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Injury-hit Zimbabwe under siege as South Africa dominates
Zimbabwe's national cricket team finds itself in deep trouble as they battle South Africa in the second and final Test at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. The visitors have taken firm control of the ma...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:43hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
MWOS edge Highlanders to regain top spot
MWOS FC solidified their grip at the summit of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) with a crucial 1-0 victory over Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.A decisive 87th-minut...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 08:55hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ends 5 year wait for T20I victory over Afghanistan
Zimbabwe finally broke a five-year drought against Afghanistan in T20I cricket, claiming a thrilling four-wicket win in a last-ball decider at Harare Sports Club yesterday. This marks their first vict...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Pakistan crush Zimbabwe in second ODI to level series
Pakistan delivered a dominant performance in the second One Day International (ODI) at Queens Sports Club, cruising to a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe to level the three-match series 1-1.Zim...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 17:42hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Shepolopolo: Zambia's Copper Queens Conquer African Football
The Zambian women's national football team, affectionately called the Copper Queens or Shepolopolo, have been making giant strides in African football over the past decade. From qualifying for their f...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 20:59hrs | 101 | by Staff Reporter
Dembare fear Bosso backlash
Battle LINES have been drawn between Dynamos and Highlanders ahead of their epic clash at BF tomorrow, and DeMbare coach Genesis Mangombe knows very well that Bosso are more lethal when limping....Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa should not appoint political loyalists to Cabinet'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa should not appoint political loyalists, but people with skills to deliver on his election promises, analysts have advised.Mnangagwa was sworn in for a second five-...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Opposition parties, CSOs are seeing shadows in elections
As the August 23 2023 harmonised elections day draws near, there has been some shivers emanating from some opposition political parties and their funders as reality now is clear that they are facing d...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 14 | by Mukachana Hanyani
'Mugabe groomed Kasukuwere for Presidency'
Ex-Zanu-PF member William ‘Acie Lumumba' Mutumanje has claimed late former President Robert Mugabe was priming his close ally Saviour Kasukuwere to take over as the country's leader.Lumumba,...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora vows that he is forming the next Zimbabwe govt
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has insisted that his party - currently undergoing a restructuring exercise and set to spend at least $100 million towards the 2023 elections - will form the country's ne...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Harare chair dumps party, joins Chamisa's CCC
MDC-T Harare provincial chairman Zivai Mhetu has ditched the Douglas Mwonzora led opposition party which he described as a ‘dead donkey', to join Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change....Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'CCC, MDC-T too poor to hold congresses'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the MDC-T cannot hold elective congresses because of funding challenges.CCC secretary-general Chalton Hwende said a congress required large s...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Marondera implodes
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Marondera, Mashonaland East province, has imploded, with party members baying for the blood of the entire ward 7 district executive which they accuse of incompetence and fa...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party battling fresh internal turbulence in cockpit
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is battling fresh internal turbulence after some party bigwigs openly said that they were uncomfortable with party leader Nelson Chamisa extending an olive bran...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition should accept poll results
OPPOSITION parties that are celebrating winning in the Saturday by-election must always accept electoral outcomes even if they are not in their favour, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Citizens Coalition for Change fires warning shots for 2023
The resounding victory by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in the by-elections held on 26 March 2022 is a sign of greater things to come for the citizens political party under the leadership of Adv...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:34hrs | 2 | by Prince Njagu
CAPS Utd stoke flames ahead of Bosso clash
CAPS United have stepped up the war of words as their keenly awaited Castle Lager Premiership football battle against Highlanders at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday draws closer.On the h...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Caps crash to heavy defeat
Manica Diamond 6 - 2 Caps UnitedStruggling Harare giant Caps United yesterday received a thorough thrashing after they were clobbered 6-2 by Manica Diamonds in a Castle Lager Premier League match ...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's Zanu-PF antics started long time ago
MDC T President Douglas Mwonzora who has vowed to work hand in hand with Zanu-PF idiots started his miscellaneous acts long time ago.He came to the Opposition Party wearing Sheepskin. He came ...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 20:07hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rivalry widens
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has banned its members from celebrating presumed victories in its internal polls for provincial executive members in a move seen as an attempt to quash factional fights betwee...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe offers agent US$25,000 to manipulate poll result
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, staring in the face of a heavy defeat in his bid to bounce back as Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman, allegedly offered to pay a senior party membe...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 19:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CRICKET: Zimbabwe suffer heavy defeat in first Test against Pakistan
ZIMBABWE suffered heavy defeat on day three of the first Test cricket encounter against Pakistan when they were beaten by an innings and 116 runs at Harare Sports Club yesterday.After being bo...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:40hrs | 24 | 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 | 3 | by Mike Madoda
Chamisa rescues congress losers
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday fished his political nemesis from the political dustbin when he appointed former party vice-presidents Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and former secretary-general Do...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
2019 Rugby World Cup
Another World Cup year has finally arrived in the Rugby World as Japan get set to host the ninth edition of the competition. It is set to take place between September 20th and finishing on the 2nd...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Deal decisively with Parly delinquents
Mr Speaker, SirIt is high time that Parliament's Committee on Rules and Standing Orders asserts its authority in ensuring that legislators respect State institutions and the Constitution, whic...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Bosso's historic victory over Dembare
HIGHLANDERS' demolition of archrivals, Dynamos, in Sunday's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields Stadium was the Harare giants' worst ever defeat to Bosso since their formation in...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Police are MDC, says Mukupe
Outgoing Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe has hit out at police, accusing them of being sympathetic to the opposition MDC Alliance.The outspoken former Zanu PF legislator also claimed t...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa going the Yahya Jammeh-way?
As 30 July poll beckons, the atmosphere flares up as parties crisscross the lengths and breadths of the country soliciting votes from a poverty-ridden electorate. All candidates mete out plans to revi...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Benny Gudo
'Zanu PF is the only democratic party,' boast Mnangagwa - nonsense, have yet to hold free elections
The contemptuous arrogance of President Mnangagwa is soaring to new dizzying heights!"Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF is the only democratic party!" screamed the headline in Bulawayo24."PRESIDE...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 23:20hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bosso confuse Madinda
Yadah Stars 0 - 0 HighlandersHIGHLANDERS mentor Madinda Ndlovu said he could not recognise the team that was held to a goalless draw by Yadah Stars at the National Sports Stadium yesterday....Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Yadah coach warns Madinda's Bosso
YADAH Stars coach, Thomas Ruzive, has warned Highlanders to underrate his charges at their own peril when the two sides clash in a Castle Lager Premiership tie at the National Sports Stadium on Saturd...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Minister collapses after heavy defeat in Zanu-PF Primary Elections
Things fell apart when Minister of Provincial Affairs for Matabeleland South Abednico Ncube who lost the Gwanda South constituency ZANU PF primary elections went to a comma after receiving the terribl...Published: 02 May 2018 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Mhlongo
'I disagreed with Tsvangirai but it was not personal'
COALITION of Democrats (Code) presidential candidate, Elton Mangoma, has opened up on his tiff with the late MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, saying they differed on matters of principle.Mango...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mapeza 'quits' FC Platinum
FC PLATINUM head coach Norman Mapeza has reportedly quit the Zvishavane-based club. Sources last night said his departure came after the club's heavy defeat last week Wednesday in the Confeder...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri to Replace Tsvangirai, or Who Else?
The opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDCT), has found itself in an ugly quandary yet again. It is a crisis symptomatic of the post - 2013 general election which splintered the MDC and...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Raphael Gore
Chiyangwa flip flops again, disowns his uncle
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has hailed the Zimbabwe Defence Forces for their intervention to address the issues that were weighing down on the people of this country.The economic challenge...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bantu Rovers relegated
Harare City 5 - 0 Bantu RoversBASEMENT side Bantu Rovers became the first to be relegated from the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League this season following a heavy defeat against Harare City...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe regime will collapse' if MDC insist on reforms, argues Mandaza - they can never ever insist
"The opposition in Zimbabwe is an obliging and complicit opposition, particularly because of their experience in the GNU," said Ibbo Mandaza."What do I mean by obliging and complicit? If the o...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tsvangirai's greed has turned into madness and now it threatens us all
When I was a boy I visited my Aunt, my father's step sister, and her family in Bulawayo. Her husband worked at Ingutsheni Mental Hospital. The one image that has stayed with me all life is of this pat...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 20:43hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Why Mugabe always wins polls'
Zanu-PF continues to win national elections due to its tangible deliveries to the electorate and contributions from loyal supporters who stick to the values of the revolutionary party, prominent Unite...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Mujuru anti-Mugabe pact is in jeopardy
The tussle for the control of the yet-to-be-formed coalition of opposition parties pitting former vice-president Joice Mujuru and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai could torpedo efforts to put together a...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:59hrs | 5 | by Everson Mushava & Obey Munyati
'Mugabe will be force out'
WAR veterans have warned President Robert Mugabe that he might go down together with his beleaguered Zanu-PF national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere in next year's general elections if he con...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, military elections role exposed
VISITING Namibian President Hage Geingob has unwittingly exposed Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the army's underhand roles in micro-managing general elections and engineering President Robert M...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai sends Mugabe scrambling for cover with coalition talk
Opposition MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has shot down Zanu-PF's "premature celebrations" and also asserted that he would form a coalition alliance with former Vice President Joice Mujuru despite...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai shoot down Zanu-PF's 'premature celebrations'
Opposition MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday shot down Zanu-PF's "premature celebrations" and also asserted that he would form a coalition alliance with former Vice President Joice Mujuru d...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mujuru
DAGGERS have been drawn out for ZimPF leader Dr Joice Mujuru, with party leaders here reportedly describing her as a "weak and indecisive" leader because of the way she handled her party's partici...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai keeps Mujuru guessing
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai could leave his ZimPF counterpart, Joice Mujuru (pictured) stranded at the altar, literally, as the former premier is non-committal on whether he will address a joi...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Young Warriors turn on a hopeless show
Zambia 5 - 1 ZimbabweTHE Young Warriors turned on a hopeless show as they opened their 2016 COSAFA Under-20 tournament in embarrassing fashion with a heavy defeat at the hands of Zambia at Morulen...Published: 08 Dec 2016 at 04:52hrs | | by Sports reporter
Zimbabwe Sables apologise for Kenyan humiliation
The Zimbabwe senior men's rugby team, the Sables, have apologised for the poor performance during the 61-15 mauling at the hands of Kenya last weekend during the Africa Cup Group 1A match at the P...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 18:52hrs | 16 | by Sports reporter
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