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However, their longest barren spell remains the 10 years the club spent staggering in the darkness, without being champions, between 1997 and 2007. They have virtually disappeared from the jungles of continental inter-club football, where they used to be one of the regular participants, usually punching way above their weight, …

CIVIL SERVANTS yesterday reacted angrily to government’s pronouncement that the US$75 monthly COVID-19 allowance would now be enjoined to their salaries and accused the Public Service Commission (PSC) of trying to hoodwink them into believing that they had been awarded a salary increment. The PSC announced yesterday that payment of …

Zimbabwean opposition stalwart and father of SA music impresario Oscar “Oskido’ Mdlongwa, Esaph Mdlongwa, 73, has died. Mdlongwa was a founding member of the country’s biggest opposition, the MDC, established in 1999 and led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai to challenge Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF. He had been admitted at …

EDUCATION Minister Cain Mathema says the country has enough teachers to man classrooms even if more educators fail to turn up for the second phase of schools reopening later this month. Mathema was speaking during Tuesday’s post-cabinet media briefing in Harare, exactly a week after telling journalists the 29 percent …

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has dismissed social media reports that banks are opening new accounts referred to as “local USD RTGS transactions”, describing the reports as “false and misleading”, basically because there were already systems in place for both local and foreign payments in US dollars. The bank noted …

Not all farmers are ecstatic about the early rains, with wheat farmers in Mashonaland West apprehensive that the early falls since last week will affect their crop. Most farmers have not yet started harvesting their winter wheat crop due to challenges in securing combine harvesters, although more have become available …

FILE PHOTO: Ugandan musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine addresses a news conference at his home in Kasangati, Kampala, Uganda July 24, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has said police and military officers raided the campaign headquarters of his newly formed party, decrying …

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned against any complacency in the coronavirus death rate, saying with the increasing number of cases, mortality would also rise. New cases are hitting 100,000 daily in Europe. Nearly 20,000 infections were reported in Britain, while Italy, Switzerland and Russia were among nations …

Paul Pogba Paul Pogba is ‘interested’ in a shock free transfer to skint Barcelona, according to shock reports. The Frenchman’s Manchester United future remains unclear with just one year left to run on his current contract – although the Red Devils do have a 12-month extension clause. And according to …

Prince Dube PRINCE DUBE’S profile is soaring rapidly, across the continent, and Moroccan champions, Raja Casablanca, have become the latest giants to target him with a US$1 million offer to secure his signature. The 23-year-old Zimbabwe international forward has transformed himself into one of the hottest properties, in African football, …