CLOUD FUSIRE ZIMBABWE will play host to the Caf Under-17 Girls Integrated Football Tournament (GIFT) that will feature eight teams from across the Southern African Region early next month. The competition is set for December 8 to 18 with teams from South Africa, Malawi, Lesotho, Namibia and the hosts taking part. Zimbabwe will be represented…
Takudzwa Dhambu THE government is stepping up to tackle rising online gender-based violence (GBV), including cyberbullying and image abuse. Speaking on behalf of Women Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa at the launch of the United Nations Women 16 Days of Activism against GBV, the chief director for gender and women affairs, Lilian Matsika, stated that emerging…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A WOMAN from Tsholotsho District has appeared before the courts in Bulawayo facing allegations of sexually abusing two minor boys. The woman, from Sipepa, whose identity is being withheld to protect the minors, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Lungile Ncube. She pleaded not guilty to the charge of engaging in sexual…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 13-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo boy is in custody after stealing his mother’s savings and spending them on a shopping spree. The minor, whose name is withheld for ethical reasons, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Richard Ramaboea yesterday facing two counts of theft. He pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody until December 13….
THE Monday change of command ceremony at the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), where General Emmanuel Matatu formally took the reins from the retiring General Philip Valerio Sibanda, served as a powerful reminder of the indispensable role the security sector plays in the country’s national development. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s unequivocal challenge to the new commander to…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER THE 2025 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Soccer Stars of the Year selection takes place today with local sports writers, as well as captains and coaches of the 18 top flight sides casting their votes via an online ballot. The panel of selectors will also pick the Coach of the Year,…
THE government’s strategic pivot towards rural industrialisation, as outlined in the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and the overarching Vision 2030, is arguably the most critical and potentially transformative economic blueprint since independence. We carried a piece on rural industrialisation in yesterday’s edition of this newspaper that highlighted a timely and necessary shift in focus:…
RUTENDO NGARA A SEVEN-MEMBER gang suspected of robbing gullible commuters using a Honda Fit appeared in court yesterday, facing nine robbery counts. The gang was allegedly robbing passengers and throwing them out of a moving vehicle after accomplishing their mission. Denis Manyonga, Tawanda Macheka, Kenneth Pick, Leslie Mudenda, Kudzanai Tirivavi, Noreen Mandevane and Nyasha Gweshe…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER CAPS United have sacked their coach Ian Bakala and his entire backroom staff just a day after the conclusion of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League. Bakala, who was appointed in May to replace Lloyd Chitembwe, who was elevated to the technical director was relieved of his duties yesterday together…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER FORMER Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari has lauded Kwekwe’s Chahwanda Stadium, whose construction is now at an advanced stage, as a top facility that will not only raise the Midlands city’s profile, but also potentially help increase the country’s complement of Caf/Fifa approved stadia. Currently, Kwekwe does not have a…
