaign trail in Africa and Asia with Patrice Motsepe‚ in the Mamelodi Sundowns owner...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 19:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo targets World Cup finals
ZIFA president, Felton Kamambo, says his grand mission is to try and ensure the Warriors write their greatest success story by qualifying for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. The Warriors h...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Spotify coming to Zimbabwe
As part of Spotify's expansion into 85 new markets, Spotify an online audio streaming and media service, is soon coming to Zimbabwe. If you are in Zimbabwe and you want to listen to music on the platf...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bid to bring Chelsea Legends to Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Chapter of registered fans of English Premiership giants, Chelsea, have embarked on an audacious bid to bring the London club's legends to come and play in this country. The suppo...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza absolves players, blames inactivity
FC PLATINUM coach, Norman Mapeza, says he won't blame his players, but the tough situation they find themselves in, where the playing field isn't level for them. The Zvishavane side suffered a...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
TelOne signs agreement with Eutelsat to bring broadband connection to Zimbabwe
TelOne Zimbabwe has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat to bring high-quality satellite broadband to the Southern African country. TelOne is a state-owned telecommunications company.Th...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Francophone countries
Zimbabwe's attendance at today's inauguration of Guinean President alpha Conde cements the already existing relations between the two countries and opens doors to trade throughout West Africa, Vice Pr...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean refs fingered in bribery scam
TWO Zimbabwean referees have been accused of accepting bribes while officiating in an Under-23 Total Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between a Central and North African country in March this year. ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fierce battles for Afcon finals slots
The 24 countries to play at the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt will be known at the end of the week when the final round of qualifiers are played across the continent.While some slo...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by CafOnline
Zimbabwe military's record is unquestionable
The security forces have the obligation to defend and safeguard the country and they must carry out their mandates without fear or favour. However, it seems certain sections of the media are on a miss...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 7 | by Ruvimbo Chivero & Solomon Banda
ICC, a waste of African resources
The Democratic Alliance, an opposition political outfit in South Africa appears to have run out of steam and is seeking extra fodder to power its waning relevance. This week, the party hit the headlin...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | 14 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Zimbabwe gets $1 billion bailout?
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended a $1 billion loan to Zimbabwe to guarantee the convertibility value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) balances into United States dollars a...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 15:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Rigged votes aren't just an African thing
AFRICA has a reputation for particularly poor quality and controversial elections. I have just come back from Zimbabwe, where the election campaign was heated and the outcome explosive.When de...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Nic Cheeseman
Global observer group backs ZESN over Zimbabwe elections
AN umbrella body of international observers has defended the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, saying the election watchdog's report endorsing the just-ended harmonised elections was impartial and in...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: A soldier simply fading away
There is nothing peculiar in challenging an election result in a court of law as that has been the tradition in many countries. Just a few instances suffice as examples. In the 2000 United Sta...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Chiwenga urges losers to accept election results
Elections have come and gone and it is now time for Zimbabweans to unite and rebuild the country, while those who lost should be gracious and congratulate the winners as there are no miracles in polit...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
The election results were genuine
So finally its clear, Nelson Chamisa is going to court. After hesitating about his next move, at the 90th minute Chamisa's lawyers turned up at the Constitutional Court to put in their papers....Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Mike Tawanda
Chamisa or Mnangagwa: It's the economy stupid
TOMORROW, standing in the small voting booth, with pen in hand, looking down at the 23 names of presidential aspirants on the ballot paper, there's little doubt the voter will be making a crucial deci...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 4 | by Tartira Zwinoira
Zimbabwe placed on African risk analysts watch list
Zimbabwe has been ranked among the most promising economics in Africa due to the political transition currently taking place. Risk analysts who attended a forum on investment risk in Cote d'Iv...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, the land of thieves
If you are on social media there are a couple of home truths.Munyaradzi Mitchell Gumbo must have a secret degree in gynaecology – we see his posts to that effect once in a while. Prince Nobl...Published: 19 May 2018 at 15:02hrs | | by Robert Mukondiwa
ZRP to promote Matemera to inspector
TOP Zimbabwean referee, Norman Matemera, who is a police assistant inspector within the Zimbabwe Republic Police will soon be promoted to the rank of inspector as the force continues to honour him for...Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spotlight on Zimbabwe referees
DAYS after news emerged that top Zimbabwean referee, Norman Matemera, upheld his integrity when he rejected a $10 000 bribe while on continental duty, eyes will definitely be on the local match offici...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dubious Zim ref rejects bribery attempt
ZIFA yesterday heaped praise on top Zimbabwean referee Norman Matemera after he upheld integrity in rejecting a $10 000 bribery attempt by Equatorial Guinea outfit Desportivo Niefang to influence the ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa and the Scarf became inseparable
As my friend Robert Mukondiwa aptly puts it; since the turn of the century and even as early as the advent of Independence, Zimbabwe has been battling to define a culture that makes its mark on the wo...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Inside Mnangagwa's China sojourn
President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived back home from a five-day state visit to China yesterday amid optimism that his campaign to woo investors is paying off.Mnangagwa met Chinese president Xi ...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves for China, Chiwenga takes over
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare this evening for a state visit to China, his first to the Asian nation since becoming president in November last year.The President is expected to ...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 19:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'The past is gone,' says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should bury behind its past, move forward and focus on creating a bright future for all and sundry, President Mnangwagwa has said.Addressing Zanu-PF supporters at Nyamhunga Stadium in...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns home to commission Kariba South expansion project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is back home after attending the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.The forum ended last night.President Mnangagwa was met at the Robert Mugabe Int...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 11:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ouattara hails Mnangagwa
Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara has commended Zimbabwe for the smooth transition it undertook saying the peaceful move had done Africa proud. President Ouattara made the remarks after meetin...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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