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Zimbabwean voted Africa hockey vice-president
HOCKEY Association of Zimbabwe secretary general Sarah Bennett's profile outside the country continues to grow after she was elected Africa Hockey Federation vicepresident at the continental body's 24...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
EU wrote Nevers Mumba's SADC report on Zimbabwe polls?
THE controversial SADC Elections Observer Mission preliminary report was first edited by the European Union (EU) before it was publicly read by the now discredited Dr Nevers Mumba as if it was a produ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Heath Streak not dead'
The SPORTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION has issued a statement saying FORMER Zimbabwe cricket captain and coach Heath Hilton Streak who some publications this morning reported that he had died is still a...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must bolt the doors to biased observers
Recently, an African teenage boy living in the French ghettos known as banlieues was shot dead in a botched traffic stop that was captured on video, spotlighting systematic violence and racism in Fran...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Sikhala violence trial kicks off
OPPOSITION legislators Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti for trial on charges of inciting violence.Si...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Dambanevana officiates at ICC Women's World Cup
ZIMBABWEAN umpire Sarah Dambanevana wrote her own piece of history after standing in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's U19 T20 World Cup between India and England at the JB Marks Oval in...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:49hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Chevrons target Pakistan upset
FROM one big test to another, the Zimbabwe national cricket team are today set to continue with their search of a big scalp at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup when they face former champions Pakistan at t...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rain forces washout of South Africa-Zimbabwe clash at T20 World Cup
Rain had the final say in a Twenty20 World Cup match between South Africa and Zimbabwe after the Proteas looked on course for a likely win on Monday.Chasing a rain-revised target of 64 in seve...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army concludes major exercise
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday concluded its major field training exercise in northern Mashonaland Central showing it was committed to ensure peace, stability and security in the country....Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean umpire to officiate at second ICC Men's T20 World Cup
RISING Zimbabwean cricket umpire Langton Rusere has been included on the elite list of match officials to take part at the upcoming the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup in...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gems on brink of WC qualification
The Gems yesterday suffered their second consecutive defeat at the on going netball World Cup qualifiers but even after the heavy 62-41 loss Malawi alarm, bells were not tolling for the Zimbabwe senio...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the Goliath Complex Afflicts
My early days in primary school were dominated by the story of Goliath, the giant of Philistine.Goliath's name was onomatopoeic; this sonorous name heavily suggested physical hugeness afflicte...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Chiyangwa partners ZTTU
DIVARIS Makaharis Group of Schools owner, Philip Chiyangwa, has partnered the Zimbabwe Table Tennis Union for their preparations for the upcoming USCP Games, in Gaborone, Botswana, next month. ...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
What has gone wrong with South Africa's Constitutional Court?
For many years, our Constitutional Court basked in glory. It was lauded worldwide. Its judgments were studied in legal academies around the world. Many of our judges were in demand to teach seminars o...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:53hrs | 7 | by Ziyad Motala
Streak resigns from his rebranded academy
THE Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. This follows the resignation of the founder, Streak, the former national team skipper and coach, from the Trust's operations....Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'There is no crisis to mediate in Zimbabwe,' says Sadc
AS PRESSURE mounts on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to once again intervene in Zimbabwe's political disputes, the Botswana-headquartered regional bloc says there is no reason for i...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says unity will end political, economic crises
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa last Tuesday called for an urgent all-inclusive dialogue to resolve the country's decades-long political and economic crises. He said the talks will not s...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 11:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, allies consult on talks
MOMENTUM towards national dialogue is gathering pace, with the opposition set to hold nationwide consultations with key stakeholders this weekend on the mooted talks.Speaking to the Daily News...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 20:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turning to 'stadium of the people'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says the judiciary is joined at the hip with Zanu-PF, and his party has lost confidence that the courts can fairly arbitrate political disputes involving the parties...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 13:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reveals he has been writing, sending emissaries to Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is stepping up the chase for talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to end the country's decades-long political and economic crises.Speaking in Harare yest...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 13:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Coltart bemoans culture of violence
Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with.Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa need to compromise, says Coltart
MDC treasurer general David Coltart has said there is need for both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition party's leader Nelson Chamisa to drop their hardline positions if genuine dialogue a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket umpire dropped from ICC panel
LEADING local cricket umpire, Langton Rusere, has become the latest victim of the ban imposed on Zimbabwe Cricket by the International Cricket Council after his name was dropped from the panel of the ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will not massage Mnangagwa's ego
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will not join President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) just to massage the Zanu-PF frontman's ego.Reacting to Mnangagwa's comments made in an ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | | by newzimbabwe
The acquittal of chivayo puts the justice system on the spot
JEROME FRANK, a mid-20th-century legal thinker, is said to have claimed that justice is a function of what the judge had for breakfast. Don't let their black robes, serious miens and pledges of fealty...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
WATCH: Chamisa on Dialogue. A parody
Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa snubbed an invitation by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to join a national summit, just weeks after security forces crushed protests by MDC Alliance looters....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
2018 did not inspire hope for 2019
Today marks the end of 2018 and what a dramatic year it has been. It started off full of promise and hope coming just six weeks after departure of former President Robert Mugabe.There was rene...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:00hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Death robs Zimbabwe sport
This year has not been so kind to the Zimbabwean sporting fraternity after three of the country's arguably biggest luminaries took their last breaths.Former Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) president Paul...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Watch this space
IN an article in March 2011, the journalist Mike Norrish wryly noted that "Cricket seems to have run out of ways to spice things up. It's even been left behind by Formula One, where Bernie "The Rainma...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Tim Middleton
Chamisa, a political orphan - Before Zimbabwe slides into civil war
The euphoria that trailed the ouster of Robert Mugabe was informed by the belief that it would turn a new page in the political history of Zimbabwe. The pledge of building a new Zimbabwe dominated the...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 18:14hrs | 2 | by Emma Emeozor
Zec reports MDC Alliance to police
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it is taking threats against its staff seriously and has since made reports to police to ensure their security.Zec deputy chair Commissioner Emmanu...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
5 key economic policy matters that will trigger economic stability & growth in Zimbabwe
Over and above the need for political stability and sound macroeconomic management policies, business confidence is the single biggest determinant of economic growth in any country. Economics is a soc...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:45hrs | | by Martin Majaji
Shun corruption in sports, says Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged the sporting fraternity to shun corruption in all its forms and to uphold high moral ethics, honesty and integrity. Speaking at a reception for nine cricket teams that arr...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC Chigumba, like Caesar's wife, must 'be above suspicion' - at least, he did not hunt for one in a brothel
"Way back in the year Before Christ, the famous Roman General Julius Caesar decided to divorce his second wife Pompeia on the basis of suspicion," Bulawayo24 reminded us. "Caesar famously said an...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Bribery claims haunt Mnangagwa's ZEC Chairperson
Way back in the year Before Christ, the famous Roman General Julius Ceasar decided to divorce his second wife Pompeia on the basis of suspicion.Ceasar famously said any wife of his must be abo...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I will deliver free elections,' says new ZEC chair - If you cannot add even 1 more hours to a day, then shut up!
Newly appointed Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba says she will deliver a credible, free and fair election this year."It is a great honour and privileg...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
New ZEC chair promises credible elections
Newly appointed Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba pledged to deliver a free and credible election yesterday soon after she took her oaths of loyalty and office...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politics in Zimbabwe and the role of the army
A messy stand-off between the government, protesters and the army suggests that controlling Zimbabwe is harder than ever. SEIZING control of the state-controlled broadcaster used to be the prelude to ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 13:39hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Government warns Chiyangwa over dubious decisions
GOVERNMENT, through the Ministry of Sport and Recreation Commission has urged Philip Chiyangwa not to take football laws into his own hands but uphold the principles of the game.Following the ...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare's Epoupa Ntouba remains suspended
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) have said Dynamos forward Christian Epoupa Ntouba remains suspended for the Glamour Boys' next two matches because the decisions of referee Arnold Ncube, who had a stin...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa: It is the darkness now!
I have no difficulties with insults heaped upon our ancestors by the white world, both before and after colonisation. Much of it arose from overweening Victorian pride and racism anyway, a lot more fr...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 08:47hrs | 36 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Bees invade cricket pitch
NEW ZEALAND and Zimbabwe A cricketers had to duck for cover when a swarm of bees invaded the field on the second day of their tour match in Harare, SkyNews reported.The Black Caps were firmly ...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 08:54hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Renaming the streets and surbubs is honoring our heritage
There has been much media debate on the spelling of some Zimbabwean street and suburbs' names going on, with some people strongly criticising former colonial administrators for deliberately distorting...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Greatest scourge in Zim is corruption - Mashakada
The MDC-T senior official Tapiwa Mashakada has said the greatest scourge in Zimbabwe is corruption.He was making the remarks following the on goings at the Net One where a senior official is f...Published: 26 Mar 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Tennis Club launched its inaugural season in UK
The Zimbabwe Tennis Club launched its inaugural season with the Winter Championships on Saturday the 9th of January held at the Aldershot Tennis Centre. Nineteen men and six women competed in the two ...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Press release
Emirates Connects the World to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
HARARE - Emirates Airline has launched a celebration of cricket with fans the world over, as the national teams from 14 countries commence their journey to compete for the glory and the title of worl...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Utseya cleared, but can't bowl offspin
Zimbabwe's Prosper Utseya can resume bowling in international cricket, but he still won't be allowed to bowl his offbreak. Utseya's slow and medium-paced deliveries were found to be legal by the I...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 17:16hrs | | by ESPN Sports Media
What opinion do you hope to get from a rival suitor?
THE OTHER SIDE I love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He is late, that Nobel laureate from Columbia who passed on this year, just a day before our National Day. I have drawn from his writings, a point my loya...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 21:10hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe 3rd ODI match report
Bangladesh - 297/6 in 50 overs ( Anamul Haque 95, Tamim Iqbal 40; T, Tinashe Panyangara 2-52) Zimbabwe - 173 all out in 39.5 overs ( Elton Chigumbura 53*; Arafat Sunny 4-27, Mashrafe Mo...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 19:17hrs | | by Prosper Tsvanhu
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