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Zimbabwe to welcome IOC President with heroine's reception
Hundreds of Zimbabweans are expected to gather at Robert Mugabe International Airport this afternoon to give International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry a heroine's welcome followi...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:06hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Coventry's victory
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has led national and international tributes to Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry following her historic election as the 10th President of the International Olympi...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:20hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry elected new president of the International Olympic Committee
The 41-year-old former swimmer, who won two Olympic gold medals, replaces German Thomas Bach - who had held the role since 2013 - and becomes the first woman, the first African and the youngest person...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 16:13hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
South Africans in danger of losing access to SABC
If South Africa follows through with the 31 March analogue switch-off deadline, a date being challenged in court today, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) risks losing a quarter of its ...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 20:45hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Bosso sweat over injuries
Highlanders are facing an injury crisis ahead of their crucial Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Green Fuel in Chisumbanje. Coach Kelvin Kaindu is hoping that some of his key players, c...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:50hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Nees challenges Kadewere after dropping him from Warriors
Warriors coach Michael Nees has challenged France-based striker Tino Kadewere to work hard and regain his top form after a lengthy injury layoff saw him miss out on a national team call-up for the upc...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:49hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Fifa lifts Bosso ban
Highlanders Football Club has been given the green light to sign new players after FIFA lifted the transfer ban that had been imposed due to outstanding debts owed to former coaches Baltemar Brito and...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 07:39hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Bosso new signings revealed
Highlanders FC is set to significantly bolster their squad with several promising signings once the Fifa transfer ban, imposed due to unpaid debts to former coaches Baltemar Brito and Antonio Joao Tor...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 10:43hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa going out of his way to piss off Donald Trump
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended an invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for a state visit to South Africa, with hopes that the visit will take place soon, his office confirmed ...Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 16:01hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors final squad announced
Mighty Warriors coach Sithetheliwe “Kwinji 15” Sibanda has unveiled her final 23-player squad for Zimbabwe's upcoming Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Qualifiers clash against Angola. The fi...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 19:29hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Bosso omitted ex-coach debt in its financials
Highlanders chairman Kenneth Mhlophe has revealed that the club did not include its debt to former coach Baltemar Brito in its financial statements at the annual general meeting on January 26. This om...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 16:30hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell Chivayo clears Highlanders' US$27,000 debt
Prominent businessman Wicknell Chivayo has delivered on his promise to settle Highlanders Football Club's US$27,000 debt owed to former head coach Baltemar Brito and his assistant Antonio Joao Torres....Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 16:43hrs | 2037 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo offers to dig Bosso out of their financial hole
Business mogul and philanthropist Wicknell Chivayo has stepped in to assist troubled Premier Soccer League (PSL) side Highlanders Football Club, offering to pay the club's outstanding $27,000 debt and...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 12:48hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Bosso hit with FIFA transfer ban
Bulawayo giants Highlanders Football Club have become the latest Premier Soccer League side to face FIFA sanctions, as the club has been slapped with a transfer ban for failing to settle outstanding s...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:25hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Walter Mzembi Steps in to Mediate Mozambique's Post-Election Crisis
The President of the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) Africa, Walter Mzembi, has been called upon to mediate the escalating political crisis in Mozam...Published: 09 Jan 2025 at 07:22hrs | 3485 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Politics 101
The thing about politics is that while its study is scientific - which explains why political science is the original science found in such early iconic sources as Plato's Dialogues - its practice is ...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 11:02hrs | 425 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
The most iconic duos in the history of football
›Football is a team sport, but throughout its history, there have been pairs of players whose chemistry and partnership on the field transcended the ordinary. If you t...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 19:38hrs | 485 | by Staff Reporter
Wadyajena has the last laugh
In a significant legal setback for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), the Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling directing the release ...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:39hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Netanyahu orders UN to evacuate Lebanon peacekeepers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw UNIFIL peacekeepers from southern Lebanon, adding that by remaining there they are "providing...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 15:33hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Nobel Peace Prize circus as Zelensky is nominated
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but he is not expected to win Reuters reported.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been nomi...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 15:29hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Bosso Chibuku Cup blow
Highlanders FC is set to face a significant challenge in their upcoming Chibuku Super Cup quarter-final against Simba Bhora this Sunday at Wadzanai Stadium. The match comes just as the club loses thre...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry's ascendancy to IOC presidency brightens
Zimbabwe's Minister of Sport, Kirsty Coventry, is emerging as a strong contender for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following new election rules that may hinder the candid...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Missing Chegutu women found dead
Residents of Stockdale farm in Chegutu are finding it hard to believe that two women who were reported missing two days ago were murdered.A...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 00:01hrs | 1213 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chinese investors elbow out local chrome miners
An investigation has revealed that the Zimbabwe Mining and Alloy Smelting Company (Zimasco) has replaced around 150 small-scale chrome miners with Chinese investors, raising concerns about discriminat...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:27hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
The accomplished David Robinson
David Robinson, known as "The Admiral" due to his service in the United States Navy, was born on August 6, 1965, in Key West, Florida. Visit now the website 1xbet.co.ke ...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 12:17hrs | 399 | by Staff Reporter
CCC activists clock month in detention
High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has reserved his ruling on the bail appeal of 78 opposition members arrested on June 16 for alleged unlawful gathering and disorderly conduct. The ruling is...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 16:33hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
How Zanu-PF linked businessmen squandered money for presidential goats
ZANU-PF-linked businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu have come under scrutiny following revelations from an internal Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) report dated June 7, 2024. The repor...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo investigation hits stumbling block
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is facing obstacles in its investigations into Wicknell Chivayo, Mike Chimombe, and Moses Mpofu for suspected money laundering. Two key suspects,...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu to cooperate fully upon their return to Zimbabwe
Lawyers for businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu informed the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) that their clients are currently out of the country and unable to participate in the ongoi...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt ZEC deal suspects cannot present themselves to ZACC
Two primary suspects in the US$40 million Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender scandal, Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, have stated that they cannot present themselves to Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 08:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in Tajikistan
Vice President Dr. Constantino Chiwenga has arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to lead Zimbabwe's delegation at the third Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference, starting tomorrow. Accompanied ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZiG to join global currency club with ISO Code
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is in the process of applying for an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) code for the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as it moves to make the unit a standalone ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:25hrs | 26 | by Tafara Shumba
Sadc calls for total sanctions removal
The SADC Council of Ministers ended its meeting yesterday reiterating the regional bloc's call for the lifting of all forms of illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe and deliberating on regional food secu...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must deal with currency volatility causes, not symptoms
THE United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) executive secretary Claver Gatete this week said Zimbabwe should deal with the root causes of currency volatility not symptoms.Gatete ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Uneca tells Zimbabwe to work on debt
THE United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) deputy executive secretary programme Support Antonio Pedro says Zimbabwe needs to work on its debt to deal with its economic crises.Cu...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube calls for open borders in Africa
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has urged African countries to eliminate barriers at all points of entry and departure to drive intra-African trade and industrial development.In his remarks at t...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare clash, a test for Bosso title credentials
HIGHLANDERS assistant coach Try Ncube feels his club is primed to show their league title hunger this season when they kick off the new season with a blockbuster home clash against bitter rivals Dynam...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brito's dance with Warriors hangs by a thread
WARRIORS interim coach Baltemar Brito's dance with the national team hangs by a thread after his contract expired on Sunday.Brito and the entire Warriors' technical team signed short-term cont...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 79 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Zimbabwean man gets top UN role
Zimbabwean Thompson Chengeta (38) has been appointed to the United Nations Secretary General's 15-member advisory board on disarmament matters.Born in Shurugwi and growing up in the villages o...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Palestinian Ambassador to Zimbabwe's mother killed in Israeli attack
PALESTINE Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Tamer Almassri's mother has been killed in Khan Younis city in the Gaza Strip following an attack by Israeli forces.The killing of Ambassador Almassri's mot...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:25hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors risk losing Brito
The Warriors risk losing coach Baltemar Brito as his contract with Zifa lapses at the end of this month.Zifa rode on Brito's contract with Highlanders which also ends on December 31 and now ha...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:07hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fret over player contracts
HIGHLANDERS have started talks with at least six senior team players whose contracts lapse at the end of the month.Defender Mbongeni Ndlovu, Soccer Star of the Year finalist Andrew Mbeba, Andr...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:05hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bosso confirm Brito's departure
GIANTS Highlanders have confirmed the departure of Head coach Baltemar Brito and his assistant Antonio Torres.A statement from the club ended the uncertainty surrounding the fate of the duo fo...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 14:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt judges flout JSC code of conduct
THREE Constitutional Court judges have come under the spotlight after they failed to comply with the Judicial Service Commission code of ethics which requires them to deliver a judgement reserved with...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 10:45hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
UIF fraudster to be deported to Zimbabwe
A foreign national has been sentenced in the Randburg Magistrate's Court in Gauteng on Thursday on charges of fraud, identity theft, and contravention of the Immigration Act.Prince Mbaiwa from...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 07:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Dembare captain fumes over Warriors snub
Frank Makarati, the captain of Dynamos, expressed his disappointment at being excluded from the Warriors squad currently in Botswana for a friendly match this weekend.Makarati, a defender, was...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso to face CAPS without Ariel
Highlanders are facing the likelihood of playing without their injured star goalkeeper, Ariel Sibanda, for the first time this season as they prepare to take on struggling CAPS United in a Chibuku Sup...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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