By Sports Reporter FORMER Highlanders player and coach Methembe Ndlovu has scored another coaching role in the United States after being appointed the associate head coach of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s soccer team in California, US. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is the women’s soccer team of Claremont McKenna College, a private liberal arts college in California and competes in
By Sports Reporter FORMER Zimbabwe Warriors player, Costa Nhamoinesu, has been given an opportunity to complete his career in Europe after sealing a move to Polish second tier side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala (TSP) after a year-long stint at Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters. The move to Poland will see Nhamoinesu retracing his roots to the
By James Muonwa SAKUNDA Holdings (Pvt) Limited has heightened its fight against Covid-19 by donating $170 million for the procurement of vaccines. The company further pledged five vehicles to capacitate the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) homicide department. In addition, the company pledged support towards income-generating projects to rescue families whose livelihoods were negatively affected by
By Mary Taruvinga A HARARE man, Phinias Nyambi has slapped Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe with a US$45 000 lawsuit over his arrest in 2019. Nyambi endured a month at Harare Remand Prison before he was granted bail over allegations not disclosed in High Court papers. The state later withdrew charges against him. He is
By Robert Tapfumaneyi GOVERNMENT is keeping a close eye on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) activities and will not hesitate to deal with those that divert from their functions and start to interfere in political processes, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has chillingly warned. He said this while addressing the 363rd ordinary session of the Zanu PF politburo
By Mary Taruvinga CONTROVERSIAL war veteran, Fredrick Matanda, has filed a fresh application challenging as unconstitutional the Presidential Powers Act. In May, Matanda successfully challenged Constitutional Amendment No. 2 that extended Luke Malaba’s term of office as chief justice by another five years. This comes after Mnangagwa used Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act and amended the
By Sports Reporter ENGLAND-BORN Zimbabwean teenager Tawanda Chirewa scored his first senior goal for English League One club Ipswich Town to ensure they began their pre-season with a 1-0 victory at Dartford on Saturday. The 17 year-old rising star, who is aiming to graduate into the club’s first team this season after signing his first
IOL UNDERTAKERS around the Western Cape say they have seen an increase in burials and are conducting up to 91 Covid-19-related funerals per week. As the third wave sweeps through the country, undertakers are hoping not to run out of stock as they did during the second wave. The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that
Reuters A SENIOR cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight against rival Islamic State militants, according to a video seen by Reuters on Friday. Bakura Sahalaba, a cleric with the Lake Chad branch of Boko Haram, urged its men to
TimesLIVE KAIZER Chiefs senior player Willard Katsande has admitted that the team members did not always pull in the same direction as Amakhosi pick up the pieces and begin life post the Gavin Hunt era. Chiefs go into their penultimate match of what has been a substandard Premiership season against Lamontville Golden Arrows at FNB
By Ellen Fungisai Chipango ELECTRICITY theft is a global challenge and Zimbabwe hasn’t been spared. The country has lost up to 1, 000km of power lines due to cable theft. The official explanation is that this is driven by organised crime with some accomplices coming from government departments. Politicians say theft and the vandalism of
By Sports Reporter CAPS United have received a major boost ahead of the start of the season-opening Premiership cup competition set to kick off next weekend after clinching a US$30 000 sponsorship deal with a local beverage company, Coover Bottlers. The company, which is owned by Zimbabwean entrepreneur Faraimose Kutadzaushe, will cater for CAPS United’s
By Matabeleland North Correspondent VICTORIA FALLS: Drama continues to unfold in this resort city with local councillors forcing their boss, Mayor Somveli Dlamini, to rescind his suspension of Town Clerk Ronnie Dube. Dlamini suspended Dube through a letter last week accusing him of corruption, gross incompetence, abuse of office, and causing the municipality to lose revenue.
BBC Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has signed a law extending his mandate by two years. This follows parliament’s approval of a motion to extend the term over the dispute that’s caused a delay in conducting an election. “President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo officially signed the Special Electoral Law for Federal Election on Tuesday evening. The
By Alois Vinga LEADING financial services provider, First Capital Bank has launched Alisa, a WhatsApp Banking Chatbot taking their first step in the use of Artificial Intelligence. It will comprise machine learning and cognitive computing technologies to provide customers and clients with various banking services. The mobile banking application brings peace of mind with her
By Paidashe Mandivengerei BULAWAYO’s Intwasa Arts Festival, Saturday launched its first collection of short story anthology. The collection is titled Intwasa Short Stories: A Short Story Anthology. The book launch which was the festival’s first physical meeting this year was held at the National Gallery in Bulawayo. A virtual audience also tuned in on the
By Staff Reporter The Zimbabwean government is determined to revive the once vibrant motor industry as part of its efforts to promote the consumption of local products. The move will also ensure value chain development, generate foreign currency and create employment. Tom Sarimana, General Manager of Quest Motors, a vehicle manufacturing company, recently said that
By Stephen Mapfumo While technology seems to favour the young and energetic, the story is not the same for one of the youngest cabinet ministers in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, Minister Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of ICT Postal and Courier Services. As the year came to an end, we review various government ministries, their performance,
Foreign Brief ZIMBABWE’S main opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change Tsvangirai (MDC-T), will hold its extraordinary congress today (Saturday) at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) to elect a new leader. The breakaway faction of the MDC-T is currently led by the 2018 presidential election candidate Thokozani Khupe. The MDC-T had previously represented a
By Anna Chibamu ZANU PF and opposition MPs Wednesday showed rare form of unity in their appreciation of how newly appointed Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka responded to their questions from the backbenchers in Parliament. Masuka was appointed minister last month, replacing the late Perrance Shiri who succumbed to Covid-19. However, during his first appearance in
