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List of Zimbabwean celebrities who became politicians
Sports and Showbiz fraternities has become a springboard for most celebrities who later became politicians either due to their own desires or by being asked by different audiences to participate in po...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:33hrs | 4598 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Temba Mliswa opens up on ministerial ambitions
Norton Member of Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has dispelled speculations that he is eyeing a Ministerial post in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. The speculations were sparked b...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 11:42hrs | 3670 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Temba Mliswa goes after Kirsty Coventry
Norton Member of Parliament has accused Minister of Youth Sports Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry of being a docile official who is failing to deal with hot issues regarding corruption in Sports As...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | 2209 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Outcry on Maridadi's appointment: Much ado about nothing
The appointment of former MDC legislator for Mabvuku-Tafara, James Maridadi as one of the 15 ambassadors- designate, has torched a storm which, nonetheless, is much ado about nothing.Section 1...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | 4408 | by Tafara Shumba
Coventry challenges Zifa on stadium safety
Sports minister Kirsty Coventry has challenged Zifa to better organise their events in future following the death of a female fan in a stampede at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday as people jostl...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa praise Warriors for AFCON triumph
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa have both sent congratulatory messages to the Zimbabwe senior national football team for qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 21:05hrs | 3642 | by newzimbabwe
Kirsty Coventry outraged
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry has expressed outrage over the barring of the Zimbabwe Warriors from the National Sports Stadium yesterday.The Warriors were denied t...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:23hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pays Special Olympics team surprise visit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa paid a courtesy call on the Special Olympics Zimbabwe (Soz) team that is currently raising the country's flag high in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates giving them the much-...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:13hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands more money in sport
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on both his government and the private sector to inject more resources to support sport.Mnangagwa was addressing youths at a symposium where he called u...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:12hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reveals childhood dreams
Imagine, aboard a plane and before take-off you hear a voice saying, "This is Captain Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speaking. We are ready for take-off. Our flight is going take approximately three hour...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:08hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells mining firms to 'use it or lose it'
President Mnangagwa has said mining companies holding onto claims should either use them or risk losing them to the State even if they are paying fees to keep the claims. He said there were some big c...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 04:58hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa and Kirsty Coventry address youths
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday addressed a Youth Indaba during a dialogue with about 200 youths in Harare.Amongst other things, the President said consortiums of young people are to be...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2775 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa meet youths
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to interface with thousands of youths at the inaugural National Youth Indaba, Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry has said. The int...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:54hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to officiate at National Youth Indaba
President Mnangagwa is expected to interface with Zimbabwean youths at the inaugural two-day National Youth Indaba under the new administration to be held at the Harare International Conference Centre...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 179 | 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 | 2497 | by Staff reporter
Nyatanga sues Coventry
ZIMBABWE National Soccer Supporters Association president Charles Eddy Nyatanga has taken Sports minister Kirsty Coventry to court, alleging that she erred in appointing a Sports and Recreation Commis...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:54hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry recruits volunteers
The Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry has is looking for volunteers who can assist her Ministry in organizing a National Youth Indaba to be held in March.Announcing...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 15:25hrs | 2351 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gemma Griffiths charms Zimbabwe
Music lovers across the country are head over heels with soul singer Gemma Griffiths following the release of Winky D's record breaking hit video titled MuGarden on Valentine's Day in which she featur...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:54hrs | 3034 | by Staff reporter
Kirtsy Coventry calls youths for a National Indaba
The Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry has announced that she is organizing youth gathering in March dubbed the national Youth Indaba. Minister Coventry said the Nat...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 15:13hrs | 798 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cosafa blow for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is no longer hosting the regional Cosafa tournament which was scheduled to begin on May 19.Cosafa chief executive Sue Destombes last month announced that Zimbabwe is set to host this ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2802 | by Staff reporter
Call to declare Mungoshi national hero
The Zimbabwe Writers Association (ZWA), through the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ), has petitioned government to declare the late prolific and multi-award-winning writer Charles Mungoshi a n...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
EU to renew sanctions on illegitimate Zanu PF - imperative, step down before 2023
All those who love peace and justice and understand the need to end the long suffering of the people of Zimbabwe after 38 years and counting of this Zanu PF dictatorship will hearty welcomes EU Parlia...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:08hrs | 3449 | by Wilbert Mukori
Avalanche of blunders gives Mangudya guts to challenge 'Tzar' Ncube - another sneak resignation on card
Rumour has it that Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, and the Governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr John Mangudya are failing to agree on key monetary policies including when Zimbabwe shou...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 21:04hrs | 6237 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ncube to ask USA to lift sanctions - he must say whether elections free? Then slap him with sanctions too!
"Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to travel to Washington next month and engage with US lawmakers to lift the sanctions imposed since 2001. But his trip is likely to be overshadowed by t...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:21hrs | 1930 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's skulduggery will not blight Mnangagwa's reform agenda
The usual opposition cynics are employing all manner of tactics to blight the impact of reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa.However, as is the case with any skulduggery antics, th...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 258 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Bread price slashed to $1,80
Government and bakers have agreed to reduce the price of bread from $2,20 to $1,80 a loaf, while Cabinet has approved a multi-million dollar package for businesses affected by the recent violent demon...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:41hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Ncube explain 'how we will get to' Vision 2030 prosperity - What if we're heading for usual mass poverty, what then?
"Twenty Thirty Over the past year, there has been much talk about Vision 2030, our national growth strategy to transform Zimbabwe into a Prosperous and Empowered Upper Middle Income Society by the end...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1617 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Tuku gets befitting send-off
The late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi received a befitting farewell from over 40 000 people who thronged the National Sports Stadium in Harare on Saturday to celebrate his life ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:05hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabweans to emulate Tuku
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to take a leaf from the late national hero, Oliver Mtukudzi, who never despised or sought to harm the nation despite his fame. In a speec...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attempted to overshadow Tuku's send-off
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday attempted to overshadow the late national hero Oliver Mtukudzi's send-off at the National Sports Stadium as he came face to face with protocol after being ...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 18:59hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Oliver Mtukudzi's full burial progam
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Hon Monica Mutsvangwa on Friday gave a press conference on the funeral programme for the late National Hero, Dr Oliver Mtukudzi....Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 17:43hrs | 17532 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance in Tuku honours scramble
AFTER bitter recriminations over last week's deadly fuel price protests, Zanu-PF and its MDC rivals scrambled to show sensitivity to the national mood Thursday as the party leaders joined Zimbabweans ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:39hrs | 2967 | by newzimbabwe
Mtukudzi to be buried in Bindura
The late super star musician Oliver Mtukudzi will not be buried at the national shrine Heroes Acre despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa declaring a national hero on Thursday.In a statement on ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 07:16hrs | 25271 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Linda Masarira's letter to Kirsty Coventry
National Spokesperson of the Thokozani Khupe led MDC Linda Masarira has written a letter to Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Kirsty Coventry advising her to lead in the construction of a National Ar...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 11:48hrs | 4749 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Declare Oliver Mtukudzi a national hero'
The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) has approached the Government seeking conferment of national hero status on music icon Oliver Mtukudzi. Mtukudzi died yesterday afternoon at the Av...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 2543 | by Staff reporter
Recent stay-away will NOT deliver the Zimbabwe we want - 'no planning and due diligence'!
"Demonstrations are planned and must be planned, how do you demonstrate without prior due diligence!" argued Nomazulu Thata in her recent article in Bulawayo24.Many, many things went wrong in ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 21:59hrs | 2125 | by Nomusa Garikai
Kirsty Coventry not quitting anytime soon
Sport, Arts and Culture minister Kirsty Coventry says she will not throw in the towel.Coventry's comments come on the back of pressure being exerted on her to leave President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:43hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry speaks on resignation
Minister of Youth, Arts and Sports Kirsty Coventry has opened up for the first time about her alleged resignation from Ministry that circulated on social media on Thursday.Writing on micro-blo...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4528 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Honest' Coventry to resign in protest of Zanu PF shootings - nonsense, recovering from greed induced insanity
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa could be in for a huge shock on his return if a rumour that Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Kirsty Coventry could be resigning from her position comes true," reported ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 19:21hrs | 4265 | by Nomusa Garikai
Kirsty Coventry has not resigned from ministry
The Minister of Youth, Arts and Sports Kirty Coventry has not resigned from the ministry as alleged by social media on Thursday, government deputy spokesperson Energy Mutodi has revealed.On Th...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 13:57hrs | 5122 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kirst Coventry resigns?
A message circulating in social media is alleging that Minister of Youth Kirsty Coventry has resigned after the bloody protest and state brutality that rocked Zimbabwe in the party three days....Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:29hrs | 4091 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kirsty Coventry to give birth to a girl
Minister of Youth Kirsty Coventry has announced that she will be giving birth to a baby girl in no time.Writing on Twitter Coventry said, "We are so excited to share our news that we will be h...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 15:37hrs | 2605 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lumumba exposes why Mnangagwa is failing
Self-styled communications strategistist William Mutumanje says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidency has started on a false start and is failing. Citing four reasons that he thinks are contributi...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 06:42hrs | 15435 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Open letter to Kirsty Coventry
If there's no "Honourable" in the heading to this letter, it's not me disrespecting.Let me squeal.Most likely, it's this really tall, dark-and-lovely guy whodunit: Edmore Zvinonzwa, th...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1132 | by Gerald Maguranyanga
Union courts Mnangagwa
THE newly-formed Zimbabwe Hupenyu Hunokosha/ Impilo-iQakathekile Artistes/ Sportsmen Road Awareness Union is planning to rope in President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its patron ahead of its all-artistes an...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: Full list of ministers to be reshuffled
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be making changes to the cabinet in mid January. A source in the Office of the President and Cabinet has revealed to us that the discussions that took place at ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:26hrs | 18935 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Death robs Zimbabwe sport
This year has not been so kind to the Zimbabwean sporting fraternity after three of the country's arguably biggest luminaries took their last breaths.Former Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) president Paul...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:32hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Fiscals hindering sports growth
2018 is a year that has been marked with traverse disappointments in the area of sport especially due to financial challenges.Regardless of having rich talent the government doesn't seem t...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:21hrs | 74 | by Daniel Itai
MDC senator moves motion to probe ZC
SENATE this week moved a motion calling on the forensic investigation of alleged rampant corruption and maladministration at Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) as pressure continues to mount on the country's crick...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:10hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
The ED administration has made significant strides
Last week the opposition and other anti-Government detractors were excited by the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of States for Africa, Matthew Harrington's submission on Zimbabwe to the US S...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 10:46hrs | 1508 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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