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Mnangagwa's son in-law leaves SRC
Six years after stepping into office with a bold mission to transform Zimbabwe's sporting landscape and reinforce corporate governance across national associations, Gerald Mlotshwa who is President Mn...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:18hrs | 2695 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry relocates to Lausanne, Switzerland
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised former Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry for her outstanding contributions to Zimbabwe's sporting achievements, highlighting her instrumental role in the nation'...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 08:44hrs | 3554 | by Staff reporter
Massive blow for Gems World Cup hopes
THE Zimbabwe netball team's hopes of progressing to the next stage of the 2023 Netball World Cup suffered a massive blow after they suffered a shock 52-48 defeat to lowly-ranked Fiji in Cape Tow...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gems fail English test
THE senior national netball side, the Gems lost 64-36 to England in a friendly match played in preparation of the start of the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.England led fro...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gems face English test
THE Zimbabwe senior national netball team will today get an idea of their state of preparedness for the 2023 World Cup when they face England in a friendly game in Cape Town, South Africa.This...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gems on brink of WC qualification
The Gems yesterday suffered their second consecutive defeat at the on going netball World Cup qualifiers but even after the heavy 62-41 loss Malawi alarm, bells were not tolling for the Zimbabwe senio...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
English netball club re-sign Zimbabwe captain
Zimbabwe senior netball team captain Felistas Kwangwa is delighted after renewing her contract with English side Surrey Storm for the 2022 Super league season.The club announced the re-signing...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
From Njube to Surrey-Kwangwa's story
GROWING up in Bulawayo's Njube suburb, Zimbabwe netball team captain Felisitus Kwangwa never really liked sport.If anything, she was forced to play netball by the teachers while she was in Gra...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gems get $20 000 each
THE national netball team, the Gems, was yesterday feted with hampers by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, while Government also chipped in with a $20 000 bonus for each player to celebrate their e...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mrs Mnangagwa honours national netball team
The national netball team, the Gems, was yesterday feted with hampers by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, while Government also chipped in with a $20 000 bonus for each player to celebrate their exploit...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Express Links Money Transfer backs ZimFest 2019 as headline partner
UK based financial services company Express Links Money Transfer is backing Zimfest Live as the headline partner this year and also launching a promotional competition with prizes for people to be ann...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
From Lupane to Liverpool
AT the age of three, she was abandoned by her own mother.The bottled up anger of not understanding why a parent, particularly a mother, would leave her child, made staying with her stepmother ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe netball official vanishes in Liverpool
A MEMBER of the official Zimbabwe Gems' delegation that travelled to the Netball World Cup vanished yesterday hours before the group was due to board its flight back home from its Liverpool, United Ki...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean official goes missing from netball world cup in UK
CHAOS has gripped the Zimbabwe Gems camp in the United Kingdom after a member of the travelling delegation reportedly disappeared from team base hours before the team departs for home tonight....Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stunning finish for Zimbabwe as New Zealand are crowned champions
It was the end of an intriguing world cup at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool where eight teams showcased their last and best performances of the world cup.It started with Zimbabwe's Gems t...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by Daniel Itai
Malawi short-lives Zimbabwe's hopes
The hopes of Zimbabwe to perhaps clinch the fifth or sixth spot of the netball world cup were nullified by Malawi earlier on today at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool England.The match star...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 4 | by Daniel Itai
Malawi short-lives Zimbabwe's hopes
The hopes of Zimbabwe to perhaps clinch the fifth or sixth spot of the netball world cup were nullified by Malawi earlier on today at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool England.The match star...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Daniel Itai
Africa's first litmus test
It was a David and Goliath scenario as the Proteas of South Africa collided with the She Cranes of Uganda at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool England for the netball world cup semifinals placement....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwe Gems thrash Barbados
GOAL-SHOOTER Pauline Jani shot 51 of 53 to power the Zimbabwe Gems to another victory over a side ranked above them on the globe as their fairy-tale Vitality Netball World Cup continued here last nigh...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by STaff reporter
Zimbabwe should have sent the Gems to AFCON
Like a lot of the country, we have been clinging to the Gems for light in these cold, dark, Zesa-less times. And the netball team has not disappointed! The Gems qualified for the second stage ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 17:55hrs | | by Kubatana
Zimbabwe's Gems thrash Northern Ireland
It was yet another thrilling encounter at the Liverpool arena in Liverpool England, where Zimbabwe 's netball team the "Gems" locked horns with Northern Ireland's "Warriors" in their group A third and...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:43hrs | 3 | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwe netball supporters in Liverpool 'most enthusiastic'
Sky Sports said the Zimbabwean supporters have set the bar very high, "for the most enthusiastic fans,'' as they inspired the plucky Gems team to produce a winning formula in their first Netball World...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:05hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ladies off to a flyer
ZIMBABWE has made history after putting on a superb show to register an impressive win over Sri Lanka in their first ever Netball World Cup match in Liverpool on Friday..Buoyed by raucous supp...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe outrage over ministerial delegation to World Cup
The government tried to calm the storm on Friday after public outrage over revelations that FOUR ministers were being flown at tax-payer expense to watch the Netball World Cup.The Sports and R...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:27hrs | | by ZimLive
UK diaspora prepares to welcome Zimbabwe netball team
Zimbabwean diaspora organisations and companies in the UK have come together in a show of support for the Zimbabwe National Netball Team, who are set to participate in the Netball World Cup in Liverpo...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 19:19hrs | 14 | by Tinashe Mukono
ZAA UK celebrates 9th Anniversary in style as winners are announced
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK hosted an excellent awards dinner gala on their 9th anniversary at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London on Africa Day which saw a number of people and organisations i...Published: 28 May 2019 at 09:36hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Government throws dinner for Netball team
The Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation in partnership with netball stakeholders will be hosting a Fundraising Dinner for the senior netball team on Tuesday at 1800Hrs.The dinn...Published: 21 May 2019 at 09:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe sends Netball team to Uganda
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that the Zimbabwe senior netball squad, Zimbabwe Gems leave for Uganda on Wednesday on government fully funded frien...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 13:41hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe steps up preparations for World Cup
PREPARATIONS for the 2017 Under-21 Netball World Youth Cup to be held in Botswana from July 8-16 have stepped up a gear with national team players being attached to various institutions around the cou...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 11:23hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
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