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'Wonder COVID-19 drug' Ivermectin works through inhibiting viral replication: Dr Stone
THE issue of Covid-19 treatment drugs has lately hogged the limelight after some medical practitioners raised the red flag over treatment claims by their colleague, Jackie Stone, describing her assert...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:06hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Will Japan realize the Tokyo Olympics 2021?
Just months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is due to inaugurate, uncertainty continues to hang over whether the events should go ahead amid new waves of COVID-19 infections and risks posed by mutated ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 16:39hrs | 319 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe sports stars shine amid Covid-19 pandemic
THE outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning of the year did cast its dark shadow over the 2020 sporting season.Some sport codes lost at least four months while others resumed...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:09hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wields axe on Chamisa's 3 mayors
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has recalled the mayors of Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Bindura and several councillors for refusing to cross over to her party after they continued to align themselves to the...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Bindura elects new mayor
Bindura Mayor Carlos Tokyo (MDC Alliance) and his deputy Nobert Dhokotera (MDC A) have been shown the exit door from council duties.As MDC T continue to pounce on Nelson Chamisa affiliated mem...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 15:41hrs | 1094 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beware of post-lockdown gravy train
COVID-19 and the resultant lockdowns around the world, no doubt, killed the life for just about everybody and everything.Trans-border ships docked. That meant loss of thousands of direct and d...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:07hrs | 96 | by Tawanda Majoni
Kirsty Coventry salutes new pool queen Mikayla
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry has saluted child sensation Mikayla Makwabarara and backed her to grow into a world-class swimmer.This comes as Makwabarara broke the...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:51hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Chinese nationals causing serious land degradation in Mazowe
WATER CRISES has hit Bindura town yet again, with the Chinese nationals being accused of practising alluvial mining at Mazowe river there by causing serious land degradation.Mazowe river...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:44hrs | 3343 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gold dealer Ali Mohammed disowns Rushwaya
BUSINESS tycoon Ali Muhamad, who has been accused of being at the centre of Monday's attempt to smuggle 6kg of gold by Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, yesterday challenged his...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 2676 | by Staff reporter
Mayor assaulted by deputy
Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo was slapped in public by his deputy, Nobert Dokotera, on Monday afternoon for allegedly telling a team investigating land management by Bindura Municipality that ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Bindura Mayor bashed over stolen stands
BINDURA mayor Carlos Tokyo (40) (MDC A) was allegedly bashed by his deputy Norbert Dhokotera who accused him of leaking information on stolen stands in Bi...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 21:55hrs | 2762 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6623 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
4 Types of Japan Racing Betting
In Japan, gambling is illegal in general. Casinos aren't supported to the fullest. And that's why there are some activities that are similar to gambling that the government supports. These are called ...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 14:09hrs | 484 | by Staff Writer
Khupe to recall Bindura mayor, 8 councillors
THE MDC-T's Mashonaland Central provincial executive has recommended that Bindura mayor Carlos Tokyo and eight other councillors be recalled for failing to respect the party's leadership. In a...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 05:59hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Japan launches Chamisa's bullet train
A NEW bullet train has entered service in Japan that's the country's fastest, smoothest, most comfortable and safest yet it's able to "escape" to safety in the event of an earthquake.The N700S...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 5509 | by Staff reporter
What is the Japanese IR Casino Bill
Across the planet, the growth of the online casino business has brought gambling to the forefront of political, economic and social conversation once more.Whilst some nations have fully embrac...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:59hrs | 342 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwean twins heading to Harvard University
ZIMBABWEAN rowers, identical twins Rory and Patrick Plunket are ecstatic after being accepted at the prestigious Harvard University in the United States of America.The two 19-year-olds finishe...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry's term of office set to be extended
The International Olympic Committee are considering extending the IOC membership of the Athletes' Commission representatives whose terms would have expired at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:59hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi's 'great escape'
CHINA-BASED former Warriors striker Nyasha Mushekwi has revealed how his team's pre-season camp in Turkey helped him escape being caught up in the lockdown in China due to the deadly coronavirus....Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:37hrs | 2163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe remains on high alert for coronavirus
Zimbabwe remains on high alert, especially at ports of entry, for the deadly new coronavirus, amid reports that over 1 400 travellers have passed through the country's ports of entry that are screenin...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 115 | by Staff reportert
Sally Mugabe Hospital gets US$2,7m equipment boost
Sally Mugabe Central Children's Hospital (formerly Harare Central Children's Hospital) is set to receive from the Government of Japan a 300 million yen grant (US$2,75 million) for the procurement of c...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:56hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
An authentic food tour in Tokyo
The famous and busy capital of Japan, Tokyo, carries the traditional as well as ultramodern side to it. There is a lot to do and explore in the teeming with historic temples, public gardens, shopping ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 16:18hrs | 359 | by Staff Reporter
New Challenger Series to Boost Rugby Sevens' Expansion
Uganda, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Tonga, and Uruguay will compe...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 12:29hrs | 396 | by APO
Kirsty Coventry steps down
A new chairperson of the International Olympic Committee will be elected at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, after Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe decided not to stand for re-election to the body. Co...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:13hrs | 1846 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs commodities exchange markets
The recent revelations by the Zimbabwean government that the country loses over 30 tonnes of Gold (Worth around US$2 billion) to South Africa and other world markets, through smuggling every year are ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:14hrs | 810 | by Victor Bhoroma
Logan Paul's struggles with YouTube stardom
Logan Paul might not be a name you're familiar with, but his face certainly will be. The YouTube star has gone viral multiple times for his hilarious videos, but in recent years has gone somewhat off ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 12:49hrs | 727 | by Staff Writer
Zanu-PF bigwigs fight Mnangagwa over talks
Outspoken Zanu-PF youth league national political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has accused unnamed party bigwigs of working to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa and stopping him from engaging in m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 11896 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe linked Munyaradzi lives up to his name, comforts Japan
INEVITABLY, when history was made in Yokohama yesterday, with Japan becoming the first Asian nation to reach the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, the drama on the pitch needed a Zimbabwean influence. ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Parliament honours Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday led Parliament in observing a minute of silence in honour of late former President and national hero Robert Mugabe. The minute of silence was observed before the ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA fined over Mighty Warriors' boycott
WORLD football governing body, FIFA has sanctioned Zimbabwe after the country's national women's football team boycotted the second leg of its second round tie of the African Women's Olympic Qualifier...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:30hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:03hrs | 8011 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Mnangagwa to construct special grave for Mugabe
Government has conferred a special honour to the country's founding President, Robert Mugabe, by constructing a mausoleum at the National Heroes' Acre hill top where the former leader will be buried, ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Nepotistic appointment exposed as Ndiraya is eliminated, fails test
Zimbabwe 0-0 South Africa (South Africa win 5-0 on aggregate) THE Young Warriors went to Barbourfields Stadium yesterday needing nothing short of a miracle to overturn a massive 5-0 Africa Cup...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:03hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Bafana Bafana humiliate Young Warriors
The South African U23 side are on the brink of qualifying for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations after thrashing Zimbabwe 5-0 in the first leg of their third round qualifier on Friday evening.The S...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 21:05hrs | 4542 | by Daniel Itai
Call for meaningful reforms grow louder for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent jaunt to Japan in search of elusive investment has once again brought to the fore the futility of his numerous trips outside the country without introducing polit...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Nigeria threatens South Africa over Xenophobia
Nigeria has issued veiled threats over attacks on its citizens in the unfolding xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Violent demonstrators destroyed shops and property belonging to foreign nati...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:49hrs | 4429 | by Staff Reporter
Mighty Warriors boycott home fixture
Zimbabwean football plunged to a new low yesterday after the senior women's national team failed to appear at their own home match where they were meant to host Zambia in a Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifi...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Japan on major roadworks
GOVERNMENT has applied to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for multi-million dollar funding for four major road projects including the construction of missing links on Harare Drive, P...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes US$4m Japanese avocado market
Zimbabwe has the potential to earn over US$4 million annually from exporting avocados to Japan if the Asian country removes its restrictions on the importation of fresh fruits and vegetables from Afri...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
No alternative to genuine reforms in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa got very useful advice when he met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the just ended seventh International Conference on African Development (Ticad) in...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:52hrs | 191 | by Editorial - The Standard
Major diplomatic coup for Zimbabwe
IN a major diplomatic coup for Zimbabwe, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame took the country's anti-sanctions lobby to leaders of the world's most powerful nations that convened for the Group of Seven (G7...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:38hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blows US$1.7 million on Swiss luxury jet for Japan trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hired a US$30,000-per-hour Swiss luxury jet to fly him to Japan last week, leaving the Zimbabwean taxpayer with a bill of over US$1.7 million, ZimLive can reveal.T...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:31hrs | 1967 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa unveils new investment policy document
Zimbabwe now has a new National Investment Policy (NIP) through which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government pledges to stop policy flip flopping, respect property rights as well as protect and pro...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:14hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over TICAD, seals deals
President Mnangagwa yesterday presided over a session of the Tokyo International Conference for Africa Development (TICAD) where he also sealed lucrative deals for the country, giving impetus to the Z...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mortgages Zimbabwe to Afreximbank
President Mnangagwa yesterday successfully negotiated a fresh financial package for Zimbabwe from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) after meeting the bank's chairperson, Professor Benedict ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:05hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges economic reforms
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday assured the world that his government would institute more economic reforms in order to make Zimbabwe a safe, favourable and competitive investment destination....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
No double standards for rule of law, Mnangagwa declares
Zimbabwe will not bend the law to please the opposition and its sympathisers who are supporting the recent attempts to embark on illegal protests, President Mnangagwa has said. Western embassi...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now ripe for investment
President Mnangagwa yesterday told the high-level Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) that his administration is committed to comprehensive economic reforms and making the co...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
ZimTrade signs MoU in Japan
ZIMBABWE'S trade promotion and development agency, ZimTrade, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) aimed at strengthening co-operation and c...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says rule of law applies to all
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday that the rule of law in Zimbabwe equally applied to every citizen, including foreign-funded organisations operating in the country.Responding to ...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 18:38hrs | 3489 | by Staff reporter
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