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By Gilbert Munetsi The late professional boxer Taurai Zimunya – who passed on following a boxing contest that later turned fatal last Sunday – was laid to rest yesterday at Restland Cemetery in the high density suburb of Dzivaresekwa. For a budding boxer building a career in a sport ironically …

By Gilbert Munetsi Procrastination on the part of the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation to appoint a boxing board of control has been blamed for the tragedy that recently struck the sport of boxing leading to the death of a boxer. Taurai Zimunya (24) died hours after subjection to …

The European Council, which includes all European Union Heads of Government that sets the EU agenda, is ready to work with Zimbabwe, including in the fight against climate change, Council President Charles Michel said yesterday after meeting President Mnangagwa. The meeting was on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate …

By Gilbert Munetsi A professional non-title bout for an-up-and-coming pugilist, Taurai Zimunya, ended fatally after the young boxer later succumbed to head injuries sustained in a bantamweight contest. News of his passing on hit the local boxing community on the social media portal, Boxing Business Contacts, early this morning. The …

Chief Justice Luke Malaba has challenged members of the bench and other supporting departments to be exemplary and shun corruption. Officiating at the ongoing annual Judicial Service Commission (JSC) conference that is being attended by officials from the Master of the High Court, the Sheriff, Superior Courts and Magistrates Courts …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa flew to Scotland on Sunday on a private jet hired from former Soviet Republic, Azerbaijan, as poverty deepens at home. The luxuriously-fitted Airbus A319-115 (CJ) costs an average US$415,000 to hire for a one-way trip from Harare to Glasgow, the Scottish capital, according to privatefly.com. The estimate suggests …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the Zanu PF administration is ready to engage in “direct structured dialogue” with the United Kingdom and the United States to break the impasse on sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. The sanctions were imposed against the Zanu PF government by the West some 20 years ago. He said …

POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga’s name has been dragged into an unlawful entry and theft case involving US$152 000 in cash and valuables, pitting prominent corporate executive Grace Muradzikwa and flamboyant socialite Luminitsa Kimberly Jemwa, amid fears of name-dropping and obstruction of the course of justice. JONATHAN MBIRIYAMVEKA Those involved in …

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa Chiwenga has brought into focus the relationship between her husband and President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the ongoing Zanu PF annual conference in Bindura. In a very revealing tweet, Marry said the power relations between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga (pictured) have not significantly shifted since …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to descend heavily on party members engaged in violence as Zanu PF continues to burn amid reports that the party’s restructuring exercise has divided membership. The restructuring exercise has led to violence erupting with elections for new district structures failing to take off due to …