Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWEAN football has moved closer to embracing Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology after a two-day Fifa workshop in Harare laid the groundwork for the introduction of the system into local competitions. Zifa president Nqobile Magwizi said the association had completed the initial phase and would now move into referee training, with…
YVONNE NCUBE A 63-YEAR-OLD teacher sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old pupil twice has lost his appeal against both conviction and sentence.Clever Mutero had appealed to the High Court of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, challenging his conviction and sentence by the Kwekwe Regional Magistrates Court.Mutero was convicted on two counts of rape…
Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe has died by suicide after losing US$300 of his employer’s money in a gambling wager. Kuzivakwashe Gava, who worked at a mobile money shop, took his own life after squandering the funds on a bet. Gava had been struggling with a severe gambling addiction prior to…
Ashley MoyoSENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER THE National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) has opened submissions for its 25th edition, with National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) chief executive officer Napoleon Nyanhi urging artists not to leave their recognition to chance.The awards, organised by NACZ, scheduled for February next year, will mark Nama’s Silver Jubilee, celebrating 25 editions…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERFIVE hundred informal vending stores have been destroyed at Makoni Business Centre in Chitungwiza as the council intensifies its Operation Chenesa campaign to restore order and remove illegal trading structures.The clean-up operation comes as local authorities across the country step up efforts to remove illegal vending stalls, unauthorised structures and other activities taking…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo GWANDA Provincial Hospital has unveiled a new intensive care unit (ICU) and dialysis machines to slash patient referrals.The developments are expected to reduce referrals to Bulawayo while giving doctors at the provincial hospital greater capacity to manage cases that previously posed challenges because of the absence of intensive care facilities.Speaking during the…
Brandon JosphatPOLITICAL EDITORZIMBABWE must clamp down on lucrative wildlife crime while maintaining fair, humane justice for impoverished offenders, Prosecutor-General Loice Matanda-Moyo urges.Speaking during the official launch of a landmark publication titled A Review of Wildlife Criminal Law and Wildlife Court Judgments in Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Matanda-Moyo said the country’s wildlife was a national and…
Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERA 24-year-old Inyathi man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 31-year-old woman twice during a night attack in Mhlotshwana Village.The Tredgold Regional Court in Bulawayo recently handed down the sentence after convicting the man on two counts of rape.According to the National Prosecuting Authority of…
Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERTHE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday reserved judgment in an application by six war veterans seeking direct access to challenge the constitutionality of the country’s new presidential electoral system.Represented by top lawyers — Lovemore Madhuku and Lewis Uriri — the applicants argued before a full ConCourt bench led by Deputy Chief Justice, Paddington Garwe,…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo ZIMBABWE is embedding robotics in schools to build a sustainable pipeline of engineering talent and drive digital innovation.Speaking at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Zimbabwe 2026 National Finals in Bulawayo yesterday, the deputy minister of Information Communication Technologies, Dingumuzi Phuti, said robotics programmes such as WRO were helping create a progression pathway…
