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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 | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean goalkeeper wins 4th man-of-the-match prize in Carling Cup
Zimbabwean goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze has played down his individual success in the Carling Cup, insisting that bringing joy to Magesi FC fans outweighs the R400,000 he earned from four Man of the Mat...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 19:22hrs | 4532 | by Staff reporter
Hero emerges after Falcon College tragic bus accident
IN the aftermath of a horrific bus accident on the Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway, a Falcon College learner emerged an unlikely hero.On that tragic afternoon of June 16, tragedy struck as the bus car...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 11:38hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula fate mystery deepens
The mystery surrounding the fate of 19th century Ndebele King Lobengula - son of the nation's founder King Mzilikazi - is still a moot historical event to Ndebele people, some Zimbabweans and scholars...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 10:30hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires his outspoken and militant political ally with immediate effect
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired his outspoken and militant political ally Christopher Mutsvangwa as Minister of Veterans of the Struggle Affairs with immediate effect.It was not explain...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 20:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Music that doesn't speak for the oppressed is not really music!
Of late, we have witnessed divided opinions on our music legend Winky D (Wallace Chirumiko).This is on account of his recent songs, which have mainly touched on the social injustices faced by ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 20:12hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZimDaily recycling a discredited historical myth
While most progressive Zimbabweans are genuinely outraged by renegade political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's calculated and determined assault on democracy at the behest of forces of darkness by disru...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 09:32hrs | 275 | by Dumisani Muleya
Hyena attacks five; rips off lips, limb
TWO victims of human-wildlife conflict are battling for their lives in hospital after being mauled by a vicious hyena in the Zuze area of Makoni District in incidents that happened last week on Thursd...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hwange dent Bosso title hopes
Hwange 1 - 0 HighlandersIn the 58th minute of the match at Colliery Stadium, substitute Lloyd Mutoma made an instant impact with his very first touch, scoring a sensational goal that proved ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba edges closer to Luton move
NEWLY promoted English Premier League side Luton Town are reportedly close to agreeing a deal with Aston Villa for the permanent signing of Warriors star Marvelous Nakamba.The 29-year-old defe...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 08:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to build Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo statues
As the rationale and raison d'etre for the November 2017 military coup continues to collapse, with their masks falling irretrievably amid a loss of legitimacy and credibility, Zimbabwean Preside...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe out of Cricket World Cup
For the second time in two Qualifiers, Zimbabwe have fallen short at the final hurdle, and as a result they won't be at the 2023 World Cup. They needed to win one of their last two matches, just as in...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maradona vs. Messi: Who Is Better?
Debate rages over who's better between Maradona or Messi, both famed for their skills, number 10 jerseys, and left-footed play. Read our blog to find the answer. In the world of soccer, two...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 10:31hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
West Bromwich Albion target Nakamba after Luton Town heroics
ENGLISH Championship side West Bromwich Albion are reportedly monitoring Marvelous Nakamba's situation at Aston Villa following his successful loan spell at newly promoted Premier League side Luton To...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
We need tractors for profitable farming
The Belarus Zimbabwe Agricultural Mechanization Equipment Program has come at the right time. Kudos to His Excellency Comrade President ED Mnangagwa for a pro-people visionary leadership....Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by ThomasTondo Murisa
Tuskers bar Eagles again despite Marumani heroics
A brilliant century from Tadiwanashe Marumani was not enough for Alliance Health Eagles to overcome some fine consistent teamwork from Tuskers, who beat them again on Monday in the Pro50 Championship ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza turned into war zone as residents mourn slain activist
Six men sat in a tuckshop at a shopping centre in the Nyatsime where residents were roaming around waiting for the police to bring Pius Jamba to indicate how he allegedly killed Citizen Coalition for ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections, Mugabe predictive intelligence
THE leader who carries off the remarks by the late President Mugabe will likely win the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe. The leader who does not let the Mugabe decision affect him at a personal level will ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 11 | by Sharon Hofisi
Zimbabweans honour Butau
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday hailed as a hero Sirizani Butau, who risked his life to save at least eight people from a bus that caught fire along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.Batau, who...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gun crimes haunt Zimbabwe
ON December 6, former detective and lawyer, Joseph Nemaisa, made national news as his exploits in defending his family against armed intruders read like a page off James Kawara's thriller novel, Sajen...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's contested legacy far from settled
TWO years after the death of former president Robert Mugabe, there remains no consensus regarding his legacy, with conflicting perceptions of the liberator-turned-despot dominating debate whenever his...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another lie exposed in Mnangagwa biography?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's biography by his newfound ally, Eddie Cross, has yet another major distortion which borders on lies on what happened after the former vice-president had been fired by hi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's heroics myth explodes after 56 years
THE now hackneyed phrase that "the first casualty of war is truth" has been attributed to many prominent people – from the father of Greek tragedy Aeschylus to United States senator Hiram Warren Joh...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:28hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Is it hunger, or pure greed and amorality, that leads Zimbabweans to betray and abandon the suffering majority?
One image has been haunting me this morning - which got me thinking long and hard on the apparent extremely troubling propensity for Zimbabweans to betray and abandon their fellow suffering countrymen...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 13:46hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF intensifies campaigns as Mnangagwa eyes 2023 election
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has injected ZW$73 million into Mashonaland East vocational training centres as Zanu-PF canvasses for youth support in its quest to garner five million votes in the 2023 g...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arubi wins top award in SA, pockets R150 000
AGELESS former Warriors goalkeeper Washington Arubi capped a memorable season in South Africa's Dstv Premier Soccer League 2020/21 season after being named the Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament dur...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa did well for our Unsung Freedom Fighters Of Zimbabwe Who Deserve Our Salute
Feel Proud! As Zimbabwe immortalised the spirit of Chimurenga through several statutes erected and more recently the one for Nehanda Charwe Chihera the fighting spirit. For here you are now. A...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 14:31hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe's ghost torments Chief Zvimba and Grace Mugabe
The late president of Zimbabwe cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe has refused to exit the lime light. Now he has ignited a huge traditional problem for the nation and the world. Mugabe has proved to be a sourc...Published: 13 May 2021 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Arubi earns Sundowns coach respect
FORMER Warriors goalkeeper Washington Arubi was the hero on Sunday as South African side Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) beat champions Mamelodi Sundowns in the semi-final of the Nedbank Cup....Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Musona nets brace
Knowledge Musona scored a brace for his Belgian side KAS Eupen on Tuesday night, at a time some Warriors' top stars appear to be also hitting top form.The Warriors skipper, who returned to the...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbuya Nehanda's family must not disturb honouring of our heroine
Flags in Zimbabwe must fly at half-mast, each giving a sorrowful wave in the winds and in remembrance of our fallen heroes. The rhythm of the wind sings to a sad tune which says long leave the legend ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:59hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Repatriation of Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi imminent
A UK museum has examined 13 human remains of heroes and heroines of the First Chimurenga as part of preparations to repatriate them back home.The remains include those of iconic 19th century l...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Adamski's 'retired' number 13 shirt resurfaces
WHILE Prince Dube might have joined legends Shackman Tauro, Vitalis Takawira, Peter Ndlovu, Knowledge Musona, Agent Sawu and Gilbert Mushangazhike when he bagged a hat-trick against Mauritius, the mem...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unsung Freedom Fighters Of Zimbabwe who deserve our salute
Feel Proud! For here you are now. At a comfort zone uncomplainingly busy with personal goals and aspirations. The everyday troubles that you face, you call them miseries.But there are ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Reflections on the life of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa: highs and lows
Chief spies are not famous for mingling easily with the public: they tend to be aloof; secretive and in glamorised Western films have notoriety for keeping everyone guessing about everything in the wo...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | | by Dr Mandla Nyathi
Lead if you may, without power
The top left grandstand at the iconic White City Stadium gave me a vintage hawk's eye view of proceedings. Increasingly, White City has become an arena less popular for sport, for football and Boy Ndl...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Dabengwa: A hero who rejected 'our time to eat'
APART from his phenomenal liberation struggle exploits and heroics that earned him the nickname "Black Russian" and his principled politics, former Zipra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa, who died...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Dabengwa
President Mnangagwa has today described liberation war icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa as a principled person, whose heroics ranked high among the pioneering generation of early nationalists and freedom fight...Published: 23 May 2019 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar legend reveals dark past
Bruce Grobbelaar, largely regarded as a football icon in the country because of his heroics for The Warriors and Liverpool FC, has revealed his 'other side' in a yet to be released new book, 'Life in ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's write our liberation war history
In actual essence time will never run out, time is always there but its our lives that run out of time. From the beginning of the Second Chimurenga up to its 'logical conclusion' in 1980, we have lost...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:30hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
How the mighty have fallen, Bosso held by Nichrut
Nichrut 0 - 0 Highlanders BATTLING Nichrut poured scorn on Highlanders chances of landing this season's league ultimate prize after holding the visiting Bulawayo giants in an engaging Castle Lager...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Warriors get $1,000 each
GOVERNMENT last night underlined their new thrust on sport when they rewarded the country's sportspersons for their success with the 2018 COSAFA Cup champions, the Warriors, the mainstay of reception ...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigova's big Europena dream
Warriors goalkeeper George Chigova has been Zimbabwean football's man of the moment after singlehandedly pushing the Warriors to a second successive final appearance at the Cosafa competition in Polok...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman dangles incentive for Warriors
ZIMBABWE'S heavy hitters are yet to set the Cosafa Cup as well as a bitterly cold Polokwane alight, but they find themselves in a final they are desperate to win. It hasn't been razzmatazz, but Sunday...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sneak into Cosafa finals
Zimbabwe 0 - 0 Lesotho(Zimbabwe win 3-1 won after penalties)GIANT goalkeeper George Chigova is fast turning this year's Cosafa Cup into his tournament as the Warriors' goalminder onc...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chawanda defends Ramos tackle
LEGENDARY former Zimbabwe Saints and national team skipper Ephraim Chawanda has defended Spaniard Sergio Ramos' tackle on Mohamed Salah in the Uefa Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liver...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's death, political phonies and crocodile tears
WHAT a dramatic political week it was in Zimbabwe and South Africa. On Valentine's Day two momentous events happened on either side of the Limpopo River with huge implications on the politics of the t...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's legitimacy crisis
THOSE not remotely interested in the boardroom politics of Zimbabwean football are probably wondering what the hullabaloo is all about.Though one cannot totally dismiss vested interest and per...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo best candidate available
ZIMBABWEAN politics often confound pundits, as it has done in the past and may well continue to do so in the future, and while defying the best political science tenets and common sense. So thinking o...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 15:59hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
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