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Zimbabwe and South Africa played to a goalless draw in the opening encounter of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Group G, at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on Friday. The Warriors missed several key players in the match and had to use a makeshift defence with Onismor Bhasera …

Unruly health professionals are making a killing from selling Covid-19 vaccination cards to employees, university and college students desperate to get admitted back to various learning institutions. A number of tertiary institutions across the country now require students to be either fully vaccinated or be in possession of a valid …

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube  laid out a solid spending plan for the US$961 million recently injected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying the windfall would be guarded by three top bankers, who will report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa monthly. Sectors hardest hit by Covid-19-induced lockdowns would receive maximum attention …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted on Wednesday that Zimbabwe is choking under Chinese debt, but said the southern African country would continue looking up to the Asian giant for bailout because of the good working relations between the two nations. Addressing delegates after a tour of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International …

Warriors’ captain, Knowledge Musona, returns for his first World Cup qualifier in eight years with a challenge to his troops to push for a victory in their Limpopo Derby showdown this afternoon. The 2022 World Cup Group G qualifier gets underway at 3pm at the National Sports Stadium. The 31-year-old …

The Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, which seeks to punish those who abuse the social media, internet and communication networks and make the growing financial digital systems and e-commerce more efficient and better protected, has gone through Parliament and now awaits the assent of the President when it will …

Government has said it does not envisage any changes to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) public examinations schedule, but would continue monitoring the situation in schools in light of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro yesterday said: “We will announce in …

Travellers who board buses, kombis and mushikashika not registered under the Zupco franchise now risk fines of $2 000 per head, as police step up operations against errant bus, commuter omnibus and private car operators who continue defying Covid-19 regulations. This comes as police are still in the process of …

Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing COVID-19. A study published in the scientific journal Molecules this month found that the molecule produced by …

Zambia’s new president has told the BBC that he has inherited an “empty” treasury, while “horrifying” amounts of money had been stolen. “People are still trying to make last-minute movements of funds, which are unauthorised, which are not theirs,” President Hakainde Hichilema said. He defeated his rival Edgar Lungu in …