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Nkayi gets new CEO
THE Local Government ministry has appointed Silibele Mpofu as the new Nkayi Rural District Council chief executive officer (CEO) despite the Zanu-PF-dominated council preferring Lawrence Mudimba for t...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi petitions over State brutality
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa over State brutality on its members following incarceration of nine members for violence.Last week, Bulawayo magi...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:01hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of being vindictive, abusing power
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader, Mqondisi Moyo has challenged the judgment against nine party members known as the MRP9 who were jailed for public violence.Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa S...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 18:42hrs | 1466 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law lift ZIFA board suspension
THE Sports and Recreation Commission have lifted the suspension of members of the ZIFA board as part of the on-going process to institute reforms needed to bring back normalcy to the domestic football...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Shona judge jails Mthwakazi activists for carrying knobkerries
NINE activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were sentenced to varying jail terms when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Mr Tawengwa Sangster.The nine who had pleaded not gui...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 9 Mthwakazi activists given community service
Information reaching this publication indicate that the Bulawayo magistrate courty has has handed down community service sentence on nine Mthwakazi Republic Party officials who include national league...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 17:38hrs | 1726 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Warriors' loss, Bafana's gain
ZIMBABWE'S disqualification from participating in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers may have just opened a window of opportunity for South Africa to gain easy passage to the tourney, w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:39hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in-law's hubris killing local football
THE Zimbabwe national football team, the Warriors, will miss the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers because the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) simply cannot swallow its pride and ad...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to be barred from 2022 COSAFA Cup due to Mnangagwa's son in-law's interference
THE Warriors have been barred from participating at this year's COSAFA Cup following confirmation by the Southern regional football body that Zimbabwe will not be eligible due to its suspension from i...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Wrangle over Nkayi top job
Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting C...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Wrangle over Nkayi top job
Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting C...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law extinguishes Warriors' Afcon dream
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has emphatically declared the country's participation in the 2023 Afcon qualifiers is not a priority as the window of opportunity opened by Caf slams shut th...Published: 22 May 2022 at 19:21hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Businessman busted in car sex with married lover
ADULTERY is thrilling until the moment you are busted having sex in a car with someone's wife.Ask Bulawayo businessman Ramutsikabotlalo Mokoena, he will tell you that as much as stolen waters ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:21hrs | 4401 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers offer payment terms
SHE started being a sex worker five years ago.And today, the 35-year-old from Nyanga now services both men and women.She also services her old clients on credit."I have loyal c...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:15hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in-law's move, an exercise in futility
THE much-hyped Zifa extraordinary general meeting (EGM) was held in Harare last Saturday with assembly members voting for the dismissal of the Felton Kamambo-led board.The same resolution also...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:22hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in law must not drag ZImbabwe football to the gutter
THE Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Patrice Motsepe is feeling let down by the Gerald Mlotshwa-chaired Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) in his bid to have Zimbabwe readmitted i...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:52hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to miss out on AFCON draw
THE 2023 Africa Cup of Nations draw will be held next week and Zimbabwe's Warriors will not be part of the teams that will go into the hat as the country continues to pay the price for poor administra...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2220 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Kamambo's Zifa board is the best, says Omega Sibanda
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda ranks the suspended Zifa board led by Felton Kamambo as the best to have taken charge of local football, and says their banishment is ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law not bothered about Zifa suspension
THE Sports and Recreation Commission have said they are not in a hurry to lift the suspension of the ZIFA board as a condition for reinstatement of Zimbabwe's membership by FIFA and will only do so on...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:44hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube says was ‘wrong' to back Mnangagwa, renews Chamisa criticism
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) owner Trevor Ncube has admitted he was "wrong" to assume President Emmerson Mnangagwa would govern better than Robert Mugabe.Ncube, one of Mnangagwa's biggest cheerl...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:49hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Agritex officer arrested
A NKAYI based Agritex officer has been arrested for criminal abuse of office after he collected transport money from villagers under the pretext that it was for transporting fertiliser.Police ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:37hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to remain unitary State, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will remain a unitary State and no amount of machinations from the country's detractors, or those calling for a separate State, will divide the country, President Mnangagwa has said.A...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:26hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son-in-law, adviser botch ZimCoke deal
A COURT application is set to be filed any day from now to legally and officially cancel the US$225 million ZimCoke deal to acquire assets of the now defunct state-owned Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Compan...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand Kamambo return
Members of Parliament yesterday implored the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to reinstate the suspended Zifa board to save careers of footballers, who stand to be affected by the suspension of ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 3184 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Maponga apologises to Ndebeles over Gukurahundi rant
Former Seventh Day Adventist Bishop Joshua Maponga has issued an apology to the people of Zimbabwe after he posted an article saying the people of Matabeleland should forgive the Shona people of the G...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 10:23hrs | 4432 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagnwa's son-in law needs to resolve Zifa suspension urgently
AS had been expected, the decision by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), the sports regulating body in Zimbabwe to meddle in the affairs of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has come a...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tainted SRC accuses Fifa of double standards
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has accused Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) of double standards following its decision to suspend Zimbabwe over the dissolution of...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
SRC determined to kill Zimbabwe football
THE Sports and Recreation Commission are confident they will be able to cleanse the rot in Zimbabwean football with or without the input of CAF and FIFA with the authorities hoping to rejoin FIFA befo...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in law plunging Zimbabwean football into disarray to settle personal scores
THE suspended Zifa board has accused Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) boss Gerald Mlotshwa of plunging local football into disarray in order to settle personal scores.Fifa on February 24...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son-in law's costly blunder
Zimbabwean football was left facing a very bleak future last week after the game's governing body, Fifa, banned the country from international competitions, citing government interference in the runni...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:33hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
SRC not budging
The Sports and Recreation Commission says while it has noted the purported suspension of the country as a member of the Fifa family, the Zifa executive committee and its general secretary remain suspe...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Fifa bans Zimbabwe
AFTER months of speculation over Fifa's stance on the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC)'s suspension of the Zifa board in November last year, the world governing body, Fifa, yesterday banned Zimb...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:14hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
FIFA bans Zimbabwe over Mnangagwa son-in law's interference
Zimbabwe has been banned by FIFA, who are demanding that the Zifa board suspended by the Sports and Recreation Commission be reinstated.The Zifa board led by Felton Kamambo was suspended by SR...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:35hrs | 4505 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in law faces contempt of Parliament charges
SPORTS and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa, who is President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son in law, is facing contempt of parliament charges after he snubbed a hearing by Youth, Spor...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:59hrs | 2082 | by Staff reporter
SRC, Parliament clash
SPORTS and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa has come under fire from Members of Parliament who are demanding the reinstatement of the suspended Zifa executive board to avert a F...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:50hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Caf demands Zifa board reinstatement
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) insists that it will not back down on its decision to suspend the Zifa board despite the Confederation of African Football (Caf) calling for the reinstatemen...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 19:52hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 2065 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Fifa blocks Zifa EGM
FIFA has blocked a Zifa extraordinary congress that had been called by disgruntled members of the association and was scheduled to take place this weekend.The meeting was likely to culminate i...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:41hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
'Boko Haram' wins Zanu-PF primary election
THERE were wide celebrations Friday night after Zanu-PF official, Ruth ‘Boko Haram' Chikukwa won the right to represent the ruling party in the Chinhoyi Ward 2 upcoming council by-elections....Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:26hrs | 4938 | by Staff reporter
SRC endorses its engineered Zifa EGM
The Sports and Recreation Commission has endorsed a call for a Zifa emergency general meeting (EGM) which could see the football body's mandate revoked over a raft of alleged transgressions.At...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
FIFA set to hit Zimbabwe with sanctions
FIFA's deadline for Zimbabwe to re-instate the ZIFA board lapses on Monday.Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations finals participation is in jeopardy after FIFA warned last month it would impose swi...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 19:01hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
D-day for Zimbabwe
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has until today to reinstate the suspended Zifa board or Zimbabwe faces a possible ban by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) from int...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Man demands sex from late brother's wife
A WOMAN from Luveve suburb has approached the Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo to help her restrain her late's husband's younger brother who wants to chuck her out of the family house after she ref...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2211 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Esigodini
gold panners have reportedly wreaked havoc in Esigodini, Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South province, leaving unclaimed pits that pose a danger to human lives.Esigodini is well known fo...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:54hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Zifa wants Mnangagwa intervention
The Zimbabwe Football Association board has accused the Sports and Recreation Commission of misleading President Emmerson Mnangagwa over their stand-off that could see local football being frozen inte...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:28hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Zifa call for probe into SRC conduct
THE suspended Zifa executive committee has called on the Government to institute an open inquiry into the conduct, motive and decisions of the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC).In a five-...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:23hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA, Sports Commission war rages on
THE Zimbabwe Sports and Recreation Commission is not stopping at anything in their desperate attempts to perpetuate the chaos that already exists in domestic football.The stand-off in domestic...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:22hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Zifa executive committee asks government to probe SRC
THE suspended Zifa executive committee has called on the government to institute an open inquiry into the conduct, motive and decisions of the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC).In a five-...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
FIFA fires warning shoots at Mnangagwa's son-in-law led SRC
Football world governing body FIFA has given Zimbabwe up to January 3 to reinstate the suspended ZIFA board or face sanctions, which could include the country's exclusion from the Africa Cup of Nation...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:38hrs | 3827 | by Staff reporter
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