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Zimbabwe crumble to 9 wicket defeat

Zimbabwe's Test cricket struggles continued on home soil as they slumped to a nine-wicket defeat to New Zealand inside three days in the opening match of their two-Test series at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.The loss, Zimbabwe's fourth s…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:15hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter

SADC initiates study on regional railway master plan

THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat said on Friday that it has embarked on a study to develop a regional railway master plan and a bankable investment strategy.Angele Makombo N'tumba, deputy executive secretary fo…

Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:34hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter

Bosso coach makes excuses

Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu believes his team's poor pre-season preparations contributed to their disappointing 0-1 away defeat against league newcomers MWOS on Sunday afternoon.Kaindu's side struggled throughout the encounter, with MW…

Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:34hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter

Lincoln Mutasa admits fault in former players' election defeats

Outgoing ZIFA Normalization Committee chairperson Lincoln Mutasa has admitted that the body he led is partly to blame for the disappointing defeat of all former players in the recent ZIFA elections. Seven former players contested various p…

Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:51hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter

Bosso jolted by first defeat

IN the wake of their first 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League defeat they were handed by defending champions FC Platinum on Saturday, Highlanders gaffer Baltemer Brito has reckoned it was actually a surprise that Bosso were sitting on…

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter

Benjani suffers first PSL defeat

Ngezi Platinum Stars 0 - 1 Harare CityBENJANI MWARUWARI's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League honeymoon came to an end yesterday when a determined Harare City stopped his three-match unbeaten start at Baobab Stadium.Emmanuel Mandiranga's 69…

Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Cyril Ramaphosa supporters concede to likely defeat

The clean sweep in most ANC regional conferences by candidates aligned to the radical economic transformation (RET) group has sent shockwaves in President Cyril Ramaphosa's CR22 camp, with some lobbyists conceding that it dashed all hopes …

Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Highlanders turmoil

Highlanders chairman Johnfat Sibanda has put up a brave face in the middle of turmoil at the Bulawayo giants and says the club hasn't abandoned its preseason objective of winning the league title this season.He didn't say if the current te…

Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa concedes defeat in the battle for MDC?

FORMER MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa conceded defeat in the battle for control of the heart and soul of the opposition party as he surrendered the name MDC-Alliance to adopt the name Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC).The party that Mr Cham…

Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa ally suffers humiliating defeat

Minister of State for Masvingo and provincial chairperson candidate Ezra Chadzamira has appealed against ongoing provincial elections alleging rigging.Chadzamira was Masvingo Zanu-PF provincial chairman until the structures were disbanded …

Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

'Zanu-PF won't concede electoral defeat'

Zanu-PF will not concede to any electoral defeat as it fears being held to account for widespread human rights violations it is accused of committing over the past four decades.The claim was made this week by top academic Tony Reeler in an…

Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Gems suffer second defeat

THE Zimbabwe senior national netball team suffered their second defeat on Monday when they went down 36-79 to New Zealand in their first game of the Preliminaries Stage Two at the M&S Bank Arena.The Gems had a good start in the early s…

Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

US Congresswoman urges Chamisa to accept defeat

United States Congresswoman Karen Bass has urged MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to accept the outcome of the July 30 elections won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and push to win the next polls in 2023.In an interview with the Voice of…

Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa told to accept defeat

A desperate decision by the embattled MDC-Alliance to impose its leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as national "president" after his defeat by President Mnangagwa is not only illegal and contemptuous of the court and people of Zimbabwe but also a s…

Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa should accept defeat, says MDC-T

THE 2018 harmonised elections were free and fair and MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa should accept defeat, MDC-T vice-president Mr Obert Gutu has said.Disputing elections, Mr Gutu added, ran in Mr Chamisa's blood as he similarly refu…

Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mukupe concedes defeat to Biti

CLERIC Evan Mawarire, Zanu-PF Harare East House of Assembly candidate Terrence Mukupe and Norton parliamentary aspirant Mr Temba Mliswa are among candidates who flouted the Electoral Act by pre-empting poll results, a function only the Zim…

Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

CAPS United in shock defeat

CAPS United  1 - 2 Mutare City GOALKEEPER Prosper Chigumba was the fall guy yesterday while the CAPS United coaching staff made a shock decision which all combined to see the Green Machine crashing to a shock Castle Lager Premiership …

Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tsenengamu accepts defeat, urges losers to move on

ZANU-PF youth league national political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu said despite the chaos experienced during the primary elections, he has accepted defeat and urged losing candidates to bury the hatchet and move on.Addressing thousands o…

Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai's former aide sees 2018 coalition defeat

Former MDC-T top official turned academic Dr Toendepi Shonhe has predicted grand defeat for a coalition of opposition parties in next year's harmonised elections, arguing that the opposition suffers ideological bankruptcy and donor fatigue…

Published: 09 May 2017 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bhasikiti refuses to concede defeat

Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has declined to concede defeat to the Zanu-PF Mwenezi East MP-elect Omar Joosbi.Bhasikiti pulled out of the by-election race citing intimidation and vote buying.The National Assembly constituency seat fell vacant follo…

Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Grand' coalition will face grand defeat,' says Mugabe

The Zanu-PF First Secretary and President Robert Mugabe says the mooted â€˜grand' coalition by opposition political parties will lead to a grand defeat as they continue chasing a mirage.The President was  addressing the 105th Zanu-PF …

Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Dembare blames the referee for How Mine defeat

ARE Harare giants Dynamos turning themselves into very bad losers or is there a sinister plot against them? After losing to Buffaloes at Sakubva, the defending Castle Premier Soccer League champions claimed the Mutare side were helped by a…

Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 05:54hrs | | by Sports reporter

What Kenya's opposition parties defeat might mean to Zimbabweans

An election in Kenya - thousands of miles away - would ordinarily not concern Zimbabweans. But in March 2013, our blogger finds just the opposite to be true.As I pen this piece, Kenya's election results are trickling in, with growing indic…

Published: 10 Mar 2013 at 10:09hrs | | by Nkosana Dlamini, Harare,

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