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Clueless SRC adamant on ZIFA reforms
THE Sport and Recreation Commission are adamant that the process of reforming local football will only succeed once the ZIFA Congress meet to discuss the forthcoming forensic audit report and recommen...Published: 21 hrs ago | 76 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe e-passports production grinds to a halt again
HUNDREDS of Zimbabwe passport seekers across the country have been left stranded at the Registrar-General's (RG) office following an alleged breakdown of machines used to produce the newly-introduced ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 9493 | by Staff reporter
Parly implores Mnangagwa's son in-law to reinstates the suspended Zifa board
MEMBERS of Parliament have launched a fresh bid to pave for the lifting of the country's suspension by Fifa after imploring Sports minister Kirsty Coventry to ensure the Gerald Mlotshwa-led Sports and...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, FC Platinum clash
THE country's best two teams - FC Platinum and Highlanders - in the second-half of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season face off at the weekend in an all-to-play-for encounter at Barbourfield...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
e-passort centre relief for Beitbridge residents
THE new e-passport bio-enrolment centre in Beitbridge opened last month has brought relief to the Beitbridge community and thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa who used to incur costs trave...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Dembare title push suffers a major blow
Dynamos 0 - 1 Ngezi Platinum Stars THE frustrations in the Dynamos family degenerated to another level yesterday after the Harare giants saw their chances of fighting for this year's Castle ...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
It's really embarrassing when a president acts like a star-struck teenager!
I have never really understood the whole frenzied excitement over so-called 'celebrities'.Maybe, it is because I have never been a huge fan of music or movies, or practically anything else tha...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:35hrs | 1739 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Matabeles not Zimbabweans: the sooner Zimbabweans accept this glaring fact the better
Matabeles are not Zimbabweans, they have never been and will never be Zimbabweans. On the same breath, Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. This should sink into the ...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:17hrs | 1297 | by Israel Dube
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 | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Africans' 'victim mentality' now sickening and disgraceful!
I know what racism, racial segregation and discrimination are - having spent the first seven years of my life under colonial rule in the then Rhodesia.Thereafter, facing the same at the dawn o...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 12:32hrs | 1159 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso, Dembare booted out of Chibuku Super Cup
ZIMBABWEAN football giants, Highlanders and Dynamos have been booted out of the Chibuku Super Cup after losing their respective quarterfinal matches today (Sunday).Highlanders were beaten 1-0 ...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 18:11hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in major e-passport milestone
Zimbabwe recently became one of the few countries in the world that are producing machine-readable electronic passports (e-passports) after it became the 84th member to join and participate in the Int...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:55hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looks the other way on Job Sikhala petition
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has ignored a petition by Zimbabweans over the incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-chairperson and Zengeza West legislator J...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:37hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
Parastatals defy govt directive on US$
SOME government departments are reportedly still demanding payment exclusively in United States dollars (US$) in defiance of a government directive to accept both local currency and US$.Treasu...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa won't intervene in Sikhala case'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will not intervene in the opposition legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole's case, a government official has said.Information ministry secretary Ndavaningi M...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 2458 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Zanu-PF youths in violent clashes
VIOLENCE flared up between Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youths in Harare yesterday morning as they fiercely fought for control of flea market spaces in Mbare's Mupedzanhamo area....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Kenya for Ruto inauguration ceremony
President Mnangagwa has arrived in Nairobi where he is expected to join at least 20 Heads of State from across Africa for the inauguration of Kenyan President-elect William Ruto at Moi Int...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 19:02hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set for Ruto inauguration
President Mnangagwa is set to leave for Kenya today where he is expected to join at least 20 Heads of State from across Africa for the inauguration of President William Ruto at the Moi International S...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters petition Mnangagwa?
SOME eminent Zimbabweans, including businesspeople, former ministers, sports personalities, academics and civil society leaders, have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, seeking restoration of th...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Caps United trash relegation talk
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe has ruled out his side being dragged into the relegation dogfight after finally going through a normal training week ahead of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:21hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Botswana, Namibia discard passports
NAMIBIA and Botswana nationals will no longer be using passports when travelling between the two countries after the countries' Presidents agreed to open their borders to each other.President ...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,We appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to officially either serve you summons or issue a warrant of arrest or proceed to apprehend, interrogate a...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 409 | by Zvaringeni Samuel Chasi, Patriotic Party Zimbabwe president
Stanbic donates borehole to mount St Mary's hospital in Wedza
Stanbic Bank has donated a solar-powered borehole and a 10 000 litre tank to Mt St Mary's Hospital in Wedza, Mashonaland East as part of its commitment to prop up government's health delivery services...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:17hrs | 421 | by Agencies
Mr Mnangagwa, save our football from global isolation
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, I write to you on a matter of grave concern, that of our football.When the Sports and Recreation Commission suspended the Zimbabwe Foo...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 249 | by Alfonce Mbizwo
Dembare not giving up title fight
Dynamos coach Tonderai Ndiraya believes his team still has a fighting chance of landing the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title after a hard fought 2-1 victory over Harare City at the National Sp...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Charles Mabika not dead1
VETERAN sports journalist Charles Mabika has taken to Facebook to dismiss rumours of his death. Social media, particularly Whatsap was awash with news of his passing on Tuesday morning. ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ride their luck
Dynamos 2 - 1 Harare CityTitle chasing Dynamos played poorly but still did enough to collect maximum points in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match in which they were completely dominated by...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Is Auxillia Mnangagwa following in 'Gucci' Grace's path?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as interim leader during a colourful ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, after the ouster of the late former President Robert Mugabe in a coup ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 2472 | by Staff reporter
Fifa bans top Zimbabwean referee
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Referees Committee secretary-general Obert Zhoya has been slapped with a five-year ban from all football activities by the world football governing body, FÃ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic sponsors Central-South Africa hockey qualifiers for all Africa games
Stanbic Bank, is headlining the sponsorship of the Central-South Africa Hockey Qualifiers for All Africa Games AAG 2023 through a ZWL 18 million outlay.The qualifiers are pitting Zimbabwe (men...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders get Silla and Mphelele lift
HIGHLANDERS will welcome back midfielders Adrian Silla and Pritchard Mphelele for their Castle Lager Premier Soccer league clash against Yadah at the National Sports Stadium on Friday.Addressi...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:31hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Consulate introduces mobile consular exercise in South Africa
The Consulate wishes to inform Zimbabwe nationals resident in Free State Province, South Africa that it will conduct a consular visit to Mangaung (Bloemfontein) from 30 August to 1 September 2022, at ...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 08:07hrs | 8207 | by Staff reporter
Youths disrupt National Youth Service hearings
THE public hearing meeting on National Youth Service that was held in Bulawayo yesterday ended prematurely after violence broke out.Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Cultur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Government releases funds for Filabusi registry
GOVERNMENT has released the first batch of funding for the completion of Filabusi Registry Office in Insiza District which has stalled for 18 years.The infrastructural development is among sco...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Call for probe into past violence perpetrated by 'Green Bombers'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Monitors (ZHRM) has called for an inquest into alleged violations perpetrated by members of the feared National Youth Service (NYS), commonly known as ‘Green Bombers'....Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Footballers ramp up pressure on captured SRC, Zifa
LOCAL footballers have ramped up pressure on the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) and Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to resolve their differences so the country could be readmitted back in...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
The changing landscape of Makokoba suburb
MAKOKOBA, the oldest township and the first black African suburb in the City of Queens and Kings was named after the actions of one Mr Fallon, the native commissioner at the time, who used to walk aro...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe jails 148 Malawians transiting to South Africa with no passports
Zimbabwean courts have handed jail sentences of up to six months on 148 undocumented Malawians who were apprehended at different points in Chivhu and Murewa enroute to Beitbridge where they intended t...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:00hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Bosso face troubled Caps United
BARBOURFIELDS Stadium is the venue of one of the biggest matches on the domestic football scene when Highlanders collide with Caps United this afternoon in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match. ...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:16hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Caps fight for scraps
Highlanders and Caps United, two of the country's biggest teams, might be currently immersed in the mid table zone of irrelevance. Their chances of winning the league title this term seem to have long...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:09hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho Stadium dream suffered stillbirth
TSHOLOTSHO resident Meluleki Sibanda is a disappointed man.He still remembers the day he witnessed what was supposed to be the birth of a new era in Tsholotsho District.The constructio...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:03hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Magriza Made Me Cook takes township tourism to another level
IN our African society, grandmothers play an integral part in the family. From telling folktales to disciplining, and taking care of grandchildren, these matriarchs are the glue that strengthens blood...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:02hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
No hope for Zimbabwe Exemption Permits holders
THE National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) has called on its members to check Zimbabwean employees' documentation ahead of the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) in Decem...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 3227 | by Staff reporter
Bosso welcome Caps United
HIGHLANDERS, on cloud nine after making the last eight of the Chibuku Super Cup, take on Caps United as Castle Lager Premier Soccer League action resumes at the weekend, with both giants looking to im...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Civil Registry derails voter registration'
ELECTORAL watchdogs are concerned that the temporary failure by the Civil Registry to issue identity documents due to broken down equipment will derail the voter registration exercise ahead of the 202...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 20:37hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits plight of Gukurahundi genocide victims
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that most people in areas that were affected by the Gukurahundi disturbances soon after independence do not have identity documents and birth certificates....Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: The endangered species
I have a feeling the Ndebele language is endangered - and we, the custodians of the language by right of being senior citizens - are not helping the situation in any way. How would you feel if you wer...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:04hrs | 438 | by Clerk Ndlovu
e-passport centres to increase to 14
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said e-passport bio-enrolment centres in the country will be increased to 14 next month while plans are underway to launch similar services in Zambia, the United Kingdom, the U...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:08hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Dembare gets put of jail to reach Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals
Dynamos 1 - 0 WhawhaTHEY lacked the glamour and gloss but one moment of sheer brilliance produced late in the match carried the day for Dynamos who secured their passage into the Chibuku Super Cup...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:02hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's biggest challenge exposed
TO say that Zimbabwe's cricket team batting woes start at the top would be an understatement. Their last century partnership for the first wicket in ODIs was way back in 2014, when Hamilton Masakadza ...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:01hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
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