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Menstrual cycle saves university student
A Bindura-based university student was lucky to escape being gang raped after the suspects found her on her monthly periods.The matter came to light at Bindura regional magistrates courts on F...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:23hrs | 1862 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Chikwata bounce back to Division One
FORMER topflight teams, Zimbabwe Saints and Bulawayo City will be among clubs that will participate in the Zifa Southern Region Division One league this year.Zimbabwe Saints who were chucked o...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends registration period
GOVERNMENT has been commended for extending the deadline for Ordinary and Advanced Level examination fees payment to give parents and guardians adequate time to raise the funds.Primary and Sec...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma's famous personalities
BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ephraim Chawanda attacks Chikwata leadership
ZIMBABWE Saints and Warriors legend Ephraim Chawanda popularly known as "The Rock Of Gilbraltar" has taken a swipe at the club's leadership after the team was relegated from the Zifa Southern Region D...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mark Mathe joins Zimbabwe Saints
THE road to the revival of Zimbabwe Saints FC appears to be taking shape with the club expected to announce the imminent arrival of Mark Mathe as head coach.Chikwata have seen a number of coac...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chauya Chikwata for real, this time?
FOR new Zimbabwe Saints FC benefactor, Adrian Mtungwazi, the return of one of Zimbabwe's most successful and famous football clubs will not be possible if Chauya Chikwata's leaders continue pulling in...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chikwata set for financial windfall
STRUGGLING former giants Zimbabwe Saints could be set for a financial windfall after the club successfully negotiated a new deal with a diaspora-based company.The club appears to have turned a...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints in coach drama
WHEN Zimbabwe Saints announced that it would be playing in the Zifa Southern Region Division One league two years ago, there was some belief that perhaps there'd be a turnaround at one of the country'...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chauya Chikwata's comeback not going as planned
IT was a comeback that was celebrated as a major stepping stone to getting Zimbabwe Saints back into mainstream football, but the situation on the ground speaks otherwise.After years in the fo...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints legend dies
ZIMBABWE Saints legend Shacky Toindepi Nyathi has died.He was 58.Nyathi collapsed and died at his Mzilikazi home in Bulawayo on Sunday.His best friend and former teammate Godfr...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints hold two-day trials
ZIMBABWE Saints FC are set to hold two-day trials from tomorrow at Induba grounds in Pelandaba as they continue with preparations for the Southern Region Division One League in the new season....Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chikwata plot PSL return
ZIMBABWE Saints have stepped up efforts towards a return to the topflight league after a number of years in the wilderness.The club leadership held its latest meeting on Monday as it plotted a...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Amini Soma-Phiri helps Zimbabwe Saints' revival
FORMER Highlanders coach Amini Soma-Phiri has been praised for his role in the revival of Zimbabwe Saints.Saints, who were formed in 1931, five years after the establishment of Highlanders, ar...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzansi Express kits Zimbabwe Saints
TRANSPORT company, Mzansi Express is set to kit Division One returnees, Zimbabwe Saints once the season starts as the former Premiership champions look to bouncing back into top flight football....Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chikwata won't repeat past mistakes, says Pamire
ZIMBABWE Saints board of trustees' chairman Vincent Pamire yesterday shouldered the blame for past decisions that pushed Chikwata to the peripheries of elite football.Speaking at the re-launch...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chauya Chikwata gets ball rolling
THE revival of Zimbabwe Saints FC goes a gear up tomorrow when the club publicly unveils a roadmap at the Saints Clubhouse in Queens Park East.Saints bounced back into the Zifa Southern Region...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$4000 to join Zimbabwe Saints
THOSE who harbour ambitions of leading Zimbabwe Saints should be prepared to pay a joining fee of US$4 000.Chikwata registered with the Zifa Southern Region last year but the advent of the cor...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Which era had the best dramas?
So brilliant were their exploits such that long after the closing credits, their action on the small screen lingered, never to be forgotten.Their delivery was so sublime. Decades later, snippe...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Prince Mushawevato
Zimbabwe's first post-Mugabe feature film - to premiere in the UK
Writer/Director Tomas Lutuli Brickhill will host the UK premiere of award-winning Zimbabwean film Cook Off alongside other members of the cast and crew, including lead actress Tendie Chitima, and actr...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints seeks to rise from the dust
The once mighty Zimbabwe Saints who have just become a memory in top flight football have set out an ambitious programme of reviving the former Bulawayo giants.There is a dusty pitch and a tea...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chikwata striker bemoans low standards
FORMER Zimbabwe Saints striker Lexington Mujokoro is a disappointed footballer.The standards of the game, he believes have gone down in an era where coach education is compulsory."Our ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyer nabbed over $64 000 fraud
HARARE lawyer, Auther Roy Mabhena, appeared in court yesterday facing fraud allegations after he duped home seekers of $64 315 in botched land deals.Mabhena of T Kadhau and Associates was not ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dembare players threaten strike
STRUGGLING giants Dynamos faced fresh problems yesterday after their players threatened to plunge their preparations for the Castle Lager Premiership match against Black Rhinos into disarray.T...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe Saints trainer Russell dies
FORMER Zimbabwe Saints fitness trainer and well known personality in Bulawayo, Roger Russell, has died.He was 57.According to his last born daughter and family spokesperson, Laura, Rus...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints set for comeback
FORMER Premiership champions Zimbabwe Saints are set to bounce back from the dead with the help of investors who have shown interest to acquire shares from the Bulawayo club.Chauya Chikwata co...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chauya Chikwata revival on the cards
STAKEHOLDERS at the now-defunct football giants, Zimbabwe Saints have been invited to a meeting at to plot the resuscitation the club under the banner of a private company, which was dissolved a few y...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Killer panners jailed
Five gold panners - including a teenage boy from Shurugwi — have been sentenced to a combined 87 years in prison after they ripped a fellow panner's stomach with a spear in gold turf wars. T...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso can go Chikwata way
HIGHLANDERS chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube has conceded that if they fail to make drastic decisions, the Bulawayo football giants are bound to go the Zimbabwe Saints way.Saints, fondly ...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints player for Germany
ZIMBABWE Saints Academy product Dalubuhle Dlodlo is set for a month trial stint in Germany.Speaking to B-Metro Sport his coach, Stokefield Mlambo, said the youthful striker would make a stop-o...Published: 12 May 2017 at 16:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Homela leading Zimbabwe Saints revival
A GROUP of Zimbabwe Saints FC members led by renowned coaching instructor Gibson Homela is leading the revival of the club.Once a football powerhouse that churned out a number of talented ...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio spear gold panner to death
A Shurugwi gold panner identified as Langton Jaison was speared to death by a rival gang at a night club over a gold claim.Jaison was reportedly stabbed on the abdomen and died on the sp...Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 08:18hrs | | by Alice Dube
Masvingo City Council engages lawyers to evict tenants
THE Masvingo City Council has engaged its lawyers to evict tenants from leased properties over non-payment of rentals. The tenants for the People's Shop at Mucheke Hall have outstanding rentals amount...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Faith Phiri
War vets: submit to Mugabe's commands
On 10 June 2016, President Robert Mugabe raised a very pertinent issue during the ZANU-PF National Consultative Assembly (NCA) when he urged members of the party to desist from parading their dirty li...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 10:05hrs | | by Indrah Zvenyika
Rampant corruption levels rile Mugabe
President Mugabe yesterday bemoaned rampant corruption in rural and urban councils countrywide, saying the vice had reached alarming levels which threatened the country's moral fabric. The President s...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:21hrs | | by George Maponga
Bonzo gets food, clothes, blankets and $245 cash donation
The name Lawrence Simbarashe evokes a string of humorous memories in the minds of many Zimbabweans who are in love with comedy.Simbarashe played the character Bhonzo in yesteryear comedy serie...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 05:42hrs | | by Sophia Chese and Tawanda Marwizi
20 year Prophet takes Chitungwiza by storm
WHAT is it that determines one to be a prophet and a leader of a church?Is it that one just wakes up one morning and appoints himself or herself a church leader and calls themselves a prophet?...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Errant fathers warned not to hide behind school fees
People who default on paying maintenance and instead decide to pay school fees for their children or other services directly, should be found guilty of non-compliance with a court order, but in mitiga...Published: 27 May 2015 at 07:59hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Chauya Chikwata back in local football
ONCE a football powerhouse in Zimbabwe credited for churning out talented stars, Zimbabwe Saints who were on the brink of extinction, are back in local football. Chauya Chikwata are starting f...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Ricky Zililo
Zimbabwe Saints running out of time to register with Division 3
FORMER Zimbabwe soccer champions Zimbabwe Saints are running out of time to register with the Zifa Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Division Three league whose season starts next week.Chikwata, ...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Ricky Zililo
Bosso SG vows not to sign Shona players
HIGHLANDERS FC secretary-general Emmet Ndlovu yesterday scoffed at suggestions that he was pushing a tribal agenda following a two-minute audio recording where he allegedly vowed never to sign Shona-s...Published: 28 Feb 2015 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Ricky Zililo
'Gibson Homela destroyed Zimbabwe Saints'
Jethro "Chemmy" Hunidzarira will forever regret the day Gibson Homela returned to the Zimbabwe Saints technical department in 1988.Hunidzarira was a key member of that 1988 championship winnin...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Homela entrenched in Mashonaland United history
Football in Zimbabwe is incomplete if the name Gibson Homela is not mentioned. Homela was a household name before and after independence.Born in Lower Gweru in 1946, Homela is one of the pilla...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 12:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Chikwata will rise again'
THE Zimbabwe Saints Football Club family has finally accepted its fate and will now concentrate on juniors and playing in Division Three next year.The club has over the years been buying franc...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 07:06hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Tempers flare at Zimbabwe Saints meeting
Troubled Zimbabwe Saints supporters will have to wait a little longer before they can see their team playing professionally once again after a meeting to map the way forward yesterday failed to co...Published: 26 May 2014 at 13:52hrs | | by Sports reporter
Chikwata expelled
ZIMBABWE Saints have been expelled from the Zifa Southern Region Division One League after going for four matches without kicking a ball due to failure to pay affiliation fees.Zimbabwe Saints,...Published: 20 May 2014 at 06:51hrs | | by Sports reporter
Legend Tshuma laid to rest
FOOTBALL legend Max "Shaluza" Tshuma was laid to rest at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday.Tshuma died late on Friday afternoon at Mpilo Central Hospital where he had been taken in last...Published: 20 May 2014 at 06:49hrs | | by Sports reporter
Max 'Shaluza' Tshuma dies
ZIMBABWE football legend Max Shaluza Tshuma has died.He was 62.Tshuma died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo yesterday evening. He had been admitted to the hospital for some days ...Published: 17 May 2014 at 12:55hrs | 5 | by Lovemore Dube
Chikwata face the chop
Zifa Southern Region have given former premiership champions Zimbabwe Saints up to today to clear their arrears or face the chop.Their match against early season title favourites Tsholotsho, w...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 09:29hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Highlanders, Bulawayo football needs Delma Lupepe
They destroyed him, and the whole Southern region killed his passion and desire. They murdered foot...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 19:04hrs | | by Tse Ndex
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