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Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | 1282 | by Geoff Nyarota
Lockdown blues haunt diasporans returning to UK
I WILL set the scene. I'm in a hotel room on the outskirts of Heathrow. There's the occasional buzz and thunder of a plane landing and taking off. I'm banging against the windows. Don't land! The bed ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:00hrs | 883 | by Mufaro Makubika
Dominic Thiem looking to continue Grand Slam success in 2021
While 2020 was a tumultuous year, with difficulties and setbacks aplenty, Dominic Thiem will always remember it as the year he finally claimed his maiden Grand Slam title - a bright spot amidst the da...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:54hrs | 212 | by Staff writer
The best sports in the World
There are many sports that you can play, but there are some which are more popular than others. Some of these sports have made the players of the sports millionaires. If you are looking for sports tha...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 14:05hrs | 450 | by Staff Writer
Zimsec exams resume
GOVERNMENT will continue to assess the safety of school children from Covid-19,before announcing the dates for reopening of schools as Advanced and Ordinary Level examination classes resume on Tuesday...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:33hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
5 Things to check before downloading a Sports Betting App
If you are looking for info on downloading sports betting apps on your Smartphone, you are probably a punter. So, which is the best place to download an app like ...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 14:50hrs | 204 | by Staff Writer
Everything to know about Vwin online casino
Despite the strict restriction in some countries, the online casino industry continues to flourish in every market around the globe. New online casino sites keep on popping up every day. These types o...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 11:49hrs | 182 | by Staff Reporter
'King of Clay' Rafael Nadal the heavy favourite for the French Open
Let's face it, it will be a shock if Rafael Nadal is not the man lifting the French Open trophy on October 11th. The Spaniard has won the Paris Grand Slam a total of 12 times, and is the heavy favouri...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 14:45hrs | 386 | by Staff writer
Cry for the land again
By land is meant not merely land in the strict sense of the word, but whole of the materials and forces which nature gives freely for man's aid in land, water, in air and light and heat.In Eco...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1085 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A look inside Zimbabwe's most glamorous resorts
Zimbabwe is fortunate to have a stunning natural landscape, complete with beautiful flora and fauna. It's no surprise that our ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 19:01hrs | 2332 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwean footballers seeing success abroad
Zimbabwe is a country of sports lovers. The vast majority of the population watch or take part in sport regularly and the most popular sports are big parts of our culture. While many Zimbabweans love ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 19:53hrs | 2134 | by Staff writer
Chiwenga's appointment cynical
MY Dear People,The continued hardships that Zimbabweans have experienced since 1980 have sent them into a permanent state of stupor and numbness.As a result, the leadership, especially...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:16hrs | 837 | by Dr Amai
Chamisa's MDC sucked in land scam
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has been sucked into the latest swirl of residential stands allocation scam in the capital city, amid revelations that the opposition has been stripping the counc...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa savages government
MORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday savaged the government for allowing minority sports to resume activity, while keeping the majority disciplines which earn the country money on lockdown....Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffer blow
ZIMBABWE Cricket's hopes of salvaging their limited-overs home series against Afghanistan next month suffered a blow after the sport code was removed from the list of low-risk disciplines that can res...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Schools prepare to reopen exam classes
As part of planning for the imminent return of exam classes in schools, stakeholders are now working out the practical logistics for the needed safe and secure conditions for children to return, Infor...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sport's top earners
THE secrecy around sportspersons' salaries and earnings in Zimbabwe has been around for decades but as the world of sport has developed into big business, that veil is slowly being lifted and these is...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt okay sport restart
GOVERNMENT has given the greenlight for the resumption of sporting activities classified as low-risk, while high-risk codes such as rugby and football remain locked out. Among the low-risk spo...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's famous athletes
Zimbabwe were successfully represented by extremely talented athletes in numerous popular sports over the course of history. Zimbabwean residents are proud of the people who have made them happy so ma...Published: 01 May 2020 at 13:45hrs | 3470 | by Staff Writer
NetOne calls time on sponsorship
ONE of the country's principal football sponsors, NetOne, have called time on their association with the game, in a major blow to the nation's biggest sporting discipline. It's the first major boardro...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 23:54hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia, as there's clearly nothing for me in Zimbabwe
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989 - at the age of 16 years, whilst still doing Form Three at Kwekwe High School in Zimbabwe - this is probably ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 63998 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sports betting catches a cold
GLOBAL suspension of sporting activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic has left multitudes of sports punters miserable and some in the red. Sports betting has over the years grown into a lucrative indu...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Harare maid abducts 5 year old boy
Details of Zimbabwe Republic Police stationed in Marondera have reported that they have rescued a 5-year-old boy who is believed to have been kidnapped by a housemaid in Kuwadzana, Harare. Acc...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1966 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Re-equipping hospitals a top priority, says Nigel Chanakira
Prominent banker Nigel Chanakira recently featured on the growing platform In Conversation with Trevor to share the story about his rise in the banking sector from working for the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools sports facilities decay
BEFORE the attainment of independence in 1980 and for almost 12 years into Uhuru, all sports facilities in former Group A schools were in immaculate condition. A number of sports personalities were ch...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe win Davis Cup tie
ZIMBABWE won the David Cup World Group II first round play-off against Syria on a score of 3-1 at Harare Sports Club yesterday.The first day of play had finished with the scores level at 1-1 a...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:28hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Cop flees after stealing suspect's phone
A Mvurwi cop is on the run after allegedly stealing a suspect's mobile phone that he had logged in police books while the suspect was in police cells.Maxwell Chile (20) a police officer at Mvu...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1321 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Morocco lauded for lustrous $65 million facility
Morocco's government has been lauded for its efforts to facilitate the growth of football in Africa after successfully hosting a symposium on infrastructure development in the continent and a Confeder...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:36hrs | 1425 | by Busisani Ncube
Morocco's Mohamed VI Complex to host world football leaders
At least 200 representatives from the 54 African football associations descend upon the iconic Mohamed VI Football Complex on February 1 where the future of football development in Africa will take ce...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 09:12hrs | 527 | by Bulawayo24 Correspondent
Morocco unveils refurbished $65 million football facility
The Royal Moroccan Federation of Football has unveiled the refurbished national football center described as "a state-of-the-art, best facility of its kind in the continent." Morocco is fast-d...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2770 | by Bulawayo24 Correspondent
4 ways to reduce stress
No matter who you are, where you live or what you do to make a living, you should seek to avoid stress in your day-to-day life. If you don't take a stand against this plight, you could face a whole ho...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 15:00hrs | 3135 | by Staff Writer
Bulawayo eyes City of Choice status in sports
THE Bulawayo City Council has declared its intention of being the country's City of choice in hosting international sporting activities and will take a deliberate approach to improve the various sport...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:15hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
How Masisi outsmarted the Khamas
Mokgweetsi Masisi's decisive victory in the recent Botswana elections over a coalition backed by his former boss, Ian Khama, is the culmination of an astonishing 10-year political career. Morp...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:55hrs | 1219 | by Barry Morton
Human body found inside the river
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has announced that some human remains were discovered on the banks of Ruwa river near Epworth. Police said alongside the skeleton was a khakhi trousers, green belt...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 13:36hrs | 2940 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Accident victim's body unclaimed at Mpilo mortuary
THE body of a 23-year-old man has been stuck at Mpilo Central Hospital mortuary for more than two months after police failed to locate his relatives. Mr Hilton Nkiwane was hit by a car in Mpop...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:37hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba further proof of Zimbabwe's sporting versatility
THAT Zimbabwe is able to punch above its weight across a wide range of sporting disciplines is one of the few remaining sources of national pride for this country.African's greatest Olympian, ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:26hrs | 238 | by Enock Muchinjo
Man forced to drink 2 litres of cooking oil
A Jerera man was recently left severely nauseated after two robbers forced him to drink a half-full two-litre container of cooking oil.Jameson Zihura, of House Number 1236 Jerera, was forced m...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:11hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu isolated
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu was an isolated figure on Monday night after Zanu-PF and the government furiously rowed back from his comments that former president Robert Mugabe's Ha...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 5117 | by ZimLive
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:30hrs | 355 | by Enock Muchinjo
Mugabe just fell short of his goals
Until he was ousted two years ago, Robert Mugabe was the only president I and the other "born frees" - the generation born after independence in 1980 - had ever known.Mugabe was my grandmother...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 21:19hrs | 1011 | by BBC
Sex for riches
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo allegedly tricked a 13-year-old girl into indulging in sex with him after buying her a pair of tennis shoes and promising to end poverty in her family. Wisdom S...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:08hrs | 2748 | by Saff reporter
Peter Chingoka dies
FORMER Zimbabwe Cricket boss Peter Chingoka has died. He was 65. Chingoka died a year and half after his brother, former Tennis Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Olympic Committee president, Paul ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 15:59hrs | 2521 | by Staff reporter
Four children go missing in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may lead to the whereabouts of four children who went missing last month in Old Pumula and Sauerstown suburbs. Bulawayo police spokesperso...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | 5641 | by Staff Reporter
A brief guide to playing at the Luckyniki online casino
The Luckyniki online casino is all about Japanese culture. Featuring great slots and incredible bonus winning capabilities, the Luckyniki online casino looks set to give you a memorable casino gaming ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 11:27hrs | 411 | by Staff Writer
From Lupane to Liverpool
AT the age of three, she was abandoned by her own mother.The bottled up anger of not understanding why a parent, particularly a mother, would leave her child, made staying with her stepmother ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:05hrs | 5680 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga bought Kasukuwere's wedding ring'
Ailing former Zimbabwe Defense Forces strongman Constantino Chiwenga bought a ring for exiled former ZANU PF Commissar Savior Kasukuwere during his wedding. Hagiographer Douglas Rogers reveals...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 19:08hrs | 16461 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Favorite sports in Zimbabwe
In an African country like Zimbabwe, almost all the people here love sports. Like anywhere else in the world, there are tremendous sport fans, especially in some particular sports. According to the re...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 21:51hrs | 1854 | by Staff Writer
Lionel Messi highest paid athlete in the world
Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi is the world's highest paid athlete, earning $127m in the past 12 months, according to the Forbes top 100 ranking.Juventus's Portugal forward Crist...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:23hrs | 3179 | by Daniel Itai
UZ students grill Prophet Magaya
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe students had an opportunity to grill Prophetic Healing and Deliverance founder, Prophet Walter Magaya in a question and answer session at the campus' Great Hall on Tuesday....Published: 02 May 2019 at 19:08hrs | 7275 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman raped & murdered
AN unknown woman from Bulawayo was allegedly raped and killed in a bushy pathway between Richmond and Mzilikazi suburbs. A passerby called police after stumbling on the body on Tuesday afterno...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1621 | by Staff reporter
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