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Zimbabwean student wins African painting competition
Hope Mafiko, an 18-year-old Zimbabwean student, achieved the prestigious title of the ultimate African winner in the My Dream painting competition for African Youths. This remarkable accomplishment ca...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite launch 'defies all the odds'
Zimbabwe sent its first satellite into orbit on Monday, part of the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Project-5 (BIRDS-5) sponsored by Japan.The small satellite, which Zimbabwe hopes will help i...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in historic space satellite launch
Zimbabwe yesterday orbited its first satellite, ZimSat-1, through a Japanese facility on an American launcher, as the Second Republic continues to upgrade its practical technology to achieve Vision 20...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's historic satellite launch today
Zimbabwe will today join the league of nations that have launched satellites into space when it sends its first satellite, ZimSat-1, into orbit after developing it through the BIRDS project.Th...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Zimbabwe satellite launch
Zimbabwe's first satellite, ZimSat-1, will be launched into space on November 6 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, United States, the National Aeronautics and Space ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite launch imminent
Zimbabwe's first satellite - ZimSat-1 - will reach the International Space Station (ISS) next month before its launch into orbit in November, marking the country's entry into space after a two-month d...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Pratley Putty plays a key role in Kariba Dam spillway rehabilitation
Pratley Putty is playing a key role in the rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam spillway. The hand-mouldable, high-performance putty-like adhesive was identified by distributor Mart Solutions to be used i...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 17:54hrs | | by Agncies
Why others will land man on Mars whilst we still 'struggle to cross the street!'
"And we (in Africa) are still struggling to cross the street!" was the spontaneous respond of "Mwalimu" (Teacher) Julius Kambarage Nyerere, then President of Tanzania, when he learnt the American had ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
How I first met Sir Richard Branson - by Strive Masiyiwa
On the eve of Sir Richard Branson flight to space aboard a Virgin Galactic spacecraft at the weekend, Strive Masiyiwa recounts how he first met Sir Richard and gives a glowing tribute to the mentor, t...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Amazing astronomical discoveries that changed our vision of space
Today, we might be living in a period that could eventually be called the beginning of space exploration era. One space company after another is working to make ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 20:12hrs | 7 | by Staff writer
Unusual majors in US military academies
In case you have chosen a military academy instead of a traditional college or university, it signifies that you have given your future career a lot of thought. Going to military school presupposes th...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 09:37hrs | 15 | by Staff Writer
Biti sticks the boot into Mugabe-led govt
Former Finance minister Tendai Laxton Biti has no kind words for President Robert Mugabe's government which he said cannot be expected to fix Zimbabwe's problems and he tells Deputy Chief Writer Tenda...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notice of demand for the restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:50hrs | 6 | by Paul Siwela
Notice of Demand for The Restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 15:17hrs | 3 | by Paul Siwela
Things you didn't know about Zimbabwe
1. The first black university graduate in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) was Tennyson Hlabangana from Hope Fountain.2. The first black Masters degree graduate was Peter Sivalo Mahlangu from Nkayi, author...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 20:36hrs | 1 | by Extracted from George M Mkhwanazi's Wall.
Learning sciences in local languages: now is the time
Let's talk about the philosophy of natural sciences. The mention of the word philosophy frightens many a people. Philosophy requires deep thought. Because the average person dislikes cranking his own ...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 14:51hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Endgame - The right side is Mugabe's side Mthwakazi!
Ok, you will think me crazy Mthwakazi, but hold your fire. It's not been easy for me to wake up to this realization, let alone 'accept' it, but the history of the word is full of such salutary...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Mysterious UFO enters earths atmosphere
This was part of the feed before it was cut offThe incident caused speculation online - and is not the first time NASA have been accused of tampering with the feed.What is this? Viewer...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of Mugabe, Gukurahundi, UN veto, Secretary Moon, South Korea and North Korea missile defience
Last week President Mugabe threatened UN Secretary General that Africa will walk out en mass if the AU's demands for two permanent seats on the UN Security Council complete with veto powers are not me...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 20:28hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
India successfully launches its maiden mission to Mars
NEW DELHI - India on Tuesday successfully launched its maiden mission to Mars from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, thus scripting history by becoming only the fou...Published: 06 Nov 2013 at 08:53hrs | 2 | by Tech Reporter
NASA releases images of Earth taken from Saturn, Mercury
WASHINGTON - U.S. space agency NASA on Monday released color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two of its interplanetary spacecraft last week that show our planet and its moon as "bright be...Published: 23 Jul 2013 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Xinhua
China successfully launches fifth manned spacecraft
JIUQUAN - China successfully launched its fifth manned spacecraft late Tuesday afternoon, sending three astronauts on the country's longest space trip.With 10 astronauts and six spacecraft lau...Published: 11 Jun 2013 at 15:03hrs | 3 | by Tech Reporter
Nasa has given final approval to first asteroid mission
Washington - The US space agency Nasa has given final approval to the first US mission to fly a spacecraft to an astroid and bring samples of it back to Earth.The mission aims to send the spac...Published: 18 May 2013 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
China to use modified rocket for upcoming moon landing mission
A rocket expert said Friday that China has developed a modified model of the Long March-3B carrier rocket for an upcoming moon landing mission to be completed by the Chang'e-3 moon orbiter.The...Published: 01 Mar 2013 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
NASA launches twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes
US space agency NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) launched into the predawn skies last Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.The two satellites, each weighing just less than ...Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 07:33hrs | | by Tech Reporter
Unmanned Russian rocket fails to reach target
Russia's federal space agency says an unmanned rocket and its payload of two communications satellites failed to reach orbit, the latest in a series of failures that has dogged Moscow's space program....Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 04:34hrs | | by AP
New moon orbiting Pluto discovered
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Chinese astronauts enter space orbiter for first time
Three Chinese astronauts floated into the cabin of an orbiting module Monday afternoon, becoming the first group of Chinese to enter an orbiter in space.Jing Haipeng, followed by Liu Wang and ...Published: 18 Jun 2012 at 21:44hrs | | by Moyo Roy
International Space Station orbit adjusted for cargo ship docking
The International Space Station's (ISS) orbit had been raised 2.1 kilometers for the docking of Russia's Progress cargo spaceship in April, Mission Control said Wednesday.It said the main eng...Published: 29 Feb 2012 at 22:41hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Russia launches manned spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-22
According to Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, a Russian spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians has blasted off successfully from the Kazakh steppes on a mission to the International...Published: 14 Nov 2011 at 09:01hrs | | by Moyo Roy
China accomplish its first space docking procedure, 'Shenzhou-8'
Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth's surface.Nearly two days after it was l...Published: 02 Nov 2011 at 20:30hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Nasa launches sun-powered robotic spacecraft, 'Juno'
Cape Canaveral - A sun-powered robotic explorer named Juno rocketed away on Friday on a five-year journey to Jupiter, the solar system's most massive and ancient planet.Hundreds of scientists ...Published: 06 Aug 2011 at 04:45hrs | 4 | by Moyo Roy
Obama lampoons birth row
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Saturday lampooned the controversy over his birthplace, playing a clip from the Disney movie The Lion King to mock those who claim he was not American born.....Published: 01 May 2011 at 07:33hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
NASA rocket's falls into ocean
A rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite plummeted into the Pacific Ocean after a failed launch attempt Friday, the second-straight blow to NASA's weakened environmental monitoring program....Published: 04 Mar 2011 at 23:33hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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