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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

By Mercy MungoriwoPresident Mnangagwa just has arrived in Mutare where he is expected to commission the country’s first multi-million dollar oxygen and gas plant at Feruka. Presidential Spokesperson, George Charamba told the nation that President Mnangagwa had landed in Mutare for the historical event through his Twitter account @Jamwanda2. “His …

Health activists in Africa have slammed Johnson & Johnson for exporting vaccines produced in South Africa to countries in Europe, which have already immunised large numbers of their people and have even donated vaccines to more needy countries. The one-dose J&J vaccines were exported from South Africa, where they had …