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Mnangagwa golf tourney tees off
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made history yesterday by inaugurating the first-ever Presidential Golf Day at Royal Harare Golf Club, marking the first time a Head of State has visited the club in its 1...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:08hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Could this be the next great African golfer? Meet Zuwa Luwo
In the world of golf, where seasoned professionals spend years honing their skills, one young prodigy has taken the sport by storm almost straight out the womb! Meet Zuwa Luwo, a 8-year-old golf sensa...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:06hrs | 9 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Bid to reverse 2007 Harare land deal flops
A group seeking to reverse a 2007 land deal between Harare City Council and Augur Investments has, for the second time, failed to get permission to appeal against a High Court ruling dismissing it for...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scott Vincent: the Zimbabwean golfer who won the golden ticket
Even in Scott Vincent's wildest dreams, it's unlikely that he would have been able to imagine how much his life would change over the space of a year. He's seen such a dramatic shift in personal circu...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 17:25hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Chinhoi dives into Lake Victoria after winning Uganda Open a 2nd time
Robson Chinhoi showed what the Uganda Open victory means to him, by excitedly diving into Lake Victoria after his final putt Saturday.Having totally annihilated the field, the Zimbabwean gave ...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 12:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looks the other way on Job Sikhala petition
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has ignored a petition by Zimbabweans over the incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-chairperson and Zengeza West legislator J...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born American golfer wins Hero Open at St Andrews
Zimbabwe-born American golfer Sean Crocker held off a spirited challenge from Eddie Pepperell to claim his first DP World Tour title with a wire-to-wire victory in the Hero Open on Sunday.Croc...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
The effects of bogus Zifa actions on Zimbabwe youth
As Zimbabwe remains suspended from international football, players in the country – from a very promising rookie who made his national team debut as a schoolboy to the established professionals plyi...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes a dig at ZIFA board
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the Government is committed to investing more in sports infrastructure and also assisting athletes to achieve podium performances on the international fora.S...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
How has online gambling affected the casino industry
The first casino opened on the Grand Canal in Venice in 1638. The pastime found traction quickly and gave birth to a whole new booming industry that continues to this day. Land-based casinos are excel...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Makusha
SPRINTER Ngoni Makusha's journey at the Tokyo Olympics ended in disappointing fashion after he finished 7th in heat 6 of the men's 100m race in a disappointing time of 10.43 seconds yesterday....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tokyo Olympics: Purcell-Gilpin storms into rowing quarter-finals
ZIMBABWEAN rower Peter Purcell-Gilpin made the most of the second chance he got at the Tokyo Olympics after he comfortably stormed into the quarter-finals of the men single scull competition through t...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Team Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rallied Team Zimbabwe competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and said he is proud to see young swimmer Donata Katai leading as one of the flag bearers at the world's biggest...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
The in-form players heading into the US Masters
With the first major of 2021 just a matter of days away, punters all across the world will be rigorously scouring the internet and the ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Joe Biden's debate guests run the only Zimbabwean restaurant in America
There were not many people in the audience at the final presidential debate, held in Nashville, Tennessee, last Thursday. To supplement the campaign staffers and family members, each candidate was all...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nyamukondiwa gets US scholarship
Zimbabwe's golf sensation Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa has moved to the United States after he clinched a golf scholarship with Western Texas University.The 18-year-old golfer made an impressive perf...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
War veterans' golf day set
ALL is set for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) Golf Day at the Harry Allen Golf Club tomorrow. The amateur tournament, dubbed "Let's Trade Guns for Golf Clu...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open EU-UN Wildlife Economy Summit
President Mnangagwa will today officially open the inaugural African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) Wildlife Economy Summit which presents a platform to strategise on unlocking value from wildlife...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Baby girl for Kirsty Coventry
Expecting mother and Zimbabwe Sports minister Kirsty Coventry, on Friday gave the biggest hint yet that the country could be warming up to another lady swimming sensation.The swimming legend l...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga suffers from a rare condition
Zimbabweans in the social media have taken chances to cartoon the Vice President Cde Chiwenga because of his unique pronunciation of the words with letter "L" in English. Most people have found joy in...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 16 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Marc Cayeux gives everyone hope after top ten finish in Cape Town
Marc Cayeux's story is one that stays with you for the rest of your life once you are aware of it. For anyone unaware of the Zimbabwean's journey so far, observing the final leaderboard of the Vodacom...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 11:27hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Zimnat to hold golf day at Borrowdale Brooke
Zimnat holds its annual golf day at Borrowdale Brooke Golf Course in Harare on Friday next week (24 August). Participants are expected to include clients from all four of its business units, namely Zi...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Agencies
The battle for Zimbabwe - ED vs Nero!
ROBERT MUGABE LEGACY ED speaks less and acts more--- he has also assembled a team with army background. Generally army personalities the world over are strategists, hig...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Noble Ngara
Will Justice Priscilla Chigumba deliver a credible election?
Zimbabwe will be going to the polls soon and Chairperson of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is expected to deliver a free, fair and credible election.As election date draws closer, there are mor...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 14:20hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Nkosana Moyo's unorthodox campaign plan unpacked
SITTING outside a restaurant overlooking the immaculate greenery of Royal Harare Golf Club, the Zimbabwe Independent news crew can see a group of professional golfers going about their practice sessio...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 14:49hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Kairiza
MDC Founding Member calls upcoming elections fair and reasonable
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has been dealt a devastating blow to their long-standing attempts to brand the upcoming July presidential elections as illegitimate by one of their own. In fact, th...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 10:39hrs | | by Knowledge Moyo
2018 elections promise to be 'smart'
The Military Assisted Transition (MAT) took place in November last year. It is now six months into 2018 and seven months since the MAT. How are we doing? Our world has certainly changed and it is very...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Mugabe family 'left in peace', says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's long-time leader Robert Mugabe will be "left in peace" with a "lucrative" retirement package, his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.However, Mr Mnangagwa also told the BBC's Mis...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by BBC
Mnangagwa would accept election defeat
Emmerson Mnangagwa - Zimbabwe's new president - has told the BBC his party would accept defeat should Zanu-PF lose the election later this year.Speaking to Mishal Husain, he said: "If we lose ...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 14:39hrs | | by BBC
Williams cruises to maiden Sunshine Tour victory
GOLFER Mark Williams became the first Zimbabwean winner on the Sunshine Tour in four years after cruising to a two-stroke victory in the R750 000 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final at St Francis Links ...Published: 06 Nov 2016 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim Rio 2016 team unveiled
The Zimbabwe team to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games was on Wednesday evening unveiled during a fundraising dinner gala at a local hotel in the capital.The Rio 2016 team is biggest in Zimbabwe'...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Golfers condemn state of Masvingo Golf Club
Some 59 golfers who attended the Ok Zimbabwe Southern Tours Invitation Golf Tournament have condemned the state of Masvingo Golf Club whose ceiling is falling in and the roof leaking.Masvingo ...Published: 31 May 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim golfers facilitate $15000 for Bulawayo hospice
Three internationally renowned Zimbabwean golfers have facilitated a whooping US$15000.00 donation to Bulawayo Island Hospice by the Presidents Cup.The Presidents Cup is a prestigious golf tou...Published: 13 May 2016 at 16:12hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Brian Soko - The man, the hitmaker, the musical genius
He is taking the music industry by storm and already has a Grammy to his name. Until a year ago, Brian Soko wasn't used to being recognised by the wider public nor was he familiar to a lo...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 07:37hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Peter Ndlovu for Hall of Fame
FORMER Warriors skipper Peter Ndlovu, tennis legend Byron Black and the late football great Freddy Mkwesha, the Tsimba brothers, Kennedy and the late Richard, are likely to be among the five athletes ...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Budgeting for the August Long Weekend #visitKADOMA
Let me help you plan the long weekend with your friends by suggesting a little known city of Kadoma. Bet you didn't know it had city status right? This once bustling mining and farming city has so man...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 12:56hrs | | by Carl Joshua Ncube
Peter Ndlovu to receive top honours
Former Coventry City and Sheffield United striker Peter Ndlovu is to be inducted into the Zimbabwe Sports Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution as Warriors captain and for raising the Zim...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Makamure signed on Peter
What began as a mere bet translated into a fairytale football relationship that has claimed a special place in Zimbabwe's football folklore.It was an opportunistic meeting in 1992 that tied fo...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC holds golf tourney to celebrate Bulawayo @120
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday held a golf tournament as part of the celebrations for the city's 120th anniversary celebrations at Harry Allen Golf Club yesterday.The tourney was bankroll...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 09:25hrs | | by Ngqwele Dube
Golf: All set for Zambazi Tour Players Championship
All is set for the first event of this year's Zambezi Tour which will kick off next week with the hosting of the Tour Players Championship.The Tour Players Championship that will see its w...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 13:04hrs | | by Takudzwa Mutonho
Cara named Zimbabwe's Sportsperson of the year
Cara Black, the tennis star was last night crowned this year's Annual National Sports Awards (Ansa) Sportsperson of the Year, the fourth time the country's number one female tennis player has scooped...Published: 12 Dec 2013 at 03:53hrs | | by Sports reporter
Mandela:- 'We have lost a hero'
Yesterday, the world woke up to the reality that anti-apartheid icon, freedom fighter, revered statesman and one of the most influential figures of our time, former South African President Nelson Mand...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai refuses to go
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday brushed-off calls for him to step down, saying he has the mandate to remain at the helm of the MDC-T until 2016. The former prime minister also...Published: 13 Nov 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tiger Woods, EA end 15-years-old relationship
Tiger Woods has been the name used to sell EA Sports' golf simulation video game for 15 years - but the current series of games will be the last to bear his moniker as the world number one has lost on...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru urges local celebs to continue spreading good word about Vic Falls
Vice President Joice Mujuru has urged local celebrities to continue spreading the good word about Victoria Falls as a safe tourist destination through the social media to increase tourists' arrivals....Published: 10 Aug 2013 at 16:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean golfer within chipping distance of PGA goal
Less than a month after turning pro in 2011, Nyasha Mauchaza tried to Monday-qualify for the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.Amazingly, stunningly, the native from Zimbabwe...Published: 26 Jul 2013 at 18:30hrs | | by CRAIG DOLCH Scripps Howard News Service (AP)
Zimbabwean starlet earns 2013 Orsborn award in the US
For the second year in a row, a Bradley Soccer defender has claimed Bradley University's most prestigious athletic department award. Tapiwa Machingauta (Marondera, Zimbabwe/Prince Edward School...Published: 09 May 2013 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter
Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open entries officially closed
ENTRIES for the R1,65 million Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open officially closed last week with a total of 133 golfers - including 20 Zimbabweans - entering the prestigious tournament set for Royal Hara...Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 07:55hrs | | by Sports reporter
Emirates shares golfing passions in Zimbabwe
Emirates, which flies daily from Harare to Lusaka and Dubai, connected with Zimbabwean golfers recently, hosting a golf day for corporates, travel agents and Skywards frequent flyers.The airl...Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 09:36hrs | | by Own correspondent
My Own Boss reality show update
Harare contestant Godwin Gogwe (23) got one step closer to winning the grand prize of US$25 000 in the My Own Boss - Buy Zimbabwe edition entrepreneurship television reality show after leading his tea...Published: 12 Oct 2012 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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