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Zimbabwe is allowing a limited number of vaccinated fans to watch football and cricket in a major relaxation of Covid-19 regulations in place since March last year. The Sports and Recreation Commission said 2,000 fans would be allowed to watch football matches, but tickets would have to be bought in …

Zifa could be blindly flying into another constitutional storm which has the potential of pushing out scores of those in charge of domestic football, ahead of the elections to choose their leadership, next year. There are signs the Ghost of 2018, which led to the intervention by FIFA, amid a …

Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained when he went before the U.N. and made faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in Iraq, has died of Covid-19 complications. He was 84. A veteran of the Vietnam War, …

By Gilbert Munetsi Going into last night’s fight against Jeremiah “Low Key” Nakathila of Namibia, the writing was already on the wall for Zimbabwe’s featherweight pugilist Ndodana Ncube who threw in the towel in the second round to save himself from further anguish. Ncube, who came into the contest at …

Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. They said they recovered a knife and were not looking for anyone else in connection …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has unveiled the team of scientists that will take on the gnarly task of investigating how the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 emerged. The 26-person group, announced on Wednesday, is stacked with experts in virology, epidemiology, animal health and biosecurity, among other fields. Selected by the …

South African food and beverage maker Pioneer Foods has recalled its Ceres apple juice brands sold in seven Comesa markets, including Kenya and Uganda. The recalled brands were found to contain high levels of patulin, a fruit-based mould toxin that causes nausea, vomiting and gastrointestinal disturbances. Common Market for Eastern …

Thirty-four years, almost to the day, since the shocking killing of Burkina Faso’s then President, Thomas Sankara, 14 men are going on trial, accused of complicity in the murder of the man known as “Africa’s Che Guevara”. The charismatic Pan-Africanist was shot dead aged 37 by soldiers during a coup …

By Gilbert Munetsi National heavyweight boxing champion Vincent Muziri yesterday left for Dar es Salaam where he will fight Congo Brazaville’s Arda Ndembo for the African Boxing Union (ABU) Southern region title. Their main drawcard bout, dubbed “Rising Stars” and promoted by Global Boxing Stars, will take place at the …

Investor confidence in Facebook weakened a bit on Monday amid continued political pressure and a rare lengthy outage of the company’s apps, sending shares down 4.8% and zapping away billions from CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune. Zuckerberg’s fortune declined by $5.9 billion to a mere $117 billion in total. (He’s now …