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Teen Zimbabwean karateka wins silver at regional tournament
Seventeen-year-old Zimbabwean karateka Bongeka 'Mbokodo' Mguni defied the odds and controversy to win a silver medal at the 2025 African Union Region 5 Youth Games in Namibia, capping off an emotional...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 10:46hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique to host 2026 AUSC Region 5 Youth Games
- Strategic vision and support of youth-centered initiatives through sport Mozambique has been officially confirmed as the host of the 12th editi...Published: 29 May 2025 at 20:07hrs | 164 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa takes a dig at ZIFA board
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the Government is committed to investing more in sports infrastructure and also assisting athletes to achieve podium performances on the international fora.S...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Every dog has its day
It was a more-try, maybe in reverse. His name is obvious. Every dog has its day, even the titanic had its demise at the said end of times. Village youth games and clubs were very important and...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 12:46hrs | 27 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa Matepatepa
9 Young Warriors fail age tests
NINE members of the Zimbabwe Under-17 national football team have failed tests which are conducted to determine the ages of players allowed at age-group tournaments.Of the 25 players who were ...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 01:33hrs | 32 | by Staff Reporter
From Njube to Surrey-Kwangwa's story
GROWING up in Bulawayo's Njube suburb, Zimbabwe netball team captain Felisitus Kwangwa never really liked sport.If anything, she was forced to play netball by the teachers while she was in Gra...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers, pupils forced to Mnangagwa event
GWERU teachers and pupils from Grades 4 to Form 6 were yesterday compelled to attend the official opening of the Zimbabwe Youth and Paralympic Games at Mkoba Stadium, where President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
War collaborators starve at Mnangagwa 'thank you' rally
A CONFERENCE in honour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa turned into a nightmare for hundreds of war collaborators who had to sleep in the open on empty stomachs and without water after organisers faile...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa interfaces with Zanu-PF supporters
President Mnangagwa will today address the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators Association (Zilwaco) National Conference, which will be held at the Zanu-PF Convention Centre in Gweru. ...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry fires SRC board
EDWARD SIWELA'S 13-year-tenure in the Sport and Recreation Commission came to an end yesterday when Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Coventry dissolved his board. The Minister wielde...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Open air churches banned
Mutare City Council (MCC) has banned open air church gatherings unless the churches provide ablution facilities and taped water as it moves to eliminate any risk of disease outbreaks.MCC publi...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mashayamombe in corruption storm
MASHONALAND West provincial education director, Sylvester Mashayamombe is facing accusations of abuse of office which have reportedly resulted in him falling out of favour with some of his subordinate...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
National athletics championships set for Bulawayo
WHITE City Stadium will play host to the Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (Naaz) junior and senior track and field championships on April 15.The meet is being organised by the Bulawayo Athlet...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Bosso score a first
BULAWAYO giants Highlanders have scored a first by becoming the first club in Zimbabwe to be certified under the Fifa Club Licensing requirements.The First Instance Body (FIB) certified the cl...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Andrew Langa arrested, hospitalised
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested former Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Andrew Langa (pictured) on allegations of corruption stemming from the 2014 African Union Youth Game...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caught up in $1m Zifa bailout storm
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa early this year reportedly ordered the Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) to loan the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) $1 million from the ...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
BF, Luveve shutdown cause chaos
THE closure of Barbourfields and Luveve stadiums for renovations ahead of the Cosafa Women's Championship could cause further disarray in the already congested Premier Soccer League (PSL) programme....Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane university hosts public lecture
Lupane State University Alumni Association is today Friday hosting a public lecture on the role of universities in paving way for national development.In a notice sent to invitees, the u...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Barbourfields Stadium faces closure, Luveve shut down
BARBOURFIELDS Stadium might be closed for minor renovations for next month's Cosafa Women's Championship, a move likely to derail the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League programme.Luveve Stadiu...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ministers sued over car hire
GOVERNMENT fleet manager, CMED's subsidiary company Easy-Go (Pvt) Ltd, has taken three Cabinet ministers to court over a $384 000 debt for car rentals.In summons filed at the High Court on Jul...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sportsman gets US scholarship
ST GEORGES' College triple jumper and footballer, Chengetai Mapaya, has been granted a scholarship to study at Texas Christian University in the United States, courtesy of Payne Global Sports Manageme...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 08:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere fails to account for $40,000 Youth Games funds
Saviour Kasukuwere's younger brother Stanley Kasukuwere has been accused of looting $40 000 disbursed by Government for the Zimbabwe National Youth Games held in Bindura in April. Inform...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sports Minister calls for nurturing of talent at Paralympic Games
The Zimbabwe National Paralympic Games ended on a high note on Monday with the host province, Mashonaland Central, taking the shield for first position after garnering 45 medals. Mashonaland W...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 10:10hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Bosso takes on FC Platinum
THE rescheduled ZNA Commander's Charity Shield semi-final tie between Highlanders and FC Platinum will now be played at Luveve Stadium on Sunday due to the poor drainage system at the initial venu...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo province in financial crisis
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Province might not have a women's football team at this year's Zimbabwe National Youth Games set for Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West, from August 13. The province is strugglin...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Grace Mugabe to officially open Youth Games
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe will open this year's Zimbabwe National Youth Games set to be held in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West province next month.The Games will run from August 13-21.Sports...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 08:46hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Team Bulawayo to be announced
AS the countdown to the National Youth Games scheduled for Chinhoyi from 15 to 20 August continues, Bulawayo Province are set to name their tentative team today.A total of 208 athletes, 43 coa...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Sports Reporter
Region Five sports assets to remain in Bulawayo says Hlongwane
SPORTS and Recreation Minister Makhosini Hlongwane says movement of equipment bought for the Africa Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Youth Games is limited to office furniture and not sportin...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Sports Reporter
AUSC equipment transfer contradicts games’ legacy
SENIOR officials in the Ministry of Sport and Recreation want to move to Harare furniture and other equipment acquired for the African Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Youth Games held in Bul...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:36hrs | 3 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
BCC surrenders equipment to Harare
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has raised serious concerns over what it says is the continued clandestine strategic transfer of the African Union Sports Council Region 5 Under-20 Youth Games equipmen...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Lowveld dominates NASH provincial boxing tourney
Schools from the Lowveld dominated a boxing tournament organised by the National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) to select a team that will represent Masvingo at the National Youth Games ...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ministry will not intervene in Chivayo, Zifa fallout
THE Ministry of Sport and Recreation have said they will not intervene in the fallout between ZIFA and their benefactor Wicknell Chivayo at this point and yesterday they insisted the two parties shoul...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
Bulawayo firms beg for debt reprieve
BULAWAYO province has appealed for a Presidential protection on ailing companies and a waiver on interest charges levied on them by financial services to facilitate economic recovery.Provincia...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:34hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Mwonzora, gone too soon
THE St Matthias' Tsonzo headmaster, Mr James Mwonzora, who was involved in an accident as he chased after two vehicles that sped off after purportedly collecting two girls from the boarding school rec...Published: 26 Mar 2016 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by Ray Bande
Tsholotsho FC secure White City Stadium
Castle Lager Premiership side Tsholotsho have successfully applied for the use of White City Stadium as their home ground for the 2016 season from the Bulawayo City Council (BCC).According to ...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter
Peter Ndlovu backs Kasinauyo
WARRIORS legend Peter Ndlovu has thrown his weight behind his former Zimbabwe teammate Edzai Kasinauyo in his bid to become a ZIFA board member and urged the councillors to embrace former players in t...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 08:03hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo and Eddie Chikamhi
Another prestigious award for me, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I have to admit that I am beside myself with unbridled joy. I could not believe it when I received communication from Beijing that I was this year's...Published: 02 Nov 2015 at 20:16hrs | | by CZ
Health crisis looms at Barbourfields Stadium
A health crisis looms at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo each time there is load shedding in the suburb leaving thousands of soccer fans at risk unless generators lying idle at the venue are connect...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Bosso's Amini Soma Phiri doesn't inspire confidence
HIGHLANDERS are stuck between a rock and a hard place and there appears to be no immediate solution to their free fall in sight. Their new coach, Amini Soma Phiri, doesn't inspire confidence.N...Published: 27 Sep 2015 at 10:48hrs | | by Langton Nyakwenda
Sports director blamed as Mat South is embarrassingly booted out of youth games
The National Youth Games have kicked off in Mutare with Matabeleland South province not participating in the games after being booted out of the games for failing to pay affiliation fees.Spor...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Scheme to derail Mnangagwa's presidential aspirations exposed
Political opponents of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa within President Robert Mugabe's warring Zanu-PF are said to be sharpening their knives against him and his allies - amid claims that "an elabo...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Factionalism dents Mnangagwa faction
Acting President Emerson Mnangagwa was yesterday forced to address a paltry crowd of about 200 people including participants and officials at the opening ceremony for the 13th edition of Zimbabwe ...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to officially open Youth games
VICE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangangwa is today expected to officially open the 13th edition of the Zimbabwe National Youth Games at Sakubva Stadium in Mutare.The Games which are being hosted by M...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister Chimene mocks Zifa
Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Mandi Chimene has said her games Local Organising Committee will not stoop so low to fail to attract sponsorship just like Zifa.She was spea...Published: 07 Aug 2015 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa hands over sports facilities to Bulawayo City Council
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially handed over to the Bulawayo City Council and Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development sports facilities that were ...Published: 04 Jul 2015 at 16:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo primary school embarks on an ambitious project
IN a first for Bulawayo, a primary school, Mawaba, located in the high-density suburb of Lobengula West has embarked on an ambitious project to construct a double-storey lecture theatre block and mult...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 11:02hrs | 2 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Veteran Zimbabwean boxing administrator dies
The boxing fraternity has been plunged into mourning with the death of the Zimbabwe Amateur Boxing Association (Zaba) technical director and veteran coach Petros Masiyambumbi.Masiyambumbi, who...Published: 06 May 2015 at 15:13hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
Barbourfields Stadium condemned but not banned
THE Premier Soccer League has dismissed concerns that Bulawayo's ceremonial home of football, Barbourfields Stadium will not be used this season.Football fans were alarmed last week after the ...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 08:46hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Bulawayo City promotion has passed as a non-event
THE promotion of Bulawayo City to the Zifa Southern Region Division One Soccer League has sadly passed on as a non-event.This team, if it does well on the national scene, will be an effective ...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Sports reporter
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