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How Bulawayo's townships reflect city's rich Ndebele heritage
IN 1894, Bulawayo had just one African township. Today, the city boasts close to twenty townships in the western suburbs. Bulawayo's first African township was Makokoba, also known as the "Location" o...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | 769 | by Fredrick Qaphelani Mabikwa
Former Zimbabweans named in Ireland squad for Zimbabwe Test
Former Zimbabwe international cricketer Peter Moor has been named in Ireland's 14-member squad for their upcoming historic one-off Test match against Zimbabwe. This match, scheduled for July 25 to 29 ...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:32hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe linked teen earns first medal with Liverpool
Trey Nyoni celebrated his inaugural silverware victory with Liverpool as a youthful Reds squad secured a 1-0 triumph over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.Although...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trey Nyoni closing in on Liverpool debut
WARRIORS prospect Trey Nyoni appears to be inching closer to making his Liverpool debut according to coach, Jurgen Klopp.Klopp admitted in his post-match interview with Sky Sports on Wednesday...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lose ODI series to Ireland
ZIMBABWE suffered a crushing series defeat as Ireland bagged their first ever One Day International series against the Chevrons following a seven-wicket DLS defeat at Harare Sports Club yesterday....Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe linked Trey Nyoni on Liverpool's bench against Brentford
There is a new name on Liverpool's bench for the clash with Brentford, and 16-year-old Trey Nyoni could become the club's youngest-ever league debutant.Liverpool confirmed their teamsheet for ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 14:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Raza leads Zimbabwe to victory against Ireland at T20 World Cup
INFORM All-rounder Sikandar Raza continued his brilliant form with a dominant display to inspire Zimbabwe to a comprehensive 31-run win over Ireland in their opening match of the ICC Men's T20 World C...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hunter killed in robbery case
A renowned professional hunter from Bulawayo was shot and killed by two intruders who broke into his home in Fortune's Gate last Wednesday.Although Bulawayo provincial deputy spokesperson Assi...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mine raises US$8 million from Victoria Falls bourse
WITH only six months after officially listing on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), Jersey domiciled gold producer, Caledonia Mining Corporation, which operates Blanket Mine in Gwanda, says the...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Love for the ghetto lands Chinese national in soup
A 21-YEAR-OLD Chinese national was last week fined $10 000 and ordered to leave the country for contravening the Immigration Act.Li Changfeng appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Gamuchirai Gor...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bosso 90 squad on right track'
BOSSO 90 coach Melusi ‘Mabaleka' Sibanda believes his teenage charges are on the right track and will soon surprise seasoned campaigners in the Zifa Southern Region Division One League.Siban...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba set to return for training
Aston Villa trio Marvelous Nakamba, Lucas Digne, and Kortney Hause will all return to training ahead of the English Premiership football clash with Wolves this weekend. Villa's season run-in b...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blanket inks fresh deal
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation Plc has entered into a zero-cost contract to hedge approximately 25% of its targeted gold production for 2020 at its flagship operation, Blanket Mine in Gwanda.The...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Caledonia CEO to leave next year
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation chief executive Steve Curtis will retire at the end of June next year, six months after leading the firm's listing on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX).The ...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
BNC heads for VFEX
BINDURA Nickel Corporation (BNC) is set to delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) next month and switch to the forex-indexed Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) under a strategy spelt out by c...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Caledonia splurges US$4m on Zimbabwe gold mine
DUAL-LISTED resources giant, Caledonia Mining Corporation is set to buy Pan African Mining's Maligreen goldfields near Gweru to develop its second bullion assets in two decades.The asset is wo...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VFEX in dramatic rebound
THE Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) has dramatically emerged to capture some of Zimbabwe's biggest firms, with multinationals making bold moves to step into the waterfall in the past week....Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's second-largest gold producer to list on Victoria Falls Exchange
Caledonia Mining Corp, Zimbabwe's second-largest gold producer by volume, has begun the process for listing on the country's new bourse, which trades exclusively in U.S. dollars.The listing pl...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwandan genocide suspect
United Nations investigators tracking one of the most notorious killers in the Rwandan genocide believe he is hiding in Zimbabwe and are launching a new effort to convince authorities in Harare to all...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Blanket completes Zimbabwe's deepest gold shaft
RESOURCES firm Caledonia Mining Corporation has blasted off its first gold ore at the US$67 million Central Shaft at Blanket Mine in Gwanda, marking the beginning of a new era following six years of p...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapper pokes Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean rapper and producer Titus "McTytoh" Marume through his song titled Mbuya Nehanda has warned youths that they will likely inherit ruins as the leadership was not acting to...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man City would require a major turnaround to topple Liverpool
The last three seasons in the English Premier League have seen Manchester City and ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff Writer
Caledonia sinks US$60m into Gwanda project
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation Plc (Caledonia) has spent about US$60 million developing the Central Shaft project, which is due to be commissioned during the first quarter of next year.In a stat...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teenage sensation makes waves
A ZIMBABWEAN teenage sensation, Zanda Siziba, is tipped for greatness in the United Kingdom. His style of play has been compared to Liverpool and Senegalese star, Sadio Mane. At 17, Siziba has...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under investor pressure to end gold sales monopoly
Gold mining investors are pressuring Zimbabwe to change a law forcing producers to sell their output to the central bank, which part pays them in local currency that’s worthless outside the country....Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Caledonia eyeing big gold mine
CALEDONIA Mining is interested in buying one of Zimbabwe's largest gold operations as it embarks on an aggressive plan to acquire more assets in the country, according to a person familiar with the de...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sables beat Kenya to remain unbeaten in Victoria Cup
Zimbabwe 30 - 29 Kenya ZIMBABWE remained unbeaten in the Victoria Cup rugby competition after yet another hard fought victory, this time at home against Kenya at Hartsfield Rugby Groun...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Britain's New African Empire
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange control over $1trillion worth of Africa’s resources in just five commodities – oil, gold, diamonds, coal and platinum. My research for the NGO, War on...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Mark Curtis
Blanket Mine complete $44 million central shaft sinking
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says shaft sinking at the new Central Shaft at Blanket Mine has been completed under an estimated $44 million investment.In a statement, the mining group, which ow...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 20:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAA Canada announces inaugural nominees
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (Z.A.A) has announced the nominees list for the inaugural Z.A.A Canada edition with the Awards Dinner Gala set for Saturday 29th June 2019 in Edmonton at the Radisson Hotel....Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blanket Mine meets output target
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says its local operation, Blanket Mine, last year produced 54 512 ounces of gold in line with the projected annual target which ranged between 54 000 and 56 000 ounces. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blanket Mine meets output target
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says its local operation, Blanket Mine, last year produced 54 512 ounces of gold in line with the projected annual target which ranged between 54 000 and 56 000 ounces. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
One year after 'Asante Sana', coup sounds still rumbling
One Tuesday, November 14 2017, military elites took control of all security arms of government and moved tanks into Harare's central business district to take control of government. Four hundred and f...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | | by Pearl Matibe
Zimbabwe Struggle, The Delayed Revolution: an Autobiography
The need to account for multiple narratives in the history of the liberation struggle compelled Andrew Ndlovu's autobiography to proffer his narrative from the front. The book serves to demonstrate th...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 17 | by Brian Maregedze
Blanket Mine’s gold output up 13%
GOLD output at Blanket Mine in Matabeleland South increased by 13 percent from 714, 000 ounces in August 2017, to 805, 000 ounces as at July 2018 on the back of an ongoing resource upgrade exercise. ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rugby Africa Gold Cup: Final Touches Made as Kenya Readies for Zimbabwe
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Kenya Simbas and Zimbabwe held their final touches on Friday at RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi Kenya ahead of their Saturday's clash from 3pm local time.Sables head coach Pet...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 18:30hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
UK in Zimbabwe: From tragedy to farce
A poetic cliché by Karl Marx which claims that in the life of nations "history repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce" does not only keep gaining new meanings for all countries but at ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 16:05hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Foreign-based stars who could play for Zimbabwe Sables
ZIMBABWE has produced so many world class rugby players and one only has to look at those who have reached lofty heights for their adopted countries over the last few years.Current players who...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:02hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: David Beckham launches 'Malaria Must Die'
LONDON - David Beckham today launched an ambitious new global malaria campaign, Malaria Must Die, So Millions Can Live calling upon leaders to "unite and fight" malaria. The campaign's first focus is ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Agencies
'Zimbabwe must have own currency'
THE political leadership in Zimbabwe should work closely with international investors to revamp the manufacturing sector through crafting strategies that spur economic growth and lead to the return of...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chipanga joins Assegai Crew
SUNGURA maestro Hosiah Chipanga's son, Donewell ‘Curtis Mayne' Chipanga, has joined top local group Assegai Crew.The young Chipanga - a song writer, rapper and music producer - also plays th...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC leaders seek Zuma ouster
President Jacob Zuma faces a key battle for his political survival this weekend when senior members of his ruling party say they'll push for its decision-making National Executive Committee to order h...Published: 25 May 2017 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Mike Cohen and Paul Vecchiatto, Bloomberg
Chinese investment into Africa soars in 2016
LONDON. - China's investment into Africa continues to rise, with a significant increase so far in 2016 on last year's total, reports Simon Curtis. According to greenfield investment monitor fD...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 07:38hrs | | by Simon Curtis
50 cent arrested
Basseterre - U.S. rapper 50 Cent and a member of his entourage were detained in St. Kitts and Nevis for using "indecent language" during a performance at a music festival, local police said on Sun...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 08:04hrs | | by Agencies
Caledonia's Zim gold mine boosts production
Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation is pinning its hopes of lowering production costs on increased gold output.The firm says it is targeting production of 50,000 ounces...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
50 Cent shows off house in Africa
US rapper 50 Cent has posted a film on Instagram showing his new house in Africa even though he has filed for bankruptcy in the US.He said on the post: "My crib is almost finished in AFRICA. I...Published: 07 Sep 2015 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blanket's gold output up
Caledonia Mining Corporation has said its 49 percent owned Blanket gold mine continues to operate profitably despite prevailing weak gold prices. In recent months the price of gold has fal...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maid steals $50,000, on the run
A DOMESTIC worker is on the run after she allegedly took advantage of her employer's absence and stole $50,000 from her Khumalo home.Ntando Dube vanished after giving her two male friends $20,...Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 05:45hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Bulawayo township names: a history narrative
FROM just one African township in 1894, Bulawayo today has more than 16 townships in the western suburbs. There are numerous aspects that we could deal with when it comes to the history of the townshi...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 19:56hrs | 11 | by Phathisa Nyathi
Man kills four women he met online
Mount Clemens - A jury on Friday convicted a man of killing four women who went to his home after connecting through online escort ads.Police said James Brown killed the women in pairs, just d...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 20:12hrs | 1 | by AFP
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