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Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
English Premier League 23/24 fixtures out
Manchester City will begin their push for a record fourth consecutive Premier League title away to Vincent Kompany's Burnley. The Treble winners will visit Turf Moor to face their former captain's pro...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muskwe's EPL dream in limbo
ZIMBABWEAN forward Admiral Muskwe may have to wait a bit longer before playing English Premier League football after it emerged he could be sent out on loan again, to play League One football, by his ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba helps Luton win the richest football match on earth
Zimbabwean international Marvelous Nakamba had a marvellous evening last night as Luton Town stormed into the English Premier League for the first time in their history after a pulsating match at Wemb...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
EPL Pfee:- Nakamba makes Marvelous Premier League return
AFTER being deemed excess baggage at English Premier Soccer League side Aston Villa and sent on loan to Championship side Luton Town in the January transfer period, Zimbabwe international Marvelous Na...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marvelous ending for Nakamba
AFTER a gruelling 10-month race, the English Championship is now set for a frenzied ending tomorrow, with Zimbabwean football fans keeping a close eye on proceedings.While champions Burnley an...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba stares at richest football game
Warriors midfielder Marvelous Nakamba is in the Championship play-off finals after his second tier English side, Luton secured a place in the four-team play-offs for a place in the Premier League on W...Published: 21 Apr 2023 at 19:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba helps Luton Town seal playoff spot
MARVELOUS Nakamba's Luton Town have sealed a playoff spot after playing to a 1-1 draw against Reading on Wednesday evening at the Madejski Stadium.The Hatters are third on the Sky Bet Champion...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean charged with plotting to manufacture sub-machine guns in UK
A FORMER Bradford University lecturer accused of plotting to manufacture and transfer sub-machine guns made using a 3D printer told a jury he was building a racing car and making vehicle parts....Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Phillip Anjorin
Peter Ndlovu struggling to pay maintenance for his 13 children?
Mamelodi Sundowns team manager Peter Ndlovu might have dodged a financial bullet after the Johannesburg High Court reduced the amount of child support one of the mothers of his 13 children was demandi...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | | by Stephen Bates
Marvelous Nakamba lands at Luton Town
ASTON Villa's Warriors midfielder Marvelous Nakamba is taking a status downgrade with a loan move to English Championship side Luton Town where he can however, resuscitate his limping career at a team...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 23:47hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Will he really 'face down' China?
The UK has a new prime minister… Today's world news is evidently dominated by a variety of interesting and illuminating stories, expectations, theories, debates and analyses about Mr. ...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 11:25hrs | | by Ndaba Sibanda
Comedian probes Mugabe's life
BRITISH-ZIMBABWEAN comedian Munya Chawawa is preparing to launch a new documentary comedy titled How to Survive A Dictator with the production house Rumpus Media.Chawawa (29) is to meet the fr...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 19:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
150 Zimbabweans to be deported from the UK
Human rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger.The flight, scheduled for July ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teenager signs first professional contract with Newcastle United
England-born Zimbabwean teenage striker Michael Ndiweni and seven other teenagers have put pen to paper on their first professional contracts with Newcastle United.Michael Ndiweni, Jamie Miley...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Will Kadewere be the player to catch Ndlovu's Warriors goal record?
Legendary Zimbabwe striker Peter Ndlovu's international goal scoring record was expected to stand for a long time when he set it in 2005, and now almost 17 years have gone by without any other player ...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 17:03hrs | 4 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe starlet undergoing trials at Blackburn Rovers
Highly rated Zimbabwe youth international Luther Munakandafa is undergoing trials at English Championship football club Blackburn Rovers.The promising forward, who is currently attached at Eng...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pupils to receive amacimbi fortified porridge
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce a school feeding programme for pupils aged between seven and 11 years who will receive mopane worms fortified porridge in a bid to address the pupils' nutritional challe...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Serial fraudster in court for conning land seekers
A SUSPECTED serial fraudster was on Saturday arraigned before the courts after he allegedly duped several unsuspecting land seekers of their money in Harare.Rodgers Kasiya (45) who was represe...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Warriors arrive in Joburg
THE Warriors get down to business with the first training session in Johannesburg, South Africa, this morning ahead of Thursday's World Cup qualifier at FNB Stadium.The Warriors arrived in Joh...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi opens up on EPL move collapse
WARRIORS midfielder Marshal Munetsi has revealed the reason behind his failure to make a move to England's Premier League (EPL) despite reported interest from a couple of clubs.The 25-year-old...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK to deport 150 Zimbabweans
HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger.The flight, scheduled for July ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Son of a Zimbabwean nurse is bookies' new favourite for James Bond
He is the dashing Netflix duke who could be about to swap regency era London for the secretive world of MI6. Regé-Jean Page left women swooning as the suave star of smash-hit British series Bridgerto...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of Nyoni: Drugs, booze and kidnapping
CECIL Nyoni was on a treadmill in a Hillsborough gym when they came for him. The former Sheffield Wednesday starlet, who a decade ago was being widely spoken about in the corridors of Middlewood Road ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Premier League Relegation: Are two teams doomed already?
The Premier League often throws up a fascinating relegation scrap and we often see a race where many teams are involved, and all three places are in play. However, we could see something very differen...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 14:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked?
With one-quarter of the Premier League season having been played, English football fans are starting to get a good idea of how things are shaping up for the rest of the campaign. While few people woul...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rapper Cal_Vin killed in Bulawayo hit and run incident
Rapper Cal_Vin has died aged 35.The Bulawayo-born singer was run over by a car at around 11.30PM on Saturday after watching a football match on TV at a bar near his home in Luveve, his family ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Nakamba and Villa be the Premier League's surprise package?
Aston Villa put forward a statement in their Premier League contest against Liverpool, smashing the defending champions 7-2 at Villa Park. Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba was part of the squa...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 12:25hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
Bonne in flying start
WARRIORS striker Macauley Bonne (left) scored for his new English Championship League side Queens Park Rangers (QPR) just 24 hours after signing for the club as they shared the spoils with Sheffield W...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marvelous Nakamba set for big things with Aston Villa
The highly-rated Zimbabwean midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has just been signed by the English Premier League club Aston Villa. Nakamba was signed from the Belgian side Club Bruges for an undisclosed fe...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Writer
Thomas Mapfumo, Winky D to headline Zimfest Live in August
Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo and Zimdancehall star, Winky D will headline a top line-up of performers at Zimfest Live when it returns in August, it has been announced.ExQ, DJ Tamuka and ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 11:13hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Peter Ndlovu turns 46
Former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu turned 46 today, a milestone worth celebrating for the Zimbabwean football legend who in the history of football is remembered as first African player to feature i...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK volunteer facing Zimbabwe deportation praises 'heartwarming' support at rally
A Sheffield volunteer fighting deportation to Zimbabwe thanked supporters for their ‘heartwarming' backing, as he addressed protesters today.More than 75,000 people have signed a petition ca...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by thestar.co.uk
Zimbabwean facing UK deportation says fears being 'killed' at home
A charity worker who cooks weekly meals for the homeless is at risk of being deported back to Zimbabwe and says he has no idea why.Sheffield-based Khuzani Ndlovu, 46, told Metro.co.uk he fears...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'UK accelerates deportations of failed Zimbabwe asylum seekers'
The Home Office has been condemned for working with the Zimbabwean government to accelerate the deportation of asylum seekers despite high-profile human rights abuses in the country.Asylum law...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:28hrs | | by The Guardian
Darikwa chooses Mwaruwari
WARRIORS and Nottingham Forest defender Tendayi Darikwa has joined the endless debate on who was the best between legends Peter Ndlovu and Benjani Mwaruwari.Darikwa gave his opinion on the deb...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe asylum seekers panic in UK diaspora
Zimbabweans without settled status in the UK have been alarmed by a report in a daily newspaper here, the Independent, that Britain is working with officials from the Zimbabwe Embassy to send them bac...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by ZimVigil
Zimbabwean diasporans told to feel free to come home
Zimbabweans living abroad, including failed asylum seekers, are free to return home and help rebuild the country after years of ruinous Western sanctions. This was said by Secretary for Information, P...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK using Zimbabwe govt officials to interrogate failed asylum seekers
The Home Office has been inviting Zimbabwean government representatives to interview asylum seekers who have fled political persecution in the country, in what has been branded a "corrupt" exercise....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 08:13hrs | | by The Independent
Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane: A hero of many talents
Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane was a giant in terms of his contributions to society, and is very difficult to encapsulate in a mere obituary.He was simple and highly approachable while at the same...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Emeritus Professor Ngwabi M Bhebhe
Makhurane will not be buried with crooks at Heores acre
The family of national hero Professor Phinias Makhurane has snubbed a National Heroes Acre burial, insisting instead on interring him at his rural home in the Gungwe area of Gwanda.Family spok...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:20hrs | 4853 | by Staff reporter
Tenager dies in scotch-cart accident
A WEDZA teenager died on the spot on Tuesday after a speeding ox-drawn scotch-cart overturned and hit him on the neck.Frank Muzvondiwa (17) of Sheffield Farm died on the spot while his colleag...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
In Aid of Orphaned Rural Zimbabwean Pupils' Education, MFI Annual's Fundraiser in Sheffield
It is that time of the year whereby Mopane Foundation International (MFI), a UK registered charity no. 1167272 is holding their annual fundraising event to raise funds for fees, uniforms and other bas...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by MFI
Izinyokanyoka of Leicester Lift Matabeleland Football Confederacy Trophy
Izinyokanyoka outplayed the teams that took part in the Easter Holiday football tournament in Rotherham, UK. With their brand of Tiki-taka football, they outshined all the teams. They deserved t...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Bokani Mlindelwa Vundhla
All set for the Matabeleland Football Confederation Tournament in the UK
All roads lead to Rotherham this Easter Holiday for Sunday's big showdown football tournament. Selected UK teams will battle it out for the Winners' Trophy. Teams that have committed themselves ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 21:04hrs | | by Bokani Mlindelwa Vundhla
Peter Ndlovu turns 45
PETER NDLOVU turns 45 today and the man widely regarded as the greatest Warrior of all time is desperate for an heir to his throne.The national soccer team former captain is "surprised" that Z...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu honoured
ZIMBABWE legend Peter Ndlovu has been honoured with being the guest at this year's Castle Soccer Stars awards ceremony, with the invitation to the former Warriors captain coming just as sponsors Delta...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charity organisation hosts gala dinner in Sheffield (UK) for orphaned children in rural Zimbabwe
Two years post the official launch in October 2015, Mopane Foundation International is holding a Gala Dinner on November the 4th 2017 in Sheffield whereby all proceeds will go to school-going age orph...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Agencies
Peter Ndlovu back in the English Premiership spotlight
WHEN Arsenal and Leicester City open the 2017-18 English Premiership season on Friday night, the clock will show that exactly 25 years have passed since the clubs started an ambitious adventure to bre...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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