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Ibbo Mandaza appointed acting SG of Global Pan-African Movement
Zimbabwean academic and publisher, Professor Ibbo Mandaza, has been appointed as the acting secretary-general of the Global Pan-African Movement (GPAM) following the passing of Professor Ikwaweba Bunt...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 11:50hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe Warriors are no competition,' says Onana
Cameroon goalkeeper André Onana has downplayed Zimbabwe's threat to his team's ambitions of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals from Group J. The Manchester United shot-stopp...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:22hrs | 13135 | by Staff reporter
Chirewa, Nees in fall out
Zimbabwe Warriors rising star Tawanda Chirewa's participation in the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers is in doubt following a disciplinary issue with head coach Michael Nees. Chirewa, cu...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Bosso travel to CAPS
The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) will resume on Saturday with Round 26 fixtures after a brief pause to accommodate the Warriors' 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Kenya...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:22hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Warriors confident of victory against Cameroon
Ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group J match against Cameroon, The Warriors are determined not to be daunted by their formidable opponents. The clash is set for tomorrow at 5 pm ...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:27hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Warriors out to tame Lions
Jordan Zemura has emphasized that the Warriors must be prepared for any challenge Cameroon presents in tomorrow's crucial 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Mandela Stadium in Kampala, Uganda...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:03hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Warriors brace for Indomitable Lions
New Warriors coach Michael Nees expressed a mix of satisfaction and concern after his team's performance in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Group J qualifying match against Kenya last Friday....Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:00hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Khama Billiat gets coach's vote for man of the match
Michael Nees, the new coach of Zimbabwe, expressed his happiness with his team's goalless draw against Kenya on Friday to begin their Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign.It was the te...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 12:52hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Warriors begin Afcon qualifiers campaign with goalless draw against Kenya
Zimbabwe 0 - 0 KenyaIn their 2025 AFCON Qualifiers Group J opener on Friday, the Zimbabwe national team secured a goalless draw against Kenya. The match, marking the debut of Warriors coac...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 17:16hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Ugandan opposition's Bobi Wine claims to have been shot in leg
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been injured in the leg in a confrontation with a policeman in uniform, his personal assistant has told the BBC.Najja Ssenyonjo said the pop star-turned...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 10:32hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffers another blow
The Zimbabwean national football team, the Warriors, have been hit with a significant setback as Tino Kadewere has withdrawn from the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Kenya an...Published: 03 Sep 2024 at 15:44hrs | 2113 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors begin Afcon hunt
Khama Billiat led a group of locally-based Warriors players who departed for Uganda ahead of next week’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers. Zimbabwe will open their Group J campaign with a ma...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:31hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Washington Arubi back in Warriors colours again
Washington Arubi, the 39-year-old goalkeeper for Marumo Gallants, is excited about representing The Warriors in the upcoming 2025 AFCON Qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon. Recently called up by new...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:20hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors leave for Kampala
Newly appointed Zimbabwe national football team coach, Michael Nees, will have his first face-to-face meeting with his players in Kampala tomorrow night, followed by his inaugural training session on ...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:08hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors squad named
Warriors coach Michael Nees has named a 23-man squad for the upcoming AFCON 2025 qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon, emphasizing that he is not interested in experiments for these crucial matches. ...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Warriors coach in touch with 25 foreign-based players
In 2003, Zimbabwe's national football team, the Warriors, secured a 3-1 victory over Seychelles in an Afcon qualifier at the National Sports Stadium, drawing a capacity crowd. This win, featuring goal...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:19hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Zifa peg fees for Uganda match
The Warriors will begin their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers with matches against Kenya and Cameroon at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala, Uganda.These games will be the f...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:58hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
New Warriors coach moans about limited preparation time
New Zimbabwean Warriors coach Michael Nees has expressed concern over the limited preparation time ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon next month. The matc...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:52hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors secures stadium in Uganda
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) normalisation committee has selected Uganda as the venue for Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) home match against Cameroon on September 10, 2024.&n...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:22hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
Zkimbabwe's Sables end Namibia jinx
Zimbabwe 32 - 10 NamibiaZimbabwe's Sables secured a historic victory over Namibia in the 2024 Africa Cup semi-final, breaking a 23-year losing streak against their regional rivals. The last win ag...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:32hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Sables face Namibia in Africa Cup semi-final
The Zimbabwe senior men's rugby team, the Sables, faces a challenging semi-final match against Namibia in the 2024 Rugby Africa Cup at the Mutesa II Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. The Sables secu...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:08hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
South African jailed 30 years for kidnapping Zimbabwean in Uganda
A South African national, Joachim Ugochukwu Onyeako has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for kidnapping a Zimbabwean national with the intention to procure a ransom.Onyeako was sentenced by ...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cuban VP expected in Zimbabwe
Cuban vice president Salvador Valdes Mesa is expected to jet into Harare on Thursday for a three-day official visit as Zimbabwe and Cuba seek to cement the relations between the two countries....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
African Spelling Bee Championships Conclude in Kampala with Remarkable Success
KAMPALA, UGANDA - The African Spelling Bee Championships 2023 (ASB23) recently came to a thrilling conclusion in Kampala, Uganda, showcasing the linguistic prowess and intellectual acumen of participa...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 22:48hrs | 9 | by Agencies
Ghanaian MPs back tougher anti-gay legislation
The lead sponsor of an amended bill warns that the country will target US economic interests if Washington sanctions officialsGhana's parliament has unanimously passed a motion to further tigh...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Museveni stands firm on anti-gay law
"No one will make us move," Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday in response to threats of sanctions from some Western countries since he signed into law the "Anti-Homosexuality Law 202...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US revokes visas after Museveni signs tough anti-gay Bill into law
In a swift response, the United States has revoked the visas of Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among following the stricter anti-gay Bill becoming law in Uganda.On Monday the Speaker rev...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCTV Surveillance Technology in Africa needs a national policy
African countries are installing closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) and surveillance technologies without regulation frameworks and national CCTV and surveillance national policies. The sp...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Harare ranks 4th expensive African city
HARARE has been ranked the fourth most expensive African city to live in out of 15 sampled cities, as authorities accuse businesses of conniving to push up the cost of living.This is according...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare top five on list of Africa's most expensive cities
ZIMBABWE'S capital Harare has been ranked fourth on the list of Africa's most expensive cities to live in.Top of the 15-city list was the Senegalese capital Dakar followed by Addis Ababa in Et...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cheetahs qualify for Sevens Rugby World Cup
Zimbabwe have qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens to be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa in September after finishing runners-up at the Rugby Africa Men's Sevens in Uganda on Sunday.The ...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to sign Kampala protocol
ZIMBABWE is expected to sign the Kampala protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights next week, African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (Aripo) administration counci...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mzee' SK Moyo was a real brother to all
I FIRST met SK in 1974 when I went to study at Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda. I was in the company of around 10 young men who were former students of the University of Rhodesia from which we...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets off to Uganda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose government continues to keep land borders shut, has left the country again for Uganda where he is set to witness the swearing-in of the East African country Preside...Published: 11 May 2021 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uganda to maintain Facebook ban
Uganda will maintain its shutdown of Facebook, Twitter and other social-media platforms until the government deems they're safe from being used to inflame tensions in the East African nation, New Visi...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-based rapper to represent Zimbabwe at the MTV Africa Awards
MULTI-award-winning rapper Asaph believed he had a good chance in representing Zimbabwe at the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) Lister's Choice Category saying nothing is impossible in bagging the cont...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Museveni takes commanding lead in polls
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has taken a commanding lead in the country's presidential election, according to provisional results released yesterday, with 34 percent of the ballots counted....Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa begs Twitter to ban Museveni
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa has pleaded with Twitter to ban Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni from its platform.Twitter permanently suspended US President Donald...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Sables on a roll
Zimbabwe 32 - 26 UgandaIT'S all looking rosy for Zimbabwe as the Sables continued to edge closer to success after making it four out of four wins with a hard fought Victoria Cup rugby triump...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs step up fight against graft
The Africa Parliamentarians Network for Anti-Corruption (Apnac) plans to sponsor three major laws that will tighten the fight against corruption and bring culprits to book in the country.This ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sables, Kenya to clash at Hartsfield
RUGBY lovers in Bulawayo are in for a treat when Zimbabwe's flagship rugby team, the Sables clash with Kenya in a Victoria Cup fixture at Hartsfield on Saturday. Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) pre...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sables win again
Uganda 26 - 31 ZimbabweON-FIRE Zimbabwe Sables powered to their second victory when they held off a late comeback by hosts Uganda in a Victoria Cup rugby encounter at Kyadondo Sports Club in Kampa...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:11hrs | | by Staffg reporter
Controversial Uebert Angel meets Yoweri Museveni
The controversial founder of Spirit Embassy the Good News Church Uebert Angel recently met with the Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni where they discussed investment opportunities in the countr...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US foreign policy prefers Kenya
Kenya is "one of our key friends in Africa - nay, in the world," said a confident, pleased United States (US) assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy, at a May 9 briefing in Was...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Pearl Matibe
'Mnangagwa's govt must end forced displacements'
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has challenged the government to end forced internal displacements of citizens as Africa commemorated Africa Day.Africa Day was celebrated on Saturday ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
UAE to maintain support for African refugees
The United Arab Emirates has vowed to continue with their assistance for refugees scattered right across the African continent.Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2nd ordinary session of th...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
African countries must step up their support for displaced people
With the Kampala Convention, African countries have taken the lead in promising protection and assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Norwegian Refugee Council calls on African leaders...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 09:33hrs | | by Agencies
'Tuku was a clever politician'
At the peak of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle (1975 to 1979) a group of brave local musicians rose to offer morale to the fighters and the supporting masses.Oliver Mtukudzi, together with Thom...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 15:38hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
What TUKU confided in me about Shepard Mutamba - may his death unites us
The mountain has collapsed, the nation lost one of its on songbird, icon, selfless spirit, hero and the son of Mbuya Nehanda. Just like (Ndabaningi Sithole, Lookout Masuku, Edgar Tekere, Morgan Tsvang...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 14:06hrs | 5 | by Don Chigumba
'Prosecutor Reza unfit for Biti trial'
A HARARE court yesterday declared State prosecutor Michael Reza unfit to preside over MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Tendai Biti's trial saying he overstepped his mandate as an impartial judicial offic...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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