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Chiwenga steers clear of the Mnangagwa-2030 mantra
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Friday deftly avoided being stampeded into blind endorsement of the "2030 Mnangagwa" mantra which has vigorously been parroted by some party activists who want P...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:58hrs | 1802 | by Staff reporter
Bosso falls to Manica
Manica Diamonds 1 - 0 HighlandersManica Diamonds FC claimed a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Highlanders FC in an electrifying match at Sakubva Stadium yesterday. The clash, filled with tension a...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors win opening fixture of Cosafa Cup
Zimbabwe 1 - 0 ComorosZimbabwe has registered an opening win at the Hollywood Bets Cosafa Cup 2024 competition after beating Comoros 1-0 in Gqeberha, South Africa on Thursday.Interim head ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 16:18hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
The real risk of Chamisa's temporary solutions to permanent problems
THE political arena has had rich pickings for pundits in the past few days. On the one hand, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) circus of recalls of its elected members continues.It start...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 12 | by Ntando Dumani
Chamisa in a catch-22 situation
I MUST begin by apologising, dear reader, for not informing you that I will no longer deliver my instalment weekly as had become the tradition.I received a few inquiries and some scolding from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile
OF all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumo's crackly 7-inch single with "Kuyaura" on side A and "Zvanyadza" on the flip side.Released in 1979, tow...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 14 | by Percy Zvomuya
Kasukuwere - X Factor in the August presidential poll
AFTER deftly defying the odds to secure nomination to contest the August presidential election - against frontrunners President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa - Savio...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans throw missiles, injure referee
Herentals 0 - 0 DynamosHERBERT MARUWA made three changes to his starting line-up and even included crowd-favourite Denver Mukamba but Dynamos still fired blanks at the National Sports Stadiu...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reportetr
Triple C: Puny-wise, Pint Foolish!
Obdurate immaturityIT is not like Nelson Chamisa had not been warned, whether by living men or by past circumstances. Both did; yet he still hurtled headlong towards yet another blunder, which...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Jamwanda
'Chamisa will never defeat Mnangagwa' Didymus Mutasa says
Former ZANU PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa Didymus Noel Edwin Mutasa has taken a jibe on CCC leader Nelson Chamisa saying he will never defeat President Emmerson Mnangagwa even if the ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:39hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti spills more beans
HARARE East legislator, Tendai Biti has accused Augur Investments of fraudulently acquiring a national project status for the construction of the Airport Road, a move he said prejudiced the country of...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe's opposition ready for 2023 elections?
The main opposition will enter next year's election with a new name, Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC). Hidden in the acronym perhaps not deftly is the personalistic nature of opposition politics i...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Innocent Mpoki
Mnangagwa's govt bans Chamisa documentary
THE Zimbabwe government has banned "President," Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson's Oscar-shortlisted documentary about the African nation's corrupt 2018 presidential election, Variety can exclusively...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pomona Project: All thunder, lightning flashes, no strike!
Pomona stink in newsroomsIlliterate newspapers are being pummelled back and forth by buffeted Mafume and his clueless Triple C councillors. It is all thunder, blinding flashes but no strike. A...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Dembare shoot to the top
Ngezi Platinum Stars 0 - 0 DynamosIN the end, the six-year jinx was not broken as Dynamos once again failed to win or score against Ngezi Platinum Stars in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League mat...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | | 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 | 14 | by Amb Chris Mutsvangwa
Nsukuzonke breaking new ground
PETER Ndlovu, popularly known as Nsunkuzonke, Flying Elephant and Silent Assassin in the football circles, just like former international star Liberian George Weah, has broken new ground.Most ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Peter Ndlovu breaking new grounds
Peter Ndlovu popularly known as Nsunkuzonke, Flying Elephant and Silent Assassin in the football circles just like former international star Liberian George Weah has broken new grounds.Most pe...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 19:43hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Every child must at one stage stay at grandmother’s home
The eldest of us was Tapfuma, whose eggshell head made him look awkward. In our hierarchy Tapfuma was followed by me and then Obedience, a tall slim boy full of humour. The rest were toddlers. We so l...Published: 08 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
Diego Maradona dies
ARGENTINE football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced yesterday.Renowned along with Brazil's Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Arge...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Civil servants reject pay rise
GOVERNMENT has awarded a 76% salary hike to its restive workers, a move which will see the lowest paid civil servant getting around $1 000 per month, but civil servants' representative body, the Apex ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pep Guardiola carded as City are crowned champions
Manchester City beat Liverpool 5 - 4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to retain the Community Shield in an absorbing contest at Wembley stadium in London this afternoon.Georginio Wijnaldum was th...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 21:01hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Chicken Inn embarrass Madinda Ndlovu
Highlanders 0-4 Chicken Inn HIGHLANDERS were embarrassed by neighbours Chicken Inn with a 4-0 thumping in a friendly match played at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday. Chicken Inn coach Joey...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Chicken Inn clash in friendly
SOCCER fans that are starved of local Premiership action will this afternoon throng Barbourfields Stadium where Highlanders takes on Chicken Inn a friendly match as the two teams prepare to the 2019 s...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Willing recolonisation will forever be the hallmark of MDC-Alliance
The folly of Zimbabwe's destiny lies in a fetish plinth that Sadc and the African Union (AU) are insignificant to the African cause, while the European Union (EU) and International Criminal Court (ICC...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
Handmade Zimbabwe shoes an unlikely global hit
IN a tiny factory producing handmade boots and shoes in southwestern Zimbabwe, leather cutter Misheck Sibanda is on another hectic shift as he tries to keep up with soaring global demand.Order...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by AFP
Mugabe -Tsvangirai relations; Mutambara bares his soul
Former deputy prime minister Professor Arthur Mutambara's new book The Path to Power in Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream sheds new light on the Government of National Unity negotiations between ...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 17:44hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Strive Masiyiwa's loyalty is to business
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is "sincere in what he's doing", economic recovery will be tough and Western sanctions must be lifted, says Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa.Masiyiwa was pa...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by newZWire
Mnangagwa has his cake, can he eat it?
The much-vaunted harmonised elections have come and gone. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in many respects, clearly set out to deconstruct and reconstruct, if not the ultimate purpose, certainly the und...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Zii Masiye
Work cut out for Mnangagwa
It is congratulations to President Mnangagwa for winning Monday's Presidential election in the first round, giving him his own mandate in a credible poll which also gave his party two-thirds majority ...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, yet another opportunity gone begging? Possibly?
November, 2018, another heart stopping moment for Zimbabwe. Could that be the long awaited moment? Many wondered. The long dreamed about dawn when the nation would rediscover its soul? Hadn't the nati...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Dr Ralph Mguni
Chamisa's troubled and dumbfounded by Mnangagwa's soft dictatorship
I am afraid the MDC Alliance appears oblivious to the mammoth political fraud in the electoral making. As things stand, the opposition grouping not only runs the horrifying risk of losing a massive ch...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Opposition must boycott Zimbabwe elections
All the 22 opposition candidates contesting this presidential election must, for once, agree on one thing, that is to boycott the elections and create a legitimacy crisis for this competitive authorit...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 14:19hrs | 1 | by Gift Phiri
Chamisa opts to Jameson Timba as his election agent
What an incongruous title to use in describing politics of the Savannah! Yet such is the beauty of communication: yoking together things that are violently dissimilar, all to drive home a key point. A...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:42hrs | | by Igomombe
Zanu-PF: The proverbial suitor?
On April 19, 2018, a few hours after Independence Day holiday, NewsDay carried an opinion piece by its deputy editor, Nqaba Matshazi, questioning the genuineness of Zanu-PF's recent fascination with t...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
Mnangagwa: Big talk hurts an expectant nation
The hullabaloo over the $1,3 billion alleged to have been funnelled outside the country's borders by greedy individuals and corporates turned into an anti-climax on Monday.The list of alleged ...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu left out
LEGENDARY Zimbabwean footballer Peter Ndlovu might have blazed a trail as the first African player to feature in the English Premiership, but his brilliance for modest club Coventry City have failed t...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Zimbabwe's rising young hope
As the day ended on February 18, MDC-T acting president Nelson Chamisa, who had arrived from the late Morgan Tsvangirai's home, jumped out of his car. He was eased, by a group of youths, through a sea...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
Political deception has its limits
The World Bank yesterday published its 2018 Global Risks Report which confirms that in today's topsy-turvy geopolitical landscape characterised by heightened global uncertainty and strengthening popul...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 16:58hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Opposition leaders have now lost the plot
On November 20, one US dollar was fetching the equivalent of $1,90 in bond notes on the streets of Harare. The next day, Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in. Today, the value of a...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 12:47hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Prophet Magaya triggers hot debate
THE involvement of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Walter Magaya in the Warriors legends match against their Barcelona counterparts at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, has po...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Congregants skip church service to watch Prophet Magaya play for Warriors
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministry founder Prophet Walter Magaya might not have previously played for the Warriors but he lived his dream yesterday as he literally brought the house down after...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF needs key changes in order to campaign effectively
CDE Mugabe has confounded his critics and increased ZANU's lion's share of the vote in the General Election in 2018. It is not a secret that MUGABE still commands great support both in the country and...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 23:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Money changers vow to defy government
ILLEGAL foreign currency traders in Masvingo have vowed to defy a government move to criminalise their trade, saying it is the same administration that has ushered them into the streets because of lac...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
The rebirth of Sandra Ndebele
The one thing that surprised Sandra Ndebele during her time in the studio recording the song, Lizwile, is how quiet and reserved kwaito star Professor was.On his hit records, the South African...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zuma cabinet reshuffle
A political brouhaha is brewing across the Limpopo, the Cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma is likely to ignite seismic ructions and repercussions. Battle lines are likely to be drawn, we are li...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 09:34hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira (a Political Analyst)
Mugabe's nephew plots Hayatou downfall
The man driving the campaign to unseat longtime African soccer boss Issa Hayatou is a multi-millionaire Zimbabwean property tycoon, who dabbles in politics and was once accused of being a spy....Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 06:10hrs | | by Agencies
Mugabe dribbles factions
Zanu-PF bigwigs say President Robert Mugabe was at his "foxy" best during Wednesday's heated politburo meeting in Harare - running rings around the ruling party's two warring factions and apparent...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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