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FC Platinum Coach Norman Mapeza has resigned as the club's coach after five years at the helm, the club has said. Mapeza won two championships with the Zvishavane-based side while helping them to qualify for the African Champions League, despite failing to advance to the money-spinning mini stage groups on both occasions. The club said Mapeza left the club through mutual consent and wished him well. "FC Platinum Club wishes to announce the departure of Head Coach, Norman Mapeza from the team through a mutual…

Grace mugabe mourning her late husband A relative passing her condolence message to the former first lady. 

The remains of the late former President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Zimbabwe and was received by his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa who heaped praises on his former boss as a revolutionary leader and an icon of pan Africanism. Mugabe's body touched down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe international airport at around 1500hrs accompanied by his wife Grace and children, Vice President Kembo Mohadi among other officials who were aboard the gulf plane often used by Mnangagwa on his trips in and outside the country. Addressing  …

Feeling the heat over a trending video that captures a juvenile fueling a message of rape and child abuse to loud cheers at Chillspot studio, co-founder of the stable, Dj Levels has come out with a desperate statement to exonerate his clan. Responding to reactions expressing unwavering displeasure over Chillspot's indifference, Levels said he made the video to expose ill morals the kid's parents are exposing their son to. "Vana Ava varikudzidza zvinhu izvi kudzimba dzavo with their parents around them.  Then they come…

Government is enacting a law which will grant the Pensions industry the permission to invest offshore jurisdictions to preserve pension value, officials have said. By Donald Nyarota Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) Socio-Economic Analyst, Tafadzwa Chikumbu castigated rampant procurement without supporting documents by the government saying the problem calls for a comprehensive audit. Chikumbu said despite the Auditor General highlighting cases of dubious procurement trends where payments are made…

Warriors’ talisman Khama Billiat saluted teammate Knox Mutizwa’s well executed free kick which gave Zimbabwe their lead against Somalia, before adding that it was the turning point for their quest to qualify for the next round of the World Cup qualifiers. Billiat then scored the third goal which made sure the Warriors qualified ahead of Somalia. Speaking to 263Chat from his hotel in the capital after the match, Billiat who himself squandered two glorious opportunities from the same or even better positions said,…

Robert Gabriel Mugabe, a rural boy from Kutama, 100 kilometres west of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, is said to have grown up herding his grandfather’s cattle after his father, Gabriel Matibili, allegedly abandoned his family and settled somewhere in Matebeleland. Until his death on September 6, Mugabe was touted as an icon, the man who liberated Zimbabwe from white minority but along the way, he lost it. From being adored by millions across the world to being vilified by his own supporters and touted as a despotic leader…

MUTARE- Government is enacting a law which will grant the Insurance and Pension Commission wide ranging powers including investing in offshore jurisdictions to preserve pension value, officials have said. By Donald Nyarota Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) Director of the Pensions department Josphat Kakwere said the move will cushion contributors from loss of value as has been the case since 2008 when inflation and change of currency eroded pensioners funds. Kakwere said under the new Pensions and Providence…