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Ugandan fan shot dead celebrating Arsenal beating Manchester United
A fan of English football club Arsenal, who was celebrating the team's victory over Manchester United, has allegedly been shot dead by a security guard in Uganda.Another fan was injured as the...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 08:23hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Namatai Kwekweza to be issued with a new ID
Zimbabwean authorities have invited pro-democracy campaigner Namatai Kwekweza to the Registrar-General's Office to collect her new national identity card after a contentious battle over the replacemen...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 16:26hrs | 10778 | by Staff reporter
Axe argument turns ugly
Two Sheraton workers in Plumtree had a serious argument over their employer's axe, resulting in one of them axing his colleague.The matter came to light on Friday at Plumtree magistrates court...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:23hrs | 100 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZESA singlehandedly destroying Zimbabwe: The shocking truth behind the power crisis
In Zimbabwe, there is a harsh reality that every citizen faces: power outages, or "load shedding," are an almost daily occurrence. Power cuts, sometimes lasting up to 18 hours, have become the...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 21:07hrs | 3633 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's energy crisis deepens?
Zimbabwean businesses are once again counting the costs of electricity outages as low water levels at the Kariba Dam have resulted in reduced power generation while frequent breakdowns at the coal the...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:27hrs | 3809 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1059 | 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 | 13166 | 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
17-year-old arrested in 800kg copper theft
Two suspects from Bulawayo, including a 17-year-old teenager, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing 759.5 kg of copper cables valued at US$15,190.Ishmael Mpala (27) of Emakhan...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 20:18hrs | 746 | by Sankara Bizela
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 | 256 | by Staff reporter
Impala hunting man jailed 6 months
A 41-year-old man was arrested for illegally hunting impalas without proper authorization.On August 30, 2024, at around 7:00 PM, game scouts spotted Aram Sibanda and his accomplices leaving Ba...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 14:46hrs | 202 | 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 | 438 | 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 | 859 | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa to be buried in South Africa
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former CEO of MTN Group and Eskom board member, will be laid to rest in Johannesburg on Saturday. Dabengwa, 66, passed away o...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 15:09hrs | 2342 | 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 | 295 | 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 | 2116 | 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 | 432 | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa dies
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former president and CEO of telecoms giant MTN Group and a board member of Eskom, has passed away at the age of 66.Da...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 15:52hrs | 6630 | 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 | 103 | 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 | 564 | 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 | 1176 | 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 | 263 | 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 | 2145 | 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 | 121 | 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
Zimbabwe is hardly undiscovered ground for the world's miners
Zimbabwe has huge amounts of unexplored and underexploited mineral resource potential and the world's resource companies could be lining up to rebuild Zimbabwe's once-mighty gold mines and metal refin...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mimosa to use Zimplats' Base Metal Refinery
Mimosa Mining Company has entered into an agreement with Zimplats, the country's largest platinum group metal (PGM) producer, to use Zimplats' Base Metal Refinery (BMR) to maximize the nation's PGM be...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 13:12hrs | 17 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of Zimbabwe marriage certificates invalid
HUNDREDS of marriage certificates that were issued after September 2022 may be "null and void" because they cite a no longer valid law, it has emerged.On May 27, 2022, President Emmerson...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:38hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Herd boy commits suicide amid stock theft allegations
Police in Matabeleland North Province are probing a troubling case involving a herd boy who purportedly consumed a dipping chemical in an apparent suicide attempt following his implication in a recent...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 11:41hrs | 18 | by Peter Matuka
Police blitz rattles Bulawayo commuter taxis
BULAWAYO police and Bulawayo City Council (BCC) have launched a blitz on pirate taxis, commuter omnibuses and touts to drive them out of the city.The operation, which was launched on Monday th...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank accumulates almost a ton of gold reserves
Zimbabwe's central bank accumulated 793 kilograms (25,000 ounces) of gold reserves since introducing a law that compels mining companies to pay part of their royalties using the metal.The rese...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 year old boy 'hangs self' over missing socks
A 9-year-old Gokwe boy was found hanging from the home's dish drying rack in a suspected case of suicide that left the community shocked.The incident occurred on 7 February 2024 at about 8AM....Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube exempts VAT on key basic commodities
TREASURY has gazetted the suspension of Value Added Tax (VAT) on selected basic commodities with effect from today as part of Government measures to tame price increases while boosting consumer purcha...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 9 | 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
Man threatens to axe sister over land
A 40-YEAR-OLD Hwange man appeared before Hwange Magistrate Court Ms Ailene Munamati on Friday morning for threatening to axe his sister over a land dispute.Mpindi Luwinga of Bangali village un...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 16:43hrs | | by Peter Matuka
Tsholotsho councillor, GMB staffer in inputs storm
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillor for Ward 18 in Tsholotsho District, David Mpala and a Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot staffer are being accused of demanding money from locals for the...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insiza: The land of gold and glory
INSIZA is a district in Matabeleland South Province and its capital, Filabusi, is 100km south of Bulawayo, along the Mbalabala/Zvishavane Road. The district boasts of a diverse landscape, with gentle ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Holidaymakers throng Bulawayo tourist attractions
TOURIST attractions around Bulawayo were on Christmas Day teeming with activity as hordes of holidaymakers, among them Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi, took time out to celebr...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 16 | 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 | 11 | by Agencies
Zimplats is cutting spending on its US$1.8bn projects
The decline in global platinum prices is compelling Impala Platinum to reduce its planned expenditures across its operations, including Zimplats, which is expected to negatively impact local suppliers...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 08:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Controversy mars influencer awards
Several artists in Bulawayo have accused the organizers of the third edition of the African Influencer Awards of bias toward certain award recipients. The awards ceremony, held at Impala Car Rentals o...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plans to develop Zimbabwe's biggest mine near Bulawayo
Caledonia Mining is exploring options to raise US$250m to develop its Bilboes project into what could be Zimbabwe's biggest gold mine.The company, which also owns the Blanket gold mine in Zimb...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Father stabs son (9) with knife for failing to find glue
A nine-year-old boy was seriously stabbed by his father for failing to find a glue which his father had sent him to collect.The horrendous incident happened in Mphoengs, Plumtree on 30 Septemb...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole/Desmond Nleya
Insiza North to get more secondary schools
Leadership in Ward 13 of Insiza District in Matabeleland South Province has identified a piece of land with plans to establish a secondary school. According to local headman Mr. Julius Maromo, communi...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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