Child marriages have always been a challenge in many Zimbabwean communities. Gender inequality, poverty, family pressure, gender-based violence (GBV) and early marriage have kept girls from completing school in Zimbabwe, and this has had lasting effects. The lockdown which was enforced to reduce the spread on Covid-19 at the end of March this year, was […]
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Lights, camera and action! Zimbabwean film and television industry has always had potential. Who thought it would take a pandemic and a lockdown to bring out its best. It was a year when our creative sector showed its resilience. Barely two months after the country announced lockdown measures during which even film directors were forced […]
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Police have launched a manhunt for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda, who was released on bail after prosecutor Mr Douglas Chesa consented to bail on December 8. Mutenda (31) is facing several counts of armed robbery and was released on $5 000 bail when the State consented on the basis that some of his co-accused […]
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Police here have recovered the body of a suspected border jumper who drowned in the Limpopo River while illegally crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The body was found in an advanced state of decomposition. Currently, the Limpopo River, now six metres deep, and many streams are in flood with heavy rains continuing in most […]
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President Uhuru Kenyatta inspects a guard of honour mounted by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) upon arrival at the Nyayo National Stadium during the Jamhuri Day celebrations on Saturday, December 12, 2020PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta granted Kenyan Citizenship to 1,670 members of the Shona community who relocated to Kenya from Zimbabwe between the 1930s and 1950s. 1,300 […]
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Eddie Cross, a member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), said that if he was the finance minister, he would raise the Intermediated Money Transaction Tax (IMTT) from the current 2% to 5%. Cross feels the 2% being collected by the Treasury is “nothing” and should be hiked to 5%. […]
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Warriors Under-20 coach Tonderai Ndiraya Young Warriors coach, Tonderai Ndiraya, has decided to abandon the conservative approach he adopted against South Africa and take the game to the opponent in tomorrow’s match against Mozambique in the COSAFA Championships in Port Elizabeth. Ndiraya believes the Young Warriors provided themselves with a cushion when they took a […]
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The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has proposed the first week of March next year for the resumption of Premier Soccer League (PSL) football pending local clubs’ approval. On Wednesday ZIFA wrote to its affiliates enquiring if they were ready to start training in January. A memo from ZIFA to all affiliates read: Following the government’s […]
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There will be no local football matches this year after the Premier Soccer League (PSL) could not secure funding for the proposed mini-league tournament. PSL chairman, Farai Jere said they could not secure sponsorship for the envisaged mini-tournament as companies had exhausted their budgets and were no longer in a position to fund football. Said, […]
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13 years after the Miss Summer Strides Pageant took a sabbatical, the pageant will make a comeback on 12 December and 16 young girls are already in line to battle it up to be crowned the Miss Summer Strides, The Standard reports. The 16 finalists were reportedly picked from 30 contestants which were scouted from […]
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