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Chidzambwa names his warriors
THE Warriors technical team has announced an enlarged provisional squad of 34 players for the 2019 COSAFA Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations finals.The team was announced by Zimbabwe senior tea...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Zifa begs Costa not to quit
THE Warriors technical team, led by Sunday Chidzambga, are pursuing Costa Nhamoinesu with the hope of persuading him to reverse his decision to quit international football so that he can be part of th...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:30hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's transport network affects tourism
Bulawayo's poor transport network is negatively affecting tourism in the city, Bulawayo Publicity Association (BPA) has said.BPA recently had an opportunity to market the City of Kings and Que...Published: 10 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Warriors in dilemma
Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambga is this week expected to name two separate squads for the Cosafa Cup tournament and the friendly match against Nigeria following the scheduling of the friendly match a...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:43hrs | 2125 | by Staff reporter
Cosafa draw out
DEFENDING champions Zimbabwe will get the defence of their Cosafa Cup with a quarter-final clash against the winner of Group A that has Angola, Eswatini, Comoros and Mauritius following a draw conduct...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspended, fined for failing to host Cosafa
Zimbabwe has been suspended from COSAFA and fined US$50 000 for failure to honour an agreement to host the 2019 COSAFA Cup.Zimbabwe failed to host this year's regional tournament set for May 2...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:54hrs | 3808 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo takes rebranding campaign to Durban
Bulawayo Publicity Association (BPA) has been given the opportunity to market the City of Kings and Queens and the country at large in South Africa after it was invited to exhibit at Africa’s Travel...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:57hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Acid Test for Zimbabwe Rugby Academy as they face Border Bulldogs
It will be a tough test for the Zimbabwe Rugby Academy when they face the Border Bulldogs on Sunday (April 28) at 1430hrs in the debut appearance at the SuperSport Rugby Challenge at the Sisa Dukashe ...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:19hrs | 829 | by APO
Zifa draw up preps grand masterplan
ZIFA have drawn up a grand masterplan that could see the Warriors taking on three of Africa's football heavyweights and holding a month-long training camp in South Africa, Nigeria and Dubai ahead of t...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Ilala Lodge Hotel to showcase line-up of enhancements at Africa's Travel Indaba Show
At the 2019 Africa's Travel Indaba tourism trade show Ilala Lodge Hotel will showcase a line-up of recent developments set to enhance guest experiences in Zimbabwe's tourism capital, Victoria Falls....Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 09:37hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
From Taxi tout to CEO of a successful Tent Manufacturing Business all over Africa
" Growing up, Mbatha immersed himself in the family transport business, starting out as a taxi conductor, moving on to becoming a helping hand for auto mechanics, and...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:09hrs | 1657 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling war escalates
A turf war in the cigarettes manufacturing industry is deepening amid accusations and counter-accusations among the three biggest manufacturers over who is behind the movement of contraband across the...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
DJ Tira brings Durban flavour to Bulawayo
AFROTAINMENT boss DJ Tira is set to bring the Durban flavour to his favourite hunting ground, Bulawayo, for a show at Cosmopolitan Night club next month. The show will be held on May 24 and is dubbed,...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lied on Trump's US$2.5 million
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently told residents of Manicaland that America's President Donald Trump sent his Ambassador to meet him and handover US$2.5 million. Contrary to Mnangagwa's st...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 10:46hrs | 22420 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa and other SA politicians urged to stop inciting masses
ZIMBABWE'S Ambassador to South Africa David Douglas Hamadziripi and other African diplomats have appealed to South Africa's government to ensure SA political parties avoid inflammatory statements agai...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man wins R12 million SA lotto
A Zimbabwean man has bagged the R12m South African national lottery jackpot, Ithuba said on Wednesday.The man, who has been in South Africa for the past 10 years, decided to try his luck for t...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 16:54hrs | 10327 | by TimesLive
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves construction of Beira railway line
CABINET on Tuesday approved the proposal for the construction of a railway line and wharf at Beira port to facilitate the transportation of minerals. This follows the country's endeavour to create a c...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:16hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: America pours US$2.5 million into Zimbabwe
The United States Government has poured an additional contribution of US$2.5 million towards the victims of Cyclone Idai.In a statement on Wednesday the US Embassy in Harare said, "The c...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 14:43hrs | 5732 | by Mandla Ndlovu
David Coltart and Jonathan Moyo clash over xenophobia
Former Cabinet Ministers Professor Jonathan Moyo and David Coltart have clashed over statements by South Africa's Julius Malema condemning xenophobic attacks against Africans in the neighbouring count...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 10:47hrs | 7082 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe pushes SA on xenophobia
Zimbabwe is pressing on South Africa to act on renewed xenophobic attacks there which left millions of Zimbabweans and other African migrants living and working in the region's most developed country ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | 6835 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Ramaphosa makes a u-turn on foreign nationals after threatening them
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, under pressure to withdraw campaign trail comments partly blamed on recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners in Durban, said he condemned the violence "in the s...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 21:25hrs | 15865 | by Staff reporter
South African president faces a trial at the hague
The president of South Africa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa booked his ticket to the Hague for inciting violence against foreigners. The president made hate speech while he was addressing a rally.T...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:03hrs | 16471 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Seizure of Biti book consignment 'gives Zimbabwe bad name', claims Chamisa
The seizure of copies of a new book by Zimbabwean authorities "gives our country a negative image", Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa said on Thursday.‘Democracy Works' wa...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:02hrs | 1598 | by ZimLive
Mthuli Ncube in new attempt to get SA loans
Fresh from being politely denied a bailout by SA's government just a fortnight ago, Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube said he had approached private investors in SA to inject funds into his cou...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 19:57hrs | 1471 | by Business Live
African leaders responsible for xenophobia in South Africa
We condemn xenophobia currently underway in South Africa in the strongest terms it deserves, it cannot be justifiable. We have been watching some of the gruesome murders, maiming, and attempted murder...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 13:30hrs | 4599 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
SA Home Affairs conducts door to door search for foreigners
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs is reportedly engaging in a surprise door to door search for undocumented immigrants who are residing in the country illegally. A notice at Ponte City...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 57778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Statement on xenophobic attacks going on in South Africa
Following the recent and ongoing xenophobic attacks in Durban, following hard after Vuwani in Limpopo, and not so long-ago Mpumalanga, we are compelled to issue a statement strongly condemning the vio...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 08:28hrs | 3823 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Zimbabwean driver battles for life after fresh SA xenophobic attacks
A ZIMBABWEAN truck driver is battling for life at a hospital in Durban, KwaZulu Natal province in South Africa after he was caught up in suspected fresh xenophobic attacks in the neighbouring country....Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2069 | by Staff reporter
Zim-SA border angers Top South African politician
The Federal Chairperson of South Africa's opposition party Democratic Alliance and Former Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality Athol Trollip says he is appalled by the dilapida...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 20:22hrs | 3841 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mawarire calls for closure of SADC borders against SA
National Patriotic Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire says SADC countries should close borders and bar any South African truck from entering neighbouring countries. Mawarire issued the statement a...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 12:25hrs | 18626 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe invented State Capture and SA refined it,' says Tendai Biti
Zimbabwean opposition MP and constitutional lawyer Tendai Biti told a Durban audience on Tuesday night that his country had invented state capture and South Africans had merely refined it. "I ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 3228 | by African News Agency (ANA)
3 die in fresh SA xenophobic attacks after Ramaphisa threat
SUSPECTED fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa have resurfaced in some parts of Limpopo province and Durban in KwaZulu Natal, leaving three people dead and several houses burnt to ashes. T...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Work starts on Rutenga- Sango Xai-Xai Highway
GOVERNMENT has started preparatory work to construct the Rutenga-Sango Border Post Highway, with tenders expected to be flighted "soon", a top official has disclosed.The 150km stretch from Rut...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:21hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean couple hijacked in Durban, wife missing since Monday
A Zimbabwean businessman who travelled to Durban with his wife might have to return home alone after they were allegedly hijacked and the criminals made off with her in their bakkie.She has be...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:28hrs | 5508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man dies during sex with SA mistress
A 67- year-old Zimbabwean man based in South Africa is reported to have died recently at a lodge in the neighbouring country, while indulging in sex with his mistress.Born in Gwanda the ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:25hrs | 5742 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's reason for using expensive jets revealed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a name for himself as a lover of expensive jets which he uses to travel within and outside the country. In January he hired an expensive jet on a round trip to Eu...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 09:27hrs | 27945 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyclone Idai weakens Zimbabwe's export competitiveness
ZIMBABWE's export promotion body, Zimtrade has said the country's exports were left uncompetitive after Cyclone Idai destroyed Beira Port leaving companies to use longer routes which are more expensiv...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:49hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
BCC faces questions over lavish spending
CASH-STRAPPED Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has set itself on a collision course with residents after it approved a plan to splash US$900 each per day on hotel accommodation for four council officials f...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
BCC to host eThekwini officials
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is set to host four eThekwini Council [Durban] officials as part of their twinning arrangement with the South African local authority.The meetings were meant to boo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Chirundu highway's new design to cost US$520 000
THE Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has been pushed back by a further three months over new designs. This comes as government scouts for a new road designer after Austrian firm...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 19:53hrs | 3191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean businesswoman wins Forbes Africa Woman Businesswoman of the Year Award
TRAILBLAZING Zimbabwean businesswoman and Securico chief executive officer Divine Ndhlukula has won the prestigious Forbes Africa Woman Businesswoman of the Year Award.In winning the award Ndh...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 22:03hrs | 1856 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo cremation machine impounded by SA authorities
Tax authorities in South Africa have seized a crematorium machine from Japan headed for Bulawayo in a payment dispute, according to the city council. The machine is used in the disposal of a d...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Intercape bus from Zimbabwe rams into passengers in Pretoria, 6 injured
PASSENGERS and a driver were injured after an Intercape bus coach arrived at a station in Pretoria and struck people waiting at the stop.Intercape management said on Wednesday that the bus was...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 00:24hrs | 5145 | by Times LIVE
'Cement pricing aligned with inflationary rise'
LEADING cement manufacturer, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), says despite the difficult trading conditions, average cement prices in the Southern Africa region last year increased marginally by betwee...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:42hrs | 3092 | by Staff reporter
Churches call for an end to Zimbabwe sanctions
CHURCHES have added their voice to the call for the lifting of travel and trade sanctions imposed by the West, claiming the embargo was hurting Zimbabweans, mostly the poor who are more vulnerable rat...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Looting protests: Vendors feel the heat
THE ongoing crackdown against perceived opposition activists following recent riots in Harare and other parts of the country has left vendors vulnerable. Most of them lost their wares, while trading i...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Proflight airlines suspends Harare-Lusaka route
ZIMBABWE'S aviation sector has suffered another blow after Proflight Zambia announced the suspension of the Harare-Lusaka flights at a time RwandAir also discontinued ticketing services in bond curren...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:25hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu seeks $20million for recapitalisation
Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit Ingwebu Breweries is seeking about $20 million to recapitalise its business operations.Speaking after a tour of ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
PROPHECY: Deadly xenophobic attacks against Zimbabweans in SA
Bulawayo based pastor of Divine Kingdom Ministries Ian Ndlovu has prophesied that Zimbabweans based in South Africa will be victims of deadly xenophobic attacks in 2019 if they do not pray.Ndl...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 16:20hrs | 5842 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF congratulates ANC
The ruling Zanu PF party has congratulated the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, the continent's oldest liberation movement which turned 107 years this Tuesday.In an interview, ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:37hrs | 2280 | by Staff reporter
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