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Unveiling the Treasures of the Red Sea: Diving, History, and Culture in Jeddah
The bustling Red Sea coast city of Jeddah serves as both the business hub of Saudi Arabia and the entry point to the Mecca and Medina sacred sites. This vibrant city offers visitors a wide range of ex...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:06hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Enjoy the zen whilst I bring you tea, the stewardess seemed to say
Between the sardine-packed spaces, noise and all, its not easy to fall asleep on long-haul flights. Hiatus from shuteye can play havoc with one's sycardian rhythm (body clock), causing the debutant ai...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:12hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Zimbabwe's US$400 000 cloud seeding programme takes off
IT'S a humid Friday afternoon and there are only two aircraft on the tarmac at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo that are about to take off. One of them is a commercia...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
London based Kavango set to acquire two gold-rich projects in Zimbabwe
LONDON-based Botswana-focused metals explorer Kavango Resources PLC has signed an exclusive six months option which will see the reputable miner acquiring two lucrative gold exploration projects in Zi...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm gets lucrative US$200m Zimbabwe exploration deal
GOVERNMENT has awarded a US$200 million contract to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to modernise Zimbabwe’s geological survey and metallurgical laboratory infrastructure facilities, the Zim...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:22hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
UK firm discovers nickel in Bulawayo
United Kingdom-based Galileo Resources has announced the discovery of potential nickel targets at its Bulawayo gold project following the recently conducted airborne geophysical survey on its two excl...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duration Gold launches Zimbabwe 'second biggest' exploration
AMBITIOUS resources outfit Duration Gold said this week it had launched a ground breaking multi-commodity exploration campaign, which could help it achieve a long-cherished ambition to become a large-...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Recent Supplies of Weapons to Ukraine by NATO Countries
Starting from the beginning of the year to the end of the second decade of February, nearly fifty military transport aircraft from various countries - USA, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, and Lithuania...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Press Release by the Ambassador of Russia to Zimbabwe and to Malawi
Omicron survives longer on plastic surfaces and skin
The two most recent major variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have proven to be more infectious than their predecessors.Experts increasingly agree that the virus spreads primarily through the air...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hats off to security forces at Beitbridge Border
MEMBERS of the security forces deployed along the Zimbabwe/South African border deserve praise for their efforts towards the eradication of crime at the two countries' boundary.To date, police...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggling dragnet intercepts 68 buses
SIXTY-EIGHT (68) buses suspected to be transporting smuggled goods worth millions between Zimbabwe and South Africa were intercepted by the National Security Taskforce over the past 30 days.Th...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya emerges in the thick of shady Zimbabwe military dealings
FOR long, Martin Rushwaya was the military's point man in its multi-million-dollar commercial ventures, as the permanent secretary in the Defence ministry from 2009 until 2019.In April 2019, P...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council sued over air pollution
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to properly manage its sanitary landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb resu...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandi Chimene pleads with Mnangagwa for forgiveness
THE once outspoken former Manicaland Provincial Minister Mandi Chimene has pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to forgive her as she misses home.Now in self-exile after fleeing Zimbabwe ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta variant accounts for 79% of Zimbabwe Covid-19 infections
ZIMBABWEANS should ensure they always follow laid down Covid-19 prevention measures to avoid the introduction of deadlier strains of the disease in the country as the virulent Indian Delta variant now...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City, Chiefs share spoils
Bulawayo City 2 2 Bulawayo ChiefsVETERAN Wellington Kamudyariwa rose from the bench to help Bulawayo City secure a share of the spoils against impressive Bulawayo Chiefs in a Chibuku Super C...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
NUST launches Covid-19 vaccination program
THE National university of Science and Technology launched its Covid-19 vaccination program for staff members and students today with the University`s vice Chancellor Professor Mqhele Dlodlo being the...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
State agents swarm Chilonga
STATE security agents have reportedly deployed heavily in Chilonga, Chiredzi district amid fears that they want to flush out strangers and contain the flow of information on government activities in t...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Rtd Col. Dyck holds fort in Mozambique
SOUTHERN African Development Community leaders gathered for an emergency meeting this week in Maputo, Mozambique, following a recent get-together in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss the volatile politic...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
The inscrutable Mr Trump!
*This letter uses American jargonIt took me sometime to figure out why the inscrutable, rascally US President Donald J Trump drives so many elites into a lunatic frenzy until I read a post fro...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:09hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mnangagwa owns the expensive Dubai luxury jet?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa owns the controversial luxury jet that is hired for him and ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has alleged. Biti was res[pon...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 16:38hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's air traffic control system outdated, risky
ZIMBABWE'S outdated air traffic control system is putting lives of passengers in danger as it exposes planes to possible collisions, aviation experts have said.The archaic system also exposes ...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madinda plots stage 5 load-shedding
AN upbeat Highlanders coach Madinda Ndlovu has warned that ZPC Kariba will land at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday and find the Bulawayo giants on the ground after their coach Godfrey Tamirepi said hi...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamonds to contribute $1bn a year
Government yesterday commissioned the Airborne Mineral Exploration project in Chivi and Mwenezi districts in Masvingo Province to establish the extent of diamond deposit in the area. It is believed th...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LIVE: Zimbabwe vs Congo Brazzaville
Follow our live coverage of the 2019 Afcon Group G Qualifier between Warriors of Zimbabwe and Congo Brazzaville.Zimbabwe 2-0 Congo85' Zim Sub: Mutizwa comes ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's current location revealed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is airborne on his way to the country after announcing on Sunday that he is cutting his trip short to come and deal with the economic challenges affecting the country....Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:06hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC calls for probe into crashed military chopper
Nelson Chamisa's opposition MDC has called for an inquiry into an Alouette III helicopter that was forced into crash landing in the Mchakazi area in Gutu Central this week.The helicopter crash...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army chopper in forced landing
An Alouette III helicopter carrying Secretary for Defence and War Veterans Mr Martin Rushwaya force-landed in Gutu on Saturday after developing a mechanical fault. No one was injured in the in...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers didn't loot from plane crash: Police
Police have refuted claims that villagers in Nyajena communal lands in Masvingo South looted wards of cash - both hard currency and local bond notes - from the wreckage of a Cessna light aircraft that...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Relegated Bulawayo City thump Caps United
Bulawayo City 4 - 1 Caps UnitedIT was not the kind of football that was expected from an already relegated Premier Soccer League side.Bulawayo City yesterday produced a master class ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare lose to Harare City
Harare City edged out fading giants Dynamos 1-0 in a derby game played in front of a paltry crowd at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday afternoon.The Glamour Boys put on a lifeless performance in the fi...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
TB outbreak at Ingutsheni
A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak has reportedly hit Bulawayo's Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital, with patients and members of staff being screened and quarantined to contain the spread of the virulent dise...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
My Africa in Russia
What is wrong with Africa, Nigeria sent a 'High School Soccer Team' to represent the most populous African country at the football bonanza in Russia. Their display and effort was far off the mark from...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 15:38hrs | | by Tondorindo Murisa
Bosso's ECD class has passed with flying colours
HIGHLANDERS technical manager Madinda Ndlovu reckons that in the last five games, his youthful charges affectionately nicknamed the ECD class, have passed with flying colours.Ndlovu is known f...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
May Mnangagwa's trips pay off please
During his last days in power, deposed president Robert Mugabe earned himself mocking nicknames - frequent flyer and airborne-president, among many other unpleasant ones - because he was always on the...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Caps United survive Bulawayo Chiefs scare
Bulawayo Chiefs 2-2 Caps UnitedPATHETIC refereeing by Allan Bhasvi almost spoiled an exciting Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between newboys Bulawayo Chiefs and former champions Caps...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Approachable presidency, the panacea to national engagement
Since taking the reins of power end of November last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presence in office has been felt far and wide. Locally, he has made impact on the political terrain with his c...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Never give up on your dreams
I AM greatly inspired by people who have experienced adversity and never to for a moment, ever chose to give up.I believe in fighting, and working towards your dreams. Most people give up on t...Published: 07 Jan 2018 at 14:05hrs | | by Clive Chiridza
#Mugabe kids won't be washing their watches with Champagne anymore
The kids suffer the most at such times, plucked harshly as they are from the ample bosom of their cosseted upbringing and suddenly forced to fend for themselves in a callous and uncaring world....Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by IOL
How to spot a coup!
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been detained by the country's military, who have seized control of the national broadcaster, ZBC.Soldiers and army vehicles are on the streets of the ca...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by BBC
Zimbabwe airport still operational amid military coup
Local flight operators say it is business as usual for now, as speculation of coup in Zimbabwe continues. Videos posted to twitter show that entry to Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGB) International ...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Urban grooves musician kills man in accident
Urban grooves musician Tererai Mugwadi killed a man and injured several others in an accident, but refused to offer any assistance, a Chitungwiza court heard yesterday.Mugwadi, 32, was arreste...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in UK in 105km #WalkForFreedom
U.K. Zimbabweans walked 105km from Brighton to London to raise money for charity. The protest walk - #WalkforFreedom - was organised by Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) to raise awareness of ...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 14:18hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
10 men Chicken Inn hold Dynamos
Chicken Inn 0 – 0 DynamosDYNAMOS' six-match winning streak came to an end in a drab goalless draw against Chicken Inn during a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields Stadium y...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama's chopper banned from British airspace
Politicians love helicopters, quick-moving aircraft that don't need a runway and can get you between meetings while others are stuck in traffic.But in Britain and Norway, a ban on a model used...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
PICTURES: South African car crashes into roof
A South African driver has escaped with her life after her car nose-dived into the roof of a house, say the ambulance service Netcare911.They have tweeted pictures of the aftermath of the inci...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 13:16hrs | | by BBC
Bosso thump Triangle
Highlanders 2-0 Triangle UnitedVISITING Triangle United coach Taurayi Mangwiro attributed his side's defeat yesterday to heavy police presence at Barbourfields Stadium, saying this intimidated his...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo on typhoid alert
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has raised a typhoid alert following an outbreak in Harare's Mbare suburb that claimed two lives and left dozens hospitalised.Last Friday, council spokesperson,...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos spoil Highlanders party
Highlanders 2-2 Dynamos(Dynamos won 3-2 after penalty shootouts)DYNAMOS avoided a third defeat within a year to archrivals Highlanders, the Harare giants being party spoilers as they won t...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter
'It's heartbreaking to lose to Highlanders,' weeps Mutasa
Highlanders 2 - 1 Dynamos DUTCHMAN Errol Akbay kept his fine record against Dynamos intact when he completed a double over his counterpart Lloyd Mutasa as he fought back in dramatic fashion ...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 23:57hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
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