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Junior Sables go down fighting against Scotland
ZIMBABWE'S Under-20 rugby team put on a thrilling second half performance but their efforts were in vain as they began their World Rugby Under 20 Trophy campaign against Scotland with a 64-33 de...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:18hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe out of Cricket World Cup
For the second time in two Qualifiers, Zimbabwe have fallen short at the final hurdle, and as a result they won't be at the 2023 World Cup. They needed to win one of their last two matches, just as in...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 17:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba brings Villa captain to Victoria Falls
JOHN Mcginn the Aston Villa captain arrives in Victoria Falls today on holiday at the invitation of Zimbabwe international, Marvellous Nakamba.It is a big score by Nakamba to have invited a fo...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born rugby star Chawatama joins top English side
ZIMBABWE-BORN rugby star Lovejoy Chawatama has completed a big move to Gallagher side Harlequins following the suspension of his former side London Irish from the top tier of English rugby union....Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Warning shots fired
ALL-ROUNDER Sikandar Raza smashed a brilliant century before excelling with the ball as Zimbabwe warmed up for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier with a victory over minnows Oman in a high-s...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: Red herring, Chamisa's double
Becoming a political clichéGustave Flaubert of the 19th Century licentious novel, Madame Bovary, said this of language: "Language is indeed a machine that continually amplifies emotion."...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:46hrs | 12 | by @Jamwanda2 0n Saturday
Black people can conquer world if only we stopped moping over colonialism and racism!
So, now both the British Prime Minister and Scottish First Minister are of Indian descent.Rushi Sunak and Humza Yousaf were elected leaders of their respective parties and nations – the Brit...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 10:39hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President Lukashenko charmed by Victoria Falls
The first impressions that he conveyed were of dignity, courtesy and self-confidence.Bearing the mantle of authority with ease, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko radiated warmth and charm...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MPs scrimmage for US$40 000 loan shows how we all are dependent on the dictator's benevolence
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to the...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 10:49hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Possible lifeline for bench sitter Nakamba as Aston Villa sack Gerrard
ZIMBABWE international Marvelous Nakamba has been handed a lifeline at Aston Villa following the sacking of Steven Gerrard.Gerrard was fired by Villa in the wake of his side's lifeless perform...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Chevrons smashes Scotland to make Twenty20 World Cup Super 12
Zimbabwe made history by qualifying for the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup for the first time in their history after beating Scotland by five wickets and nine balls to spare in a winner-takes...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 19:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
White bride on rural stoep
ONE of the hallmarks of a marriage in the Ndebele culture is ukucola, a ritual to introduce the daughter-in-law to the ancestors which is conducted by the groom's family. The process invo...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health ...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 18:38hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Moyo signs for English side
WARRIORS striker David Moyo has moved back to England where he has signed a one-year deal with League Two side, Barrow AFC.Moyo (27) left Scottish Championship outfit Hamilton Academical in Ma...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa officially recognises Matabeleland independence cause, talks about it daily
Just imagine UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, threatening to shorten the lives of all Scottish people who are calling for the independence of Scotland from UK or Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 18 | by Israel Dube
Scotland pushes to be independent from colonial Britain
Scotland's leader told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scotland's independence on Oct. 19, 2023 - even though U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson maintains it...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:55hrs | 10 | by Associated Press
116-year old Inyathi Mission still exudes medieval charm
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country’s oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still l...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 35 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean striker part ways with Scottish club
WARRIORS striker David Moyo has left Scottish Championship football side Hamilton Academical after requesting for a transfer to pursue other opportunities elsewhere.Moyo, who has been at Hamil...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba to step up return
Marvelous Nakamba is set to step-up his recovery from a knee injury which had ruled him out of action for over three months.The Aston Villa midfielder has missed 13 games after suffering a ser...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Unknown German, Italian coaches interested in Warriors job
THE vacant Warriors' job has attracted interest from as far afield as Germany and Italy after about four European football coaches threw their names in the hat.ZIFA are expected to advertise t...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors 2022 AFCON squad
THE Warriors embark on a fresh battle on the continent this Monday when they face Senegal in their first match at the rescheduled 2021 AFCON finals in Cameroon.Zimbabwe were drawn in Group B a...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Revenue Hall to be 100% solar powered
BULAWAYO'S Revenue Hall is set to go 100 percent solar powered as the local authority ups its drive towards alternative energy at most of its facilities.This comes in the wake of reports that ...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BCC to turn cemetery into solar farm
THE Bulawayo City Council is working on establishing solar farms within their water pumping stations which will help solve the problem of power outages which have forced the local authority to introdu...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:10hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
The party and Mnangagwa's lost COP26 opportunity
"Our country is falling apart….never mind, let's party!" ran a headline in one of the United Kingdom (UK)'s daily tabloids and one of its most read newspapers.The headline was, of course, ab...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
It's a cruel world for black people
So the world decided to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, last week to try and save the planet from what we are told could be an imminent apocalypse caused by rising global temperatures.Well, Bisho...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:08hrs | 12 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabweans break records at COP26
The COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, saw a number of records being broken.This was a conference which saw a number of Zimbabweans attending to give solidarity to their President, and thi...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 12 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Scottish MP wears Mnangagwa scarf
A Scottish MP photographed wearing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's signature scarf with Zimbabwean colours says she "deplores" the Zanu-PF government.Zimbabwe-born Maggie Chapman said she was d...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 17:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa off to the UK
THE Second Republic's re-engagement drive will shift into a higher gear this week with President Mnangagwa expected to meet several global leaders including British Prime Minister Mr Boris Johnson in ...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK removes Zimbabwe from Covid-19 red list
The United Kingdom will remove Zimbabwe from the Covid-19 red list on Monday, in a development that will make it easy to travel between the two countries.Crucially, the tourism sector is expec...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Warriors' UK brigade for Ghana match
UNITED Kingdom-based Warriors' players will only play the first-leg of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier in Ghana and miss the return leg should Fifa's engagement on release of stars with the English ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hope for UK-based Warriors
Warriors coach Norman Mapeza's chances of successfully bringing United Kingdom-based stars for the World Cup qualifiers against Ghana next month have improved, with authorities moving towards an amica...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare, London entering another diplomatic level?
CORDIAL engagement and re-engagement between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe testify that the Second Republic is quietly working and making good progress in terms of re-engaging the world. Thi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepares for UK trip
President Mnangagwa yesterday met British Ambassador Melanie Robinson and discussed his forthcoming trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to be hosted by Britain ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa still hopeful for release of UK players
ZIFA hasn't given up on six United Kingdom-based players called up by Warriors' head coach Zdvarko Logarusic for the two upcoming World Cup qualifiers against South Africa on Friday and away to Ethiop...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prince surprises Warriors technical staff
THE Warriors technical team were yesterday surprised to see Prince Dube featuring and scoring for his Tanzanian club, Azam, in a pre-season friendly match against Kabwe Warriors of Zambia. The f...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba to miss Bafana showdown
MARVELOUS NAKAMBA is now certainly out of the Warriors' 2022 World Cup qualifier against South Africa, next week. The English Premiership revealed they will not release any players for matches set for...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
British spaceports under development
Two new British spaceports could be the catalyst to making Britain Europe's newest space superpower. If they can overcome planning challenges, the value to the UK's economy could be hard to measure....Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 20:37hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwean deportees get reprieve from UK legislators
Two United Kingdom legislators have weighed in their support expressing displeasure on the manner the recent deportations of Zimbabweans was handled by the United Kingdom government. Legislato...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born Scottish MP takes oath in shona
ZIMBABWEAN born Scottish politician, Maggie Chapman has made history by becoming the first Scottish legislator to take oath in the European country's parliament in the Shona language.The 41-ye...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scottish-born, New Zealand-bred rugby star relishing Zimbabwe Sables dance
HE was born in Glasgow in Scotland to Zimbabwean parents, grew up in New Zealand, where he honed his rugby skills at the famed Waikato Rugby Academy, had stints in his native country with the PRO14 si...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Galloway confident of Warriors call
ENGLAND-based defender Brendan Galloway might have missed Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers but he remains optimistic he will gatecrash into the Warriors party at the tournament in Cameroon ...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Loga battles for work permit
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who is battling to extend his work permit after his initial one-year permit expired, says there is no guarantee he will get his Euro stars for the final two AFCON qu...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba back in Villa colours
ZIMBABWE international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, who has been subject of intense speculations during the current transfer window, has proved why he is still key for English Premiership football si...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sables tipped for World Cup
The whimper of the past 30 years is turning into a growl. Zimbabwe, Africa's first ever representative at a Rugby World Cup in 1987, is starting to wake up — and the ambition is a first World Cup ap...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
James Bond actor 'Sir Sean Connery' dies at 90
Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said.The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, being the first to bring the role to the big screen and appea...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 12:46hrs | | by BBC
Andy Rinomhota snubs Warriors
English football Championship outfit Reading midfielder Andy Rinomhota has turned down the chance to play for the Warriors in the hope of securing a senior call-up for England in the future, Standards...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Professorships must be earned
Professor Jonathan Jansen thinks that South Africa is suffering from some kind of professor fraud. It is about the way in which people are running about in South Africa calling themselves "professors"...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:02hrs | | by Ken Mufuka
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