The Taliban has marched into Kabul’s international airport, hours after the final US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan that ended America’s longest war. Standing on the tarmac, Taliban leaders pledged to secure the country, quickly reopen the airport and grant amnesty to former opponents. In a show of control, turbaned Taliban …
Read More »Ethiopian Airlines & Boeing Sign MoU To Position Ethiopia As Africa’s Aviation Hub
Ethiopian Airlines Group and the Boeing company have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on positioning Ethiopia as an aviation hub for Africa. Building on the two parties’ seventy years of shared history in aviation, the MoU aims at positioning Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub – “Ethiopia for Africa”. …
Read More »Chikomba RDC Speaks On Manyuchi Academy lmpasse
By Gilbert Munetsi recently in Chivhu Chikomba Rural District Council has extended an invitation to boxing champion Charles Manyuchi for a round table meeting aimed at discussing an impasse that has delayed the establishment of a sports academy in the town. The reigning WBF, WABA and WPBF world champion has …
Read More »Genetically Changed Mosquitoes Could Transform Africa’s Long Fight Against Malaria
It has been said that malaria breeds poverty, and poverty breeds malaria. This is the reality in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where after decades of control initiatives there were still some 384,000 deaths and 188 million malaria cases in 2019. Malaria prevention in African countries heavily depends on using insecticide …
Read More »New Covid Variant Detected In SA, Most Mutated Variant So Far
A new coronavirus variant, C.1.2, has been detected in South Africa and a number of other countries, with concerns that the variant could be more infectious and evade vaccines, according to a new preprint study by South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform. The study …
Read More »CR7 Makes Sensational Return To Old Trafford
Cristiano Ronaldo has completed a sensational return to Manchester United after walking out on Juventus. Premier League champions Manchester City pulled out of the running on Friday despite being tipped to sign the wantaway striker. United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer then left the door open to a shock transfer when discussing the former …
Read More »Iraqis Who Worked With US Fear For The Future Amid Afghan Chaos
For Aymen, a former translator for the United States military in Iraq, seeing American allies in Afghanistan get left behind to face the Taliban following the American withdrawal felt personal. “They abandoned them – they’re not keeping their promise,” said Aymen, who asked that only his first name be used …
Read More »ED Mourns Shaya, Return Of Local Sport Imminent
President Mnangagwa has said the increased tempo in Covid-19 vaccine uptake should see the country’s sporting activities, that have largely been on hold since the pandemic struck returning to their normal schedules soon. The Government, the President said, will also play its part to ensuring greater support to sport once …
Read More »Loga Announces Warriors Squad For WCQ
Zdravko Logarusic has announced his squad for the next World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia. The Warriors will face Bafana Bafana on September 3 at the National Sports Stadium in Harare before travelling to East Africa for the second Group G match on the 7th of the month. …
Read More »Weekend Of Mixed Fortunes For Warriors Abroad As Bafana Clash Looms
With less than two weeks to go before Zimbabwe take on arch-rivals Bafana Bafana in a mouthe-watering World Cup qualifier at the National Sports Stadium, all eyes were this past weekend on Warriors stars abroad and here is how they fared for their respective sides. Marshall Munetsi scored for Stade …
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