Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years for a doping offence. France international Pogba, 30, was randomly tested after Juventus’ first match of the season on 20 August. BBC Sport has been told Pogba is likely to appeal against Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal’s (Nado) decision. …

Lands, Fisheries, Wildlife and Resource Development Minister Anxious Jongwe Masuka says El Nino spell currently being experienced in the country will decrease by May this year giving way to a neutral phase. He was speaking Wednesday at a media briefing soon after his meeting with Bulawayo Technical Committee on Improving …

Former Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Chief Executive Officer Cde Karikoga Kaseke has died. His wife, Mrs Irene Kaseke confirmed that Cde Kaseke died at a local hospital in Harare where he was admitted following deterioration in his health. Cde Kaseke suffered a stroke in 2018 which forced him to retire …

On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched, its leader Nelson Chamisa quit, leaving the party in turmoil. In a 13-page statement, the 46-year-old lawyer and clergyman listed a litany of reasons why he was taking …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s long-standing bid to seek a third term in office faces legal hurdles amid revelations by constitutional law experts that any constitutional amendment for an extension of presidential term limits, albeit cumbersome and requiring a referendum, cannot benefit the incumbent. Mnangagwa’s pushing for a third term was supposedly …

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), which brings together the country’s army and air force wings, has fired three senior military commanders at the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) over a multi-million-dollar hard currency housing corruption scandal, in an unprecedented action against venality, security sources told The NewsHawks. The high-level sources said …

Zimbabwe is working on new measures to stabilise its local currency including linking the exchange rate to hard assets such as gold and creating a currency board, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday. The Zimbabwean dollar has fallen about 40 percent since the start of the year, hurt by …

President Mnangagwa, who is in Dubai for the World Governments Summit, was yesterday charmed by artificial intelligence systems that assign police patrols across Dubai without human intervention, and vowed to get his ministers working on cooperation and training opportunities. The President said this after touring the Dubai Police General Headquarters …

Two prestigious schools, Gateway High School and Lomagundi College, have been taken to court by parents of students who are aggrieved over the schools’ decision to withhold their “O” and “A” Level exam results due to outstanding tuition fees. The parents of the affected students sought the assistance of Tinashe …

Members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) yesterday fired a salvo on sacked Veterans of Liberation Struggle Affairs minister Christopher Mutsvangwa accusing him of being an obstacle and a pompous politician who was ignoring their grievances. This was revealed by ZNLWVA Manicaland chapter chairperson David Garwe at …