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Hwange stays alive in relegation battle
Hwange 2 - 1 Manica Diamonds In a high-stakes Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at the Colliery Stadium, a determined Hwange side powered to a vital 2-1 victory over Manica Diamonds, provin...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:36hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
MWOS FC dominates Mhangura
MWOS 5 - 0 MhanguraIn a pivotal match on Sunday, October 27, at Mhangura Stadium, MWOS FC delivered a stunning performance, thrashing the league's bottom side, Mhangura, in a match that could prov...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 10:19hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Factional fighting in ZANU PF: Is Mnangagwa's quest for power putting Zimbabwe at risk?
IN 2017, Simon Khaya Moyo, the then ZANU-PF spokesperson, described Emmerson Mnangagwa as "dishonest," "divisive," and "deceptive" when the ruling party dismissed him. Today, these descriptors...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 17:22hrs | 1084 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Match fixing fears overshadow thrilling Northern Region Soccer League race
The tension is palpable, and the stakes have never been higher as MWOS FC and Scottland FC find themselves locked in a fierce battle for promotion to the top-flight league in the Northern Region Socce...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:42hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Marist Brothers tops Old Mutual Zimbabwe High Schools Quiz
Marist Brothers High School from Matabeleland North are this year's Old Mutual High School Quiz winne...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 13:21hrs | 16 | by Paul Ndou
Chapman's anti-climax and false presidential poll start
WHEN Robert Chapman entered Zimbabwe's highly polarised political fray, some critics called him a "Zanu-PF project" aimed at dividing the youth vote.His admirers referred to him as an alternat...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in 24 metre suicide plunge
A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru jumped to his death from a 24-meter-high Gweru City Council water reservoir for unknown reasons.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko c...Published: 14 May 2023 at 12:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Welcome to the Ancient times in the 21st century
Who would have imagined seeing a proliferation of dug wells in urban areas?This is not happening in the villages but in the urban areas...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by AT Kadada
Sex worker lies 'rape'
A SELF-PROCLAIMED sex worker Princess Nyathi (26) fumed after her client whom she claimed had paid little money for a short-time failed to stick to the terms of the contract. Princess alleged ...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe military gets permit to export raw lithium
EMBATTLED state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life i...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robbers police Fidelity standoff' Details emerge
BUSINESS came to a standstill in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) yesterday when police cordoned off streets leading to Fidelity Building at Corner 11th Avenue and Fife Street, where suspect...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK has new PM, 8th since 1980, Truss too will be booted out if she fail - Zim on 2nd, both way, way past 'use-by date'
The British people have a new Prime Minister, the 8th one since 1980! Liz Truss 2022 - present ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:11hrs | 9 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Africans definitely need to rid themselves of their 'slave mentality'!
Sentiments expressed by Malawi president, and outgoing SADC chair, Lazarus Chakwera - that, Africa risked being plundered of its natural resources by glob...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:54hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga backs Mnangagwa for 2023 amid tension claims
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has backed Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Chiwenga as the ruling party's sole candidate for the State presidency in general elections due next year.Chiwenga's rema...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa fighting for his political life'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fighting for his political life ahead of a Zanu-PF congress slated for October, according to political analyst Ibbo Mandaza.Mandaza believes the Zanu-PF leader,...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 18:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fallout, Zanu-PF youths spring to Mnangagwa defence
A SENIOR Zanu-PF youth league official has hit out ruling party "renegades" who recently claimed there was mounting tension over a power handover agreement between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 08:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
There's absolutely nothing Pan-African and Anti-Imperialist about oppressing one's citizens and looting nation's resources
In all my 48 years of existence on this planet Earth, there has always been one thing that has always thoroughly vexed my intellect - as I have greatly struggled to fathom how something that appears s...Published: 26 May 2022 at 21:13hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance
For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's ‘triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover w...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Diaspora a death trap for cheating partners
As the British Home office plans to deport another plane-load to Zimbabwe again, it has become imperative to find out why many women and some men lost their lives to their spouses over the issue of in...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Tsvangirai's definition of the word 'change'
It was in 1999 when Morgan Tsvangirai formed the Movement for Democratic Change a political party which many thought was going to remove Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF from power and bring the real change ...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:34hrs | 9 | by Etiwel Mutero
Chamisa floods Harare as Mnangagwa heads East
FORGET the pulpits and the hallelujahs, this day certainly belongs to politicians.The tense political atmosphere gripping Zimbabwe ahead of the March 26 by-elections climaxes this Sunday with ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean designs 2022 Commonwealth Games Baton
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean artist Laura Nyahuye has designed a rare 2022 Commonwealth Games Baton that will carry the Queen Elizabeth II's message to athletes from the 72-member nations in a 269-...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman says hubby weak in bedroom
A WOMAN, who was fed up with being physically and verbally abused by her husband, told a court that her man has resorted to pounding her with fists because his sexual organ did not have staying power ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri slams West for advancing regime change agenda
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has criticised Western countries for advancing a regime change agenda through funding opposition aligned non-governmental organisatio...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ministers and CIOs named in farm grab
CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director-general Gatsha Mazithule la, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka and Matabeleland North Minister of State Richard Moyo have been dragged to the ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has reached climax in COVID-19 deaths'
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said the country had reached the climax in COVID-19-related deaths, warning, however, that more fatalities could be recorded if the country does not ta...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police dither on dispersing Mapostori
MEMBERS of the Johane Marange apostolic sect remain gathered in their thousands for their annual festival in Bocha, Marange in Manicaland province, with the police maintaining they are unaware of the ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is the South African rainbow on the cusp of disarray?
Events are unfolding very fast in the rainbow nation, South Africa. And just like the previous week, the country is in suspense as the Free Zuma campaign gathers momentum in KwaZulu Natal province. It...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:41hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
My listening President, this woman is bleeding from inside!
Change generally brings fears for the worst and hopes for the best and plays them against each other in the crucible of inescapable antagonism. The same is true for the scenario that unexpectedly befe...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | 9 | by Nhlanhla Moses
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
US$137m loss sinks run-down Air Zimbabwe
NATIONAL flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), chalked over a US$137 million loss in four successive years which helped sink the airline deep into the abyss under the yoke of corporate malfeasance, inc...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors unchanged in FIFA rankings
ZIMBABWE have remained unchanged on the latest world rankings released by FIFA.The Warriors maintained their place on 107 on the global rankings and 24th on the continent.FIFA said in ...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:24hrs | | by Staa reporter
Shava demands US$100,000 to assume ministerial duty
NEWLY-APPOINTED Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava refused to assume duty for over a month after taking oath of office, demanding payment of about US$100 000 he was owed ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean secrets leaked to a high profile sexivist
Zimbabwe has once again woken up to some Twitter messages sent by the ever attention seeking Susa Mutami. It is important to understand who Susan Mutami is. She is if you remember the official mistres...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chinese firm snatches lucrative aviation deal
GOVERNMENT has awarded a multi-million dollar tender to a Chinese firm to replace a redundant aviation system following pressure exerted by the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to award the deal to a co...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers bash lockdown enforcing cop
TWO soldiers reportedly went berserk on Monday and assaulted a police officer who was leading a team that was enforcing lockdown restriction measures in Chipinge.Milicent Ndebvu (30) and Mike ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chaotic MDC-T congress spells doom for opposition
THIS week's chaotic MDC-T extraordinary congress which was controversially won by party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora against rivals Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi dealt the op...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora skeletons tumble
ASPIRING MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday exposed by one of his top allies who described him as "a deceitful and crooked trickster" as the fight for the presidency reaches a chaotic climax ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's dramatic U-turn on top bosses
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has agreed to reinstate dozens of ministry directors he unilaterally fired two months ago, making a dramatic U-turn after mounting pressure and ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shops for military technology, hardware in Belarus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Belarus last year, which was highly publicised as a strategic state visit to seal deals worth US$350 million spanning across various productive sectors of the e...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's doctrine before his arrest
EDITOR,BEFORE the fateful August 21, which heralded the end of Job "Saro Wiwa" Sikhala's revolutionary campaign against corruption outside the iron bars of prison, he had a few days befo...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Charles M. Mutama
Will Zimbabwe's current Esap II work?
In the weeks leading up to the poorly kept secret of his impeding appointment as Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube campaigned hard for the position, coming out of a long diasporan silence to write art...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | | by Makunike
The situation in Zimbabwe has moved to another level
"FELLOW Zimbabweans … the situation in our country has moved to another level. Firstly, we wish to assure the nation that His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe and his family are safe and sound an...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Cliff Chiduku
Epic start for Zimbabwe
It was an enticing football galore in the debut match of the seventh women's Confederation Of Southern African Football Association (COSAFA) tourney being held at the Isaac Walson stadium in Port Eliz...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Daniel Itai
Dabengwa: Zimbabwe's intelligence Czar
On the night of August 15, 2011, I attended the launch of Wilfred Mhanda's (nom de guerre Dzinashe Machingura) memoir, Dzino: Memories of a Freedom Fighter in Harare. Mhanda was an important figure in...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Blessing Miles-Tendi
ANC (South Africa) and Gukurahundi
Amhlophe to the African National Congress for resoundingly winning another term under President Cyril Ramaphosa. There is an obligation for South Africa to avoid the tribal and racist path of ot...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:47hrs | | by Sihle Ndlovu
Tsvangirai turns in his grave as Chamisa tramples on democracy
When the late MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai championed the formation of the party while he was still the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), he alleged that there was no...Published: 08 May 2019 at 14:09hrs | 7 | by Elijah Chihota
More China investments coming to Zimbabwe
I arrived in Harare last month and I have already had a deep impression of the beautiful scenery, pleasant climate and wonderful people of Zimbabwe.I am especially moved by the friendship that...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Ambassador Guo Shaochun
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