By wishtv.com INDIANAPOLIS: Born to immigrant parents from Zimbabwe, 2022 Avon High School graduate Simba Hlupo will attend Indiana University this fall on the Chick Evans Caddy Scholarship. Hlupo was first introduced to golf by his father who fell in love with the sport while in Zimbabwe and later in the United States with the
By Sports Reporter TOP US-based Zimbabwean track and field coach Ken Harnden has been appointed the new assistant head coach/men’s sprints and hurdles of the Auburn University team, enhancing his status as one of the country’s best athletics coaching talents. Harden will join the Auburn University track and field coaching team which is headed by
By citizen.co.za Pietermaritzburg: A Dambuza family is struggling to pick up the pieces after witnessing the murder of their breadwinner. It is alleged that four unknown men, two of whom had their faces covered, stormed into Mathew Madukufamba’s (50) home, demanding money on Wednesday at around 3.30 pm. After giving them the keys, the Zimbabwean
By BBCNews.com LONDON: A man has said he was left in agony after plastic tubing was left in his body after undergoing brain surgery. Kennedy Mugovera, 51, from Swindon, had the procedure at the University College London Hospital in 2016. After struggling to receive follow-up medical attention from the NHS, he went to doctors in
By Leopold Munhende, Chief Correspondent SOUTH Africa has dismissed attempts by the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) to reverse its ending of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) as a waste of time and urged Zimbabweans to adhere to new regulations or leave. ZEPs were ended in November 2021, having been in operation since 2017, when the South
By moneyweb.co.za The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) scheme is the “largest case of fraud and theft ever committed by the government of one country over nationals of its neighbouring country in African history”, according to court papers filed by the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha). The association is asking the Gauteng High Court to
By mbanews.com.au Zimbabwe-born Engineer Laurena Basutu has been awarded the $60,000 2022 UN Women Australia MBA scholarship, which funds the study of the University of Sydney Business School’s part-time MBA. The scholarship aims to promote gender equality at the most senior levels of the nation’s public, corporate and not-for-profit sectors. A project manager with Transport
By inyourarea.co.uk Thanet residents are collaborating in a show that brings together Zimbabwean instruments, storytelling and gumboot dancing, in a world where music is forbidden. Thanet performance company Looping the Loop is bringing Bunker of Zion to the Salvation Army Hall in Margate on Friday, July 1 and 2. Featuring music, dance and powerful stories, the new national touring
By News24.com The Department of Home Affairs said NGOs are trying to dislodge the government and its policies regarding the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit. It accused them of having “faceless and dubious funders”. This comes after the Helen Suzman Foundation said it intended to challenge the cancellation of the ZEP in court. SOUTH AFRICA: The Department
By news24.com SOUTH AFRICA: If you told her teenage self she’d be doing her research fellowship at a prestigious Cape Town university, she would probably have laughed. Juliet Gudo was 16 when she came to South Africa as a refugee but today she holds a PhD in law. Juliet was just seven when her parents
By News24.com Zimbabwean teachers working in South Africa are worried about what will happen to their jobs when the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit ends in December. The Department of Home Affairs’ critical skills register lists teaching science, technology, engineering, and maths in grades 8 to 12 as skills South Africa needs. Teachers say they have no
By manchestereveningnews.co.uk MANCHESTER: A refugee has told of how she has coped with the pain of being forced to leave her daughter in Zimbabwe by helping other women go through the asylum process. Magadaline Moyo, 39, describes feeling immense guilt over leaving her then six-year-old with her parents eight thousand miles away – but says
By businesslive.co.za From January 1 2023, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans and their children will no longer be able to live, work and go to school legally in the republic Three Zimbabweans who held Zimbabwean exemption permits (ZEPs), which the SA government has now scrapped, share their anxiety and anguish as they face deportation, uprooting
By radioinfo.com.au AUSTRALIA: The recipient of the 2022 Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship is Christine “Kix” Mwaturura. The annual fellowship, executed in partnership with podcast studio Audiocraft and production studio Unison, provides a career defining opportunity for an Australian storyteller to accelerate their career and create an innovative audio work. Established in honour of award-winning radio producer, the late Jesse Cox, the
By northcliffmelvilletimes.co.za This is Denzel Chirunga – his is a story indicative of the essence of what Youth Month is all about; having the courage to showcase one’s tenacity, even when adversity seems to tell one they will not succeed. You might have seen a post about him circulating on social media in recent days.
By atlantic.ctvnews.ca CANADA: If you prefer to sip a cold beverage when you paint, a new-to-Halifax live art concept might be for you. Started by two friends who wanted to create a unique artistic experience, Mauya the Abstract Tribe aims to let people express how they feel through painting. “I’ve always wanted to attend a
By essexlive.news The Prison and Probation Ombudsman concluded in a damning report that “this was a case in which a young man died a preventable death as a result of what I can only describe as neglect by healthcare staff, and whose mother was then treated with gross insensitivity by prison staff”. LONDON: A 21-year-old
By manchestereveningnews.co.uk The faces of ten young people who have been helped by Manchester Youth Zone (MYZ ) during the last decade are to shine out on landmark buildings and advertising spaces across the city. Among the is Zimbabwe Warriors defender Alec Mudimu. The project is celebrating its tenth year this month – and to mark
By expressandstar.com LONDON: A British Army veteran is “living in fear each and every second” due to the threat of deportation to Zimbabwe. Joram Nechironga has spent more than 20 years living in the UK and served in Iraq during his five years with 9 Supply Regiment, based at Hullavington Barracks, in Wiltshire. But the
By Special Correspondent LONDON: A die-hard Chelsea supporter having to receive a prestigious award from an Arsenal legend summed up Chipo Sabeta’s arduous, decade-long road to a historic FIFA/CIES Network award in Zurich, Switzerland on June 16. UK-based Zimbabwean female sports journalist-cum-administrator, who completed the international programme in sports management with the Nelson Mandela University
