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Slough is Britain's most miserable place to live
BRITAIN'S most miserable places to live have been named in a new shortlist - but does your hometown make the cut? A yearly happiness study by property website Rightmove has revealed that Slough in Ber...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 16:44hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrests 3, kills 1 in anti-smuggling operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of three individuals and the death of a fourth suspect during an anti-smuggling operation in Mutare on October 16, 2024. Phillimon Matiyashe...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 18:11hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu wants ex-Chiefs star Musona out of retirement
Mamelodi Sundowns legend Peter Ndlovu has made a public call for former Kaizer Chiefs star Knowledge Musona to come out of international retirement and rejoin the Zimbabwe national football team, The ...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 16:52hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
England to host Zimbabwe for one Test in 2025
After a gap of more than two decades, England will play a men's test match against Zimbabwe next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Thursday.The one-off Test will take p...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 19:07hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean youngster Tanatswa Nyakuhwa signs first pro deal at Cardiff City
YOUNG Zimbabwean striker, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa has signed his first professional contract at Cardiff City.Nyakuhwa was among the twelve academy players that signed their deals last Friday....Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:17hrs | 26 | by Mzilikazi wa Afrika
Zimbabwean man jailed in UK for removing condom during sex
A British court has slapped a Zimbabwean man with a four-year, three month prison sentence after finding him guilty of removing a condom without the consent of a woman with whom he was having sex....Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 08:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zambian born to become first black leader of a European nation
Wales is set to appoint its first black leader after Vaughan Gething was announced as the winner of the Welsh Labour leadership election on Saturday.Gething will succeed Mark Drakeford, 69, wh...Published: 16 Mar 2024 at 20:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
UK tightens home care workers' visa regime
Some Zimbabwean home care workers based in the United Kingdom are facing tough times as it has become increasingly difficult to renew their immigration permits. Grosvenor Healthcare, the UK's ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK company sues Chiwenga
A UNITED KINGDOM and Wales-based company, Electricity Management Services Limited (EMS) has sued Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga after losing a tender to supply smart meters.EMS is also ch...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:55hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Starlink scandal exposes ZBC rot
One of the reasons former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive officer Adelaide Chikurungu was pushed out was because she allegedly acquired a Starlink internet kit for the state br...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo is built on love'
BULAWAYO's success is anchored on love and acts of philanthropy, Bulawayo City Council's Corporate Communications Manager, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu has said.She said this during a Christmas party held...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Warriors coach takes huge gamble
Warriors coach Baltimore Brito has taken a significant risk by inviting several foreign-based players for the team's World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Nigeria later this month, some of whom have...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among top 5 most exploited nationals in UK
A LATEST situational report by a non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom (UK) has painted a gloomy picture that reeks of massive exploitation, bordering on slavery, of migrants from developing c...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 19:30hrs | | by James Muonwa
Zimbabwean pensioner charged with wife's murder in Wales car fire
An 80-year-old pensioner from Zimbabwe has been accused of murdering his 77-year-old wife following a car fire incident in Swansea, Wales.Helen Clarke tragically lost her life due to her injur...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gems face English test
THE Zimbabwe senior national netball team will today get an idea of their state of preparedness for the 2023 World Cup when they face England in a friendly game in Cape Town, South Africa.This...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa's full speech at yesterday's Bulilima rally
WHEN Jesus was born the three wise men came from the East, Zanu-PF has wise men, they are the chosen ones who were instructed by Jehovah to fight this war of liberating the country.You who are...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 12 | by Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Why Mnangagwa failed to improve Zim's economic prospects
IT is now more than five years since President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power with a mandate from his backers to improve the country's economic fortunes, the nemesis of his predecessor, Robert Gabri...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:29hrs | 12 | by Martin Majaji
Zimbabwe, England mend cricket relations
England are planning to host Zimbabwe for the first time in more than 20 years, marking the resumption of cricket ties between the two nations, and could invite the African nation as well as Banglades...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets into London
President Mnangagwa left Harare for London last night, and will tomorrow join world leaders, celebrities and more than 2 000 guests for the coronation of King Charles III, the monarch of the United Ki...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gary Ballance retires from cricket four months after Zimbabwe switch
Batter Gary Ballance has retired from cricket, saying he "no longer has the desire to dedicate himself" to professional sport.The 33-year-old played 40 times for England, including 23 Tests be...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 19:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's hospitality bowls over Durham Cricket stars
ENGLISH County Cricket Championship side Durham Cricket have only been in the country for a few days on their ongoing 18-day pre-season tour, but they already cannot wait to return after being bowled ...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chanakira to address diaspora community
RENOWNED Zimbabwean banker and leadership development facilitator, Nigel Chanakira, will this week address Zimbabweans living in the diaspora during a training session aimed at imparting entrepreneuri...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born Italian rugby star recounts farm invasions horror
Sebastian Negri still remembers the gunshots. A staccato volley piercing the still Zimbabwean night. He was eight years old when a violent gang of war veterans came to seize his family farm. Around th...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba's chance to impress Emery
WARRIORS midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has a chance to make an impression on new Aston Villa boss Unai Emery in a friendly match against Cardiff City in South Wales tonight.The Zimbabwean is on...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's iconic Post Office Gardens crumble
A gaping hole now exposes the western part of the Post Office Gardens. It is perhaps ironic that a building also known as the War Memorial Park or the Cenotaph, now looks like it was the victim of a n...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'The next Peter Ndlovu not yet born'
HAVING produced arguably the greatest player to ever come out of Zimbabwe, Peter Ndlovu, legendary juniors' football coach Ali "Baba" Dube believes that the next Nsukuzonke is yet to be born.S...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
From Mzilikazi High to the world flying high and far-flung
PROMINENT Zimbabwean lawyer Sternford Moyo is flying high - literally and figuratively. He has been traversing the world as International Bar Association (IBA) president - from Harare to Singapore and...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
England-born Zimbabwean starlet signs pro deal at Aston Villa
ENGLAND-BORN Zimbabwean defender Thierry Katsukunya has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League side Aston Villa.Katsukunya, who plays as a centre-back, is highly re...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why I boycotted Queen Elizabeth II
I WAS a Lower Sixth student at Prince Edward School in Harare, Zimbabwe, when Queen Elizabeth II visited our school in October 1991. Zimbabwe was hosting that year's Commonwealth Heads of Government M...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health ...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
UK based Zimbabwean appointed magistrate
UNITED Kingdom based Zimbabwean, Codilia Gapare has been appointed to the Justice of the Peace of England and Wales with effect from July 28.The Justice of the Peace is a local magistrate empo...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 20:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scotland pushes to be independent from colonial Britain
Scotland's leader told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scotland's independence on Oct. 19, 2023 - even though U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson maintains it...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Associated Press
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 13 | by Dumisani Muleya
Baby-faced Zimbabwean drug dealer jailed in the UK
A baby-faced drug dealer headed up a county lines operation from a base at a Premier Inn hotel room. Bradley Dhlamini, 23, of Parsonage Street, Bury, was arrested at the Premier Inn on Little Wind Str...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 12:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Black children subjected to racism in UK
Racism hurts children, in real and fundamental ways. It hurts not just their health, but their chances for a good, successful life.It destroys their confidence and it is mostly applied by teac...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's allies continue minting it
FEASIBILITY studies of the shady US$1.3 billion petroleum pipeline project, whose cost has quickened from US$850 million to US$1.3 billion and will ultimately surge to US$4 billion, are nearing comple...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 17:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born rugby great Pocock seeks political office in Australia
Rugby great David Pocock announced on Friday he is moving into politics, launching a bid to reach the Australian Senate in next year's general election.Pocock, 33, said he would stand as an in...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex Zimbabwean cricket star in racial storm
Former Zimbabwe Under 19 cricket team star Gary Ballance could find himself in trouble after admitting to using the slur P**i which is deemed racist towards a former Yorkshire team mate Azeem Rafiq....Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ecstasy as Mnangagwa returns from the UK
A large crowd of Zanu-PF supporters thronged the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday to give President Mnangagwa a thunderous welcome on his return from his successful trip to the Un...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa addresses COP26 today
President Mnangagwa, who had a busy schedule yesterday, meeting a number of leaders in a major boost to the engagement and re-engagement drive and to build up joint action on climate change, is expect...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Chiefs bring in more foreign flavour
AMBITIOUS Premier Soccer League side Bulawayo Chiefs has made another addition to its technical team, roping in an Iranian national Pouria Jarrahi as fitness coach as part of a long-term project to ma...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not among top offending nations in UK
Despite the number of Zimbabweans jailed in the United Kingdom increasing, the country remains not among the top 10 most offending nations. In little over a decade, the number of foreign nationa...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Rushesha nears return at Swansea City
ZIMBABWE senior national football team target, Tivonge Rushesha, is nearing a return to full fitness at English Championship side Swansea City after enduring eight difficult months on the sidelines be...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associates behind the US$1.3 billion mega deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's political and business cronies, including his new associate Eddie Cross, are behind the new US$1.3 billion megabucks petroleum products pipeline project – whose cost h...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Turning down Covid vaccine is selfish, says Michael Gove
People who turn down Covid vaccination are "selfish" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. He warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Washonaphi uMzac'omnyama?
Ngiyabingelela Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi, Mthwakaz omnyama, ondlela zimhlophe iinduku zibomvu. Lombhalo ngiwubhala nje kungumbuzo engiwubhekise kumaNtungwa akwaSokhumalo okungabantu bakoKhumalo is...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
Harrowing murders by Zimbabweans in Diaspora
ENGLAND does not change people but it brings out what people were hiding all along. In five years I've been here, 30 Zimbabweans have become uxoricides. Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" and -...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:13hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Masiyiwa named first black British billionaire
Zimbabwean-born business mogul and Econet founder, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, who has reportedly attained British citizenship, has been named the first black billionaire in the United Kingdom.Accordi...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Rugby United
IN 2023 France will host the tenth edition of the rugby World Cup. Twelve teams have already qualified for the showpiece event courtesy of finishing in the top 3 of their respective pools at the 2019 ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Mike Madoda
Nyamayaro appointed new president of Warwickshire Law Society in UK
Zimbabwean born solicitor and legal practitioner who is the Principal of Tann law Solicitors Mr Andrew Nyamayaro was recently appointed the President for the Warwickshire Law Society for the year 2021...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Agencies
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