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Zimbabwe midfielder honoured in France
ZIMBABWE international midfielder Marshall Munetsi has been recognised for his rich vein of form for French side Stade de Reims by being included in the Ligue 1 team of the month for February by...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
GOAT Messi wins Best Fifa men's player award
Argentina and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has been named men's player of the year at the 2022 Best Fifa Awards.The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner beat French forwards Kylian Mbappe an...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 21:51hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Pastor dies attempting 40-day Jesus fast
A pastor in Mozambique has died after trying to fast for 40 days, emulating what Christ is said to have done in the Bible.Francisco Barajah, founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church, d...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 18:57hrs | 2165 | by Staff Reporter
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
God has done more in my life in a few years praying alone, than going to 'church' for decades!
After penning my article entitled, 'Support ED all you want, but please don't blaspheme our God', I received so many messages of agreement, encouragement and endorsement of my sentiments.Indee...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:27hrs | 1854 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Brazilian football legend Pele dies at 82
Brazilian football legend Pele has died at the age of 82 following a long battle with cancer, his agent Joe Fraga and his family confirmed on Thursday.His daughter Kely Nascimento took to Inst...Published: 29 Dec 2022 at 21:16hrs | 1395 | by Staff Reporter
Pastor blasted over Messi
The United Family International Church (UFIC) pastor Michael Mahendere is being ridiculed on micro blogging Twitter after he predicted Argentina's star Lionel Messi crying after the World Cup final ye...Published: 19 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 3668 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF now past sell by date
Zanu-PF does not have any capacity to revive the country's economy, let alone improve the people's lives.Its leaders' energy is mostly spent on jailing political opponents, activists, critics,...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | 461 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa attacked
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of failing to abide by its constitution in elevating President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its leader following the oustin...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 4662 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coal reserves sold for a song
LOKALIZE Investments, a company reportedly linked to businessman Billy Rautenbach, was allocated coal reserves by the government in the western areas of resource-rich Hwange through a transaction tant...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Limpopo armed robber nabbed
A 21-year-old man from Zvishavane who is alleged to be part of an armed robbery gang that has been terrorising illegal migrants and smugglers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River was y...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers For ED' indictment on unions' weaknesses and failure in addressing teachers' plight
Let us not delude and deceive ourselves.There were no teachers who suddenly had a 'patriotism' epiphany - waking up one day, fallen head over heals in love with Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dam...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 18:27hrs | 324 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Karim Benzema wins Ballon d'Or
Karim Benzema said he had become more ambitious with age as the Real Madrid and France striker won the Ballon d'Or on Monday, and dedicated his trophy "to the people".Benzema, who turns 35 in ...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers 'rob' client
FIVE sex workers plying their trade in Harare's Avenues red-light district have been charged with robbery after they reportedly accused their client of messing their sheets and forced him to pay US$80...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi To Marshall Messi
WARRIORS midfielder Marshall Munetsi is set to make a return to the Stade de Reims fold after serving a one-match suspension ahead of the star-studded French football champions Paris Saint Germain at ...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean reporter robbed in SA
NEWSDAY senior journalist Rex Mphisa was yesterday robbed in Messina, South Africa where he had gone to investigate robbery cases in the border town. Mphisa was in the company of a friend when...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
UK has new PM, 8th since 1980, Truss too will be booted out if she fail - Zim on 2nd, both way, way past 'use-by date'
The British people have a new Prime Minister, the 8th one since 1980! Liz Truss 2022 - present ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:11hrs | 2309 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa pleads with SA
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called on South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and other political parties in the neighbouring country t...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3063 | by Staff reporter
England-born Zimbabwean starlet completes Manchester City move
ENGLISH Premier League champions Manchester City have secured the signing of England-born Zimbabwe youngster David Chigwada from Blackburn Rovers.The 14-year-old who can play as a winger or an...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 20:17hrs | 9708 | by Staff reporter
If the situation in Zimbabwe is Mnangagwa's best then the entire government needs to resign!
Whilst we were still in school, there were always two groups of students who performed dreadfullyThere were those who were unquestionab...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 19:35hrs | 972 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'We're not far from Rwanda in 1994,' warned Biti. Because we're cursed with great man who're easily corrupted by power
"He (John Kumalo) is a big man, in this place, your brother. His shop always full of men, talking as you have heard. But they say you must hear him at a meeting, he and Dubula and a brown man named To...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 17:56hrs | 419 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe army is part of Zanu-PF, says Mutsvangwa
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has bragged that it has the country's armed forces and war veterans on its side, raising fears that the security sector might be used to influence the outcome of next year's p...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:23hrs | 6668 | by Staff reporter
'End of an era': Joyce Kazembe retire from Zec
Kazembe is the giant of modern Zimbabwe electoral landscape. For many Zimbabweans, her retirement today after 27 years of uninterrupted service at Electoral Supervisory Commission now, Zimbabwe Electo...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 2042 | by Farai Chirimumimba
'2013 elections were so flawed, so illegal withdraw was the only logical step' - today it's only sane step
"Zanu PF has won the Masvingo West ward 21 by-election," reported Zimeye."Sources in the ward spoke of intimidation of voters and rampant rigging by Zanu PF."What is really infuriating is thes...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 583 | by P Guramatunhu
'Ghost House of Sussex': £40m mansion and mausoleum unfinished since 1985; tycoon owner van Hoogstraten emigrated to Zimbabwe
Sitting in a muddy field, unloved and deteriorating by the day sits a forgotten but hugely impressive mansion that is one of the UK's greatest unfinished architectural projects. Bigger than Buckingham...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 11425 | by Staff reporter
There's no bright future for Zimbabwe as long as we have leaders who lack honest introspection!
Whether it is in a counselling session, or rehabilitation program for some personal challenges, or a sincere desire to transform one's life for the better - there is always one key critical determinan...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 22:34hrs | 378 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance
For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's ‘triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover w...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 89 | by Bishop Lazi
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 2381 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Mwonzora's MDC-T implodes
FOLLOWING a humiliating electoral defeat in the just-ended by-elections, MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has allegedly gone on a purging spree against members who question his leadership and the party's...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
WhaWha bank on new signing Brown
WhaWha gaffer Luke Petros believes they might have found a new Messiah in Legends Academy product Calum English Brown, to replace Edmore Muzanenhamo, who recently relocated to the United Kingdom....Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:48hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Mwonzora's MDC-T says disappointed by election results
The Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T has issued a statement saying it is disappointed by the party's performance in the just ended 26 March by-elections which saw the party getting zero seats. Earli...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 14:13hrs | 3851 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora says MDC-T 'will rise like a Phoenix'
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora on Monday said his party would "rise like a Phoenix" after suffering a by-election drubbing last Saturday.Running under the banner of MDC Alliance, Mwonzora saw h...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:45hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora equates self to Lionel Messi
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has conceded defeat in the Saturday by-elections, but boldly declared he performed like Argentine football maestros, Lionel Messi who sometimes misses penalties.H...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 12:42hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
'We will protest rigged elections!' promised Chamisa - but why keep participating, it's insane
Insanity comes in all manner of degrees and disguises but have two things in common; one, it is mind bogglingly repetitive. Or as the great physicist Albert Einstein aptly put it, "insanity is doing t...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:17hrs | 551 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
From Zimbabwean soccer star to taxi driver
THE death of South Africa-based former Zimbabwe national team footballer Charles Yohane has again highlighted the challenges that African players can face at the end of their careers.Yohane di...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 772 | by Steve Vickers
Impounded top-of-the-range vehicles gather dust
FAILURE to change ownership of vehicles and smuggling of cars is proving costly for some motorists as top-of-the range vehicles recently impounded by police are now gathering dust at Harare City Counc...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:11hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zim leader alongside US
WHILE Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, recently appointed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to add his other high-profile board appointments such as at Rockefeller Foundation, is a rol...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Africa's acceptance of oppressive regimes fueling coups and terrorism
So, yet another African country has fallen to military rule! This time around - in apparent quick succession of one African government after another, particularly in the Western region - it wa...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 15:10hrs | 528 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's political own-goal
FRENCH realist, painter and sculptor Edgar Degas once retorted: "What a horrible thing yellow is."He made this statement after discovering that despite the colour being associated with cheerfu...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:18hrs | 516 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
'Defending banned Streak is like trying to defend a rapist'
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) on Tuesday night launched a scathing attack on cricket publication ESPN Cricinfo for an article about Heath Streak and what led him to his eight-year ban for corruption by the In...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1136 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
What I Learnt From Romelu Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku is a Chelsea player who recently spoke passionately about his former boss (coach) and former club (Inter Milan), while explicitly expressing his frustration with his new football manager...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 15:04hrs | 838 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Zimbabwe soccer fans threaten protest against SRC
FORMER Caps United administrator Paddington Japajapa has threatened to mobilise football fans to protest against the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) if they do not reinstate the suspended Zifa ...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora halfway digging his political career
MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora who calls himself a democratic constitutionalist advocating for politics of rational disputation is at it again, salivating to by-pass and mutilate the pillars of the ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 14:02hrs | 2185 | by Leonard Koni
A chain is as strong as its weakest link
The Bishop's heart always bleeds each time he thinks about Ethiopia, the land of brave men and women who valiantly frustrated Italy's imperial designs in the 20th century, making it difficult for colo...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 35 | by Bishop Lazarus
Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or for 7th time
Lionel Messi admitted winning the Copa America with Argentina might have been the determining factor in him claiming the men's Ballon d'Or prize for the seventh time after a turbulent year, as Spain's...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 07:37hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
The invention and revolutionary stand of the hubble space telescope
Space is huge. It is estimated to be more than 23 trillion light years diameter wise. For context of its sheer size, think of a single light year...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 18:16hrs | 84 | by Staff writer
Have we Witnessed the Biggest Transfer Window in Recent Football History?
Messi to PSG. Ronaldo to Man United. The transfer window that we have just witnessed will be one of the most influential we will see in football. PSG's transfer window alone is enough to make any of t...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 08:56hrs | 79 | by Staff Reporter
When the police officer is actually a thug
CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazi
Kadewere battling nagging muscle injury
WARRIORS striker Tino Kadewere is still struggling with a thigh injury that has seen him miss his French Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais' last three matches.Kadewere suffered the muscle injury...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
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