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Gilbert Munetsi in LUSAKA, Zambia SHE’S done it!!! One of Zimbabwe’s top female boxers Kudakwashe “Take-Money” Chiwandire on Saturday night rose from being an underdog to pull off one of the biggest upsets in boxing history when she outclassed former world champion Cathrine Phiri (16-5-0; KO10) to be crowned the …

Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention. There is significant agricultural trade between countries on the continent and Russia and Ukraine. African countries imported agricultural …

SUSPENDED ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, who is facing multiple bribery charges, has filed an application for discharge after the close of the State case. The presiding magistrate, Bianca Makwande, is expected to make a ruling today. The State, led by Michael Reza, closed its case on Kamambo’s last appearance, after …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday moved Russia troops into the breakaway eastern Ukrainian territories of Donetsk and Luhansk after recognizing them as independent states on Monday and slamming Ukraine as illegitimately taken from Russia. With as many as 190,000 Russian troops now positioned at or over the border and …

File Picture: US Diplomat George Kennan The US diplomat George Kennan, an astute observer of Soviet Russia under Stalin, offered his observations later in life on the question of NATO expansion. The tragedy of our times is that those views are being ignored. Winston Churchill once famously quipped that the …

By Jairos Tichaona Mataruse In an effort to curb poaching in the peripheries of Hwange National Park, the Painted Dog Conversation (PDC) has encouraged local communities to participate in sporting and anti-poaching activities. Community members in Mabale, Lupote, Cross Dete, Dingani and Main Camp (Parks Wildlife Management) are prone to …

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and paved the way to provide them military support — triggering threatened new sanctions from the U.S. and Europe and further fueling fears that Russia could imminently invade Ukraine. The carefully scripted Kremlin …

The European Union (EU) reiterates its ambition for a more constructive relationship with Zimbabwe at all levels. The EU has reviewed its restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe and in this context recalls the Council Conclusions of 17 February 2020 as well as the Declaration by the High Representative on …

DURBAN – THE ANC KwaZulu-Natal headquarters in central Durban was attacked on Sunday, by a man who claimed that his sole intention was to kill party leaders president Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Jacob Zuma. Nhlakanipho Ntombela, the spokesperson of the governing party in the province, said that without provocation, …

Gilbert Munetsi Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (ZNBWCB) general secretary Lawrence Zimbudzana has implored players in the sport to shun washing dirty linen in public and strive for engagement as a solution to reach common ground in contentious matters. He was speaking at a ceremony organised to send …