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Ndori Ndori chucked out at Bosso
LOCAL Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clubs' preparations for the forthcoming 2014 season have gone a gear up with some player moves having already been confirmed.This year's league action ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Amagrootman leaves audience in stitches
During the 2023 Intwasa Art Festival koBulawayo, the South African play "Amagrootman" took center stage at the Bulawayo Theatre, leaving the audience in fits of laughter.Written by Solly Malak...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 09:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 8 | by Ian Beddowes
Gweru business mogul targets UK property market
PROMINENT Gweru businesswoman and philanthropist, Dr Smelly Dube last week attended high-level meetings in Glasgow and England to prepare her entry into the United Kingdom’s most lucrative property ...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 10:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
List of people and organisations who participated in the sanctioning of Zimbabwe
FORMER Masvingo Urban legislator, Tongai Matutu, has published a long list of eminent opposition politicians he claims were at the forefront inviting "hurtful" sanctions on Zimbabwe.Last week,...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's former ally in sensational Zimbabwe sanctions claim
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has blasted former Masvingo Urban legislator, Tongai Matutu, arguing his unfounded and preposterous claims that the then vibrant Movement for Democratic Change...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brito is brewing something beautiful at Highlanders
SOMETHING is brewing at Highlanders and the brew master is Portuguese expatriate Baltermar Brito who has so far not only proved to have a good eye for the finest ingredients but a brewmaster of the hi...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are a very funny lot
IT came as a major relief that the United States embassy in Harare clarified the validity of its many bank notes which have been so overused that they have turned so dirty and torn to the extent that ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Djokovic controversy exposes crumbling pro-mandatory COVID-19 vaccine house of cards
As tennis world number one Novak Djokovic sparks controversy over his granting of a medical exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement to enter Australia for the a major grand slam tour...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:01hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Book on Mugabe's political career set for launch next week
Leaders for Africa Network (LAN) in partnership with the Southern African Political-Economy Series (SAPES) Trust, is set to launch a book on the late former president Robert Gabriel Mugabe's political...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Too early to use Zambia as an indicator of Zimbabwe's future
I wIll choose to be controversial a bit and analyse critical issues around the Zambian election, its outcome and implications to the region this time around. I will seek to zero in on the incoming Pre...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Sapien Sapien
Willard Katsande joins Sekhukhune United
FORMER Warriors' captain Willard Katsande has reportedly penned a two-year deal with newly promoted DStv Premier Soccer League side Sekhukhune United after being discarded by Kaizer Chiefs in July....Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Response to November 2020 results
The drop in the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council, ZIMSEC, 2020 O level pass rate by 6.8% from the 2019 pass rate has raised a red flag on how our education system is gradually deteriorating, the a...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:40hrs | | by RTUZ
Chinotimba wants Job Sikhala appointed Cabinet Minister?
ECCENTRIC Member of Parliament for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) has called for more powers to be vested in the hands of President Emmerson Mnangagwa so that he can appoint whoever he want...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 18:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Main Characteristics of The Smallest СubeSat Cameras
CubeSat cameras are an essential part of small-sized satellites today. Let's discuss some of their characteristics. We delve right into details to help you understand...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 10:40hrs | 19 | by Staff Writer
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Yvonne Ncube
Tino Kadewere, Munetsi on target in French Ligue 1
WARRIORS' stars Tino Kadewere and Marshall Munetsi continue to lift the county's flag high in the French Ligue 1 after they both scored for Olympique Lyon and Stade de Reims Wednesday night to ensure ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defunct club demands Tapuwa Kapini's transfer fee share
A defunct football club has contacted Highlanders demanding a 30 percent share of the transfer fee which the Bulawayo giants received following eccentric goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini's move to Platinum St...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministers face contempt charge
Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda was apoplectic at an age-old delinquency that has plagued the National Assembly for years truancy.He warned some Government ministers against conte...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa fans fighting for Boris Johnson's love - 'The Boris is mine'
Boris Johnson, mocker of African "piccaninny" children and their "watermelon smiles", became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an Afri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by newZWire
Hungry lions hoovering around to devour Nyaminyami RDC response
I am Mwiimpu Hanjeleha of Monze, Zambia. I read the above story in your news online. I have been serving in the NGOs sector in that district. The persons being attacked in that piece I know them total...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Mwiimpu Hanjeleha
Kapini not happy about Bosso situation
FORMER Highlanders' eccentric goalkeeper and captain, Tapuwa Kapini, has added his voice to the growing concern over the Bulawayo giants' poor start to the 2019 season, urging the entire Bosso family ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso still without captain
Just 10 days before the 2019 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season roars to life, Highlanders are yet to settle on the team's captain. The new skipper will replace Honest Moyo who is now i...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unmoved by hostile agenda
GOVERNMENT will continue to double down on its re-engagement policy notwithstanding the negative attempts by some British legislators to continue isolating Zimbabwe, a senior Government official has s...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa badly wants a deal with Mnangagwa
FROM the time Nelson Chamisa entered mainstream politics as the youth chairman for the then newly formed MDC in 1999, his ambitions were quite evident. At the time all he was armed with was political ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
How the Zimbabwe govt stole from its people, again
THERE is a scene in the 1978 classic movie, The Great Train Robbery, which portrays the destructive arrogance of Zimbabwe's monetary policy over the past two decades.After masterminding a gold...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by newZWire
Bruce Grobbelaar can't tell how many people he killed?
Before we reach the match-fixing trials which ruined his reputation, or remember the 13 major trophies he won as Liverpool's goalkeeper in 14 staggering years, we start with war in Africa. Bru...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
How football saved Grobbelaar's life
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has spoken about how football "saved" him after his horrific experiences as a soldier in the then Rhodesian army, also recounting the trauma of the Heysel ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by AFP.
Bruce Grobbelaar eyes political career in Zimbabwe
LEGENDARY former Zimbabwe and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce "Jungleman" Grobbelaar has set his sights on a political career as he looks to open a new chapter in his life after stepping down from his role...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Eccentric politician or mere court jester?
For eccentric Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi, old habits die hard.Mutodi, a struggling sungura musician and controversial businessman before his...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kapini still dreams of Warriors call-up
TAPUWA Kapini will go down in history as one of Zimbabwe's most eccentric and colourful goalkeepers of his generation, but the former Highlanders shot-stopper wants to be remembered for something more...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Juju scare at BF as mMysterious package is unearthed
THERE was a juju scare at Barbourfields Stadium home to Highlanders FC, Bulawayo City and Chicken Inn (depending on magnitude of match) when a "package" was found a few metres from the Soweto Stand....Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why do so many Zimbabweans want to be President?
The long list of presidential candidates for the 2018 harmonised elections is out. Last Thursday, the nomination court was held where aspiring candidates submitted their papers and fees to contest in ...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Christopher Farai Charamba
Bosso, Caps United in clash of titans
NEVER mind that the two teams did not register wins in the last matches played where one drew and the other lost, an encounter between Highlanders and Caps United always produces fireworks on the pitc...Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:51hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF manifesto a pie in the sky
Zanu-PF's manifesto, launched last Friday, has been described as shambolic, as once again the party makes promises it clearly cannot fulfil.The most obvious outlandish promise they made was th...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kapini still relishes Bosso retirement
FORMER Highlanders FC's eccentric goal minder Tapuwa "Campos" Kapini has declared that he would want to retire at the club that earned him fame.Kapini spent six years at the club and won the l...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
American meddling must be resisted
THE word "coon" is short for raccoon; - and in the old American South was (and, if we are honest, is) used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a black person.It is equivalent to "nigger"...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Chipanga gets lifeline
GIFTED and outspoken musician, Hosiah Chipanga comes across as an eccentric artiste, but the power in his music - which is usually biting satire targeted at the powerful and mighty - is undeniable....Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe restoration dream - 'Looking back into the future'
A colleague on a journalists' social media group threw in this rather thought-provoking phrase - "looking back into the future" - as debate raged on former president Robert Mugabe's statements on his ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will MDC rule if they are voted in?
In September 2017 Zimbabwe experienced a coup within a coup. Coup d'etat is a French word to mean that strike on the state. A coup detat is usually an unconstitutional means of changing the status cor...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 18:48hrs | 6 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How Oliver Mtukudzi sheltered a Zimbabwean refugee in downtown Harare
Music is soulful shelter. I became a refugee when I discovered potential life hidden in the works of Mbare-born guitarist Louis Mhlanga and the late Mozambican Afro-Jazz singer Gito Baloi and slowly r...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 17:07hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
The UZ's most eccentric and calculative PhD genius!
Acquiring a doctorate is no mean feat, even for the highly endowed academic minds. Once attained, the prestigious status cannot easily be wished away nor can it be shrouded in secrecy. To any doctorat...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 18:20hrs | | by Munyaradzi Rukanda Mhaka
Bruce Grobbelaar ready to assist Warriors
AFTER spending 11 years in exile, former Zimbabwe and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce "Jungleman" Grobbelaar says he is happy to set his foot on Zimbabwean soil again and has set his sight on helping the c...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mrs Mnangagwa
Dear first lady,It is with tremendous obligation that I have been moved to publish this open letter to you since your husband duly assumed office when he took the oath of office as President a...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Gift Phiri
Bulawayo's untapped tourism potential
With dozens of tourist attractions, each having a rich history and remarkable diversity of culture, Bulawayo — Zimbabwe's second largest city — as well as its hinterland should have no problem att...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bindura University should not become the citadel of Ccorruption
As part of the current corruption busting campaigns and in light of the efforts being embarked on by the new government, I feel obliged to play a part in aiding the government's cause, albeit, in a ve...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 05:49hrs | | by Kudakwashe Ncube
Embarrassed to wear Mugabe, Grace regalia
Most Zanu-PF supporters will have to throw away their party regalia as it is endowed with the images of President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace.While at every Zanu-PF rally top officials an...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poverty, Mugabe's evil*tionary trick of subjugating 'educated' Zimbabweans
I cannot recall. Napoleon, Machiavelli, Stalin or Mao - it must be one of these ancient eccentrics who coined a phrase - or more appropriately - whose philosophical predisposition was that if one want...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Decoloniality and critical encounters
I found my sorry self in the unenviable position of addressing the Pharisees of quality and standards in South African higher education.The police officers and magistrates of the academy. The ...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Madlela welcomes new baby
Fast rising musician, Madlela Skhobokhobo (real name Bashimane Mothusi Ndlovu) known for his eccentric character and axe wielding antics recently showed off his gentle side when he shared pictures of ...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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