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Zimbabwe moves towards abolishing death penalty
In a rare display of unity, both Houses of Zimbabwe's Parliament have passed the Death Penalty Abolition Bill, marking a significant step towards ending capital punishment in the country. The Bill, wh...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:35hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Brito's selection cast doubts on the Warriors ambitions
THE decision by interim coach, Baltemar Brito to include untested and largely inactive foreign-based youngsters for the crucial 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria in Kigali this...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen signs for English Premier League
English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers have signed 19-year-old Zimbabwean midfielder Tawanda Chirewa from Championship club Ipswich Town.He will initially play for Wolverhampton's...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Khanye promises his best to the club and fans
Zimbabwe footballer Nkosilomusa Khanye who plays as a striker for Young Stars in Botswana promises to continue with his fine form from last season.The Zimbabwean plays his football in the Bots...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 19:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Newcastle United extends Zimbabwe starlet's contract ahead of 2023/24 season
ENGLAND-BORN Zimbabwean teenager Michael Ndiweni is set to continue his development at Newcastle United after signing a new deal with the English Premier League side ahead of the new season.Th...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Death penalty divides public opinion
BEITBRIDGE residents have expressed mixed feelings over whether or not the country should retain the death penalty on its statutesThe residents gave their views during one of the many public h...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic spearheads hockey tournament donations
Harare, 10 March 2023 - The Zimbabwe Women and Men's Under 21 teams are due to kickstart their participation in the Under 21 Junior Africa Cup (JAC) in Ismail, Egypt, tomorrow (Sunday) thanks to the s...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 09:39hrs | 22 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe Under 21 hockey teams intensify preps for Africa tourney
THE Zimbabwe under 21 hockey men and women's teams have stepped up preparations for the Junior Africa Cup tournament slated for Egypt in March next year.The Zimbabwe junior hockey teams have r...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 18:00hrs | 32 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens up on past
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday gave a rare personal insight into his early life, during which he was involved in subversive activities after seeing his dreams of becoming a pilot frustrated by...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 15:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reveals childhood dreams
Imagine, aboard a plane and before take-off you hear a voice saying, "This is Captain Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speaking. We are ready for take-off. Our flight is going take approximately three hour...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:08hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Parliament has final say on death penalty
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said it is up to Parliament to scrap the death penalty altogether from the country's statutes by amending the 2013 Constitution.Ziyambi said this while app...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA's murky world of pension funds exposed by death of Zimbabwean businessman
The death of South African based Zimbabwean businessman Abraham Ndoro has opened a can of worms, shedding light on the murky pension industry in the Southern Africa powerful economy.Exactly 16...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businessman's death exposes South Africa's murky world of pension funds
HARARE - The death of South African based Zimbabwean businessman Abraham Ndoro has opened a can of worms, shedding light on the murky pension industry in the Southern Africa powerful economy.E...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:10hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
'Crocodile' faces tough challenges as president
He's known as "the Crocodile", named after a small band of guerillas battling white minority rule in the land once known as Rhodesia.Now the 75-year-old Emmerson Mnangagwa has another big chal...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by AP
Police shooting victims buried
Government donated $200 and a coffin to the families of victims whose lives were tragically ended by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Thursday night.Three unarmed civilians were fatally shot ...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa's early days, political career
BORN on 15 September 1942 in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe in a farmer family that was aggressively anti establishment, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's family had an abrasive...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Eyes on Mnangagwa as military sweeps to power
When Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe sacked his Vice-President in front of 12 000 baying party members in 2014, Emmerson Mnangagwa sat quietly in the crowd, a green baseball cap pulled low over his ey...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 04:45hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Emmerson Mnangagwa - Mugabe's heir apparent
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, known in Zimbabwe as "ngwena" or "crocodile" because of his political cunning, is now President Robert Mugabe's heir apparent.The 68-year-old may be more than 20 y...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 16:41hrs | | by Brian Hungwe
ZIFA appointment of junior coaches critised
Junior coach, Patridge Muskwe has encouraged ZIFA to ensure coaching appointments for junior teams are based on one's knowledge of junior football.Muskwe, who is also Friendly Academy Director...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 19:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
VP Mnangagwa interview makes troubling reading- Moyo
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has said the piece that features an interview with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was making a troubling reading on many fronts and was terri...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Robber sentenced to death
Fatally stabbing a person in order to steal a cellphone worth $10 has left a robber languishing on the death row while his youthful partner in crime was slapped with a 20-year prison term for the ...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangerous Zimbabwean criminal re-arrested in SA
ONE of the five dangerous Zimbabwean criminals who last week escaped from police custody at Musina Police Station in South Africa, has been re-arrested.Bruce Hungwane (26), who was facing ...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangerous Zimbabwean criminals escape SA police
FIVE dangerous Zimbabwean criminals awaiting trial in South Africa escaped from police custody at Musina Police Station, amid fears that they could have crossed back into the country through illeg...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Johannesburg International Comedy Festival Announces Impressive Line-Up
Talent this year includes local comedians Tumi Morake, John Vlismas, Joey Rasdien, Celeste Ntuli, Kagiso Lediga, Conrad Koch & Chester Missing, Tats Nkonzo the Gol...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 21:16hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa launch rare attack on women, Constitution
Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa today launched a rare attack on women and the Constitution saying the supreme law is discriminatory.Mnangagwa said women are quick to talk about e...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 11:57hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
It's that time of the year again for the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival!
Johannesburg, 18th August 2016: After a historic and groundbreaking inaugural instalment in 2015, the Annual Johannesburg International Comedy Festival returns for its second take, taking the funny ba...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 09:25hrs | 3 | by Mthobisi Dladla
Zimbabwe qualifies for world cup
ZIMBABWE Under-21 netball team have qualified for the prestigious World Youth Netball Cup with two games to spare at the ongoing qualifiers in Gaborone, Botswana.The spirited girls sealed thei...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Kusile Stars soccer team growing fast
Lupane West community members in Matabeleland North recently formed a soccer team called Kusile Stars which is reportedly growing fast.Team Secretary, Senzani Ncube said the team was not polit...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Lupane community form soccer team 'Kusile Stars'
The Lupane community has former ist own local soccer team called 'Kusile Stars'.Team Secretary Senzani Ncube said it's a new soccer team which is growing fast and it was formed by the communit...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Guta Ra Mwari supports death penalty abolition
GUTA Ra Mwari church has come out in full support of the abolition of the death penalty in favour of life sentences. This emerged during the church's annual camp meeting which started on Friday in Bul...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
'Age' helped Mnangagwa escape the hangman's noose
HARARE - Post-congress Zanu PF bigwigs opposed to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa say among the many things that allegedly "don't add up" about him are his age and liberation struggle hist...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 17:35hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
MBAs don't run companies!
YOUR degrees and titles don't run companies. If they did then governments could be richer than companies all over the world. Even universities will be better run than some businesses. How many Sirs, D...Published: 17 Sep 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Morris Mpala MOB Capital (Pvt) Ltd
Bosso striker linked with Leicester City and Sunderland FC
Highlanders FC new striker, Thomas Chideu says he has been invited for a month long trial stint with English side Leicester City while Sunderland FC is also keen on his services.Chideu has a t...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ebola Survivors Across West Africa Share Life-Saving Tips Via Mobile App
'Yes, I Survived Ebola' Says Guinean Woman in First-Ever Message Sent Through the Interactive App CONAKRY, Guinea - #ISurvivedEbola, the groundbreaking West African multimedia campaign, has laun...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 12:42hrs | 13 | by APO
"Ngwena" surfaces in Zimbabwe's murky political waters
Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, has appointed justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa as his deputy. Mnangagwa, a secretive hardliner known as 'The Crocodile', is well set a...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 01:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Death penalty is lawful,' Tomana says
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Johannes Tomana has said Zimbabwe should uphold death penalty for persons aged between 21 and 70 as no one has the right to end another person's life....Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 22:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa reveals that Ian Smith's soldiers damaged his ears
Emmerson Mnangagwa, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, has revealed that Ian Smith's soldiers damaged one of his ears in a torture session during the liberation struggle.Mnanga...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's 'behead them' call dreadful
A recent report in this newspaper where the First Lady Grace Mugabe, in an apparent fit of rage, demanded that rapists be "beheaded”, has rekindled the thorny debate on the issue of the death pe...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 14:48hrs | | by Tangai Chipangura
Bev caught in obscene act with a patron
Former Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries member Beverley Sibanda has torched a storm after her semi-n*de pictures, while performing at the Harare International Carnival Samba Night,...Published: 31 May 2014 at 13:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's daughter illegally selling adult toys
Businessman Phillip Chiyangwa's daughter, Vannessa, is courting trouble by selling s*x toys and holding peep shows.The board of censors last week said no one in Zimbabw...Published: 23 Feb 2014 at 10:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opposes death row inmates' appeal
Emmerson Mnangagwa, the minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, and government's chief law officer Justine Ulandi, have opposed a court application by two women on death row seeking the...Published: 05 Feb 2014 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
89 Zimbabweans on death row
Zimbabwe's Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for the total abolition of the death penalty as it emerged that 89 people are on the death row in Zimbabwe....Published: 11 Oct 2013 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Was Professor Madhuku misquoted?
The Herald this morning makes an astonishing claim, namely that Professor Lovemore Madhuku has advocated that the current law allowing prospective voters and candidates to register up to 24 hours pr...Published: 10 Jun 2013 at 17:16hrs | | by Senator David Coltart,
Zimbabwe hires hangman to execute death row inmates
In Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, there are 77 convicts who have been condemned to death by hanging.Held in solitary confin...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 19:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Prisons to review death sentences
Prison officials say they are not in a hurry to engage the services of a newly-appointed hangman to execute the 77 inmates on death row and will review their sentences.Prisons official Huggins...Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 18:45hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe women escape hanging
A new Zimbabwe Constitution could keep two condemned women from a date with the hangman but could leave their victims' families still waiting for final justice.Zimbabwe's new draft constitutio...Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 11:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Appointment of new hangman raises spectre of imminent executions
LONDON, United-Kingdom - Reports by Zimbabwean state media that a new hangman has been appointed raises fears that the country may be preparing to start executions again after a seven year h...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 06:44hrs | | by APO
Mugabe may get another 10 years
President Robert Mugabe - who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence nearly 33 years ago - may stay in power for another decade if he is re-elected, according to the new draft constitution.The ...Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 05:24hrs | | by AFP
Zim starlet captains Balotelli at Man City
Rising Zimbabwean midfielder Tinotenda Chibharo on Monday captained his side Manchester City under 21 team to a 4-0 win over their Blackburn Rovers counterparts in a friendly match.Chibharo s...Published: 08 Jan 2013 at 18:40hrs | 3 | by Sports reporter
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