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Zimbabwe faces South Africa in Delhi showdown
A dead-rubber tag just got ripped off Zimbabwe's final Super 8 fixture against South Africa at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Zimbabwe's brutal Super 8 reality Zimbabwe got absolutely wrecked in both prior Super 8 outings. West Indies put up 254/6, and Zimbabwe folded to 147. India's 256/4 was the second-highest T20 World Cup total. Brian Bennett's unbeaten 97 barely softened that 184/6 loss. South Africa's perfect tournament run South Africa sits at six wins from six matches. Aiden Markram has been their rock across every phase. Proteas dismantled India and dusted off West Indies in 16 overs. Victory locks down the top spot in Group 1. What Zimbabwe needs to pull off Keeping South Africa under 170 is the whole blueprint...
SRC endorses bans for former ZRU president Losson Mutongwiza
Abuse of office and financial misconduct have cost two Zimbabwe Rugby Union officials their places in the sport for the foreseeable future. Losson Mutongwiza's four-year ban The Sports and Recreation Commission endorsed the ban on former ZRU president Losson Mutongwiza. A four-year prohibition from all rugby-related activities is what he's now sitting with. Abuse of office and violations of the ZRU constitution were among the findings against him. Financial mismanagement and breach of good corporate governance rounded out the charges. Regina Mwanandiwa's misconduct findings Former Women's Chairperson Regina Mwanandiwa was found guilty on multiple counts. Demanding the return of the sponsored kit and threatening to withhold player...
Winky D nabs record 10th People's Choice at NAMAs
Fearless Creativity as a theme delivered, and Zimbabwe's arts scene showed up in full force for a record-breaking night at the 24th NAMAs. The night's biggest record-breakers Winky D clinched a record-setting 10th People's Choice Award at the ceremony. Jah Prayzah grabbed a record-setting 5th Outstanding Album Award for Ndini Mukudzeyi. Prayzah also took home Outstanding Male Musician on top of that album win. Atenda Chinx edged out Jnr Spragga to claim the Outstanding Breakthrough Artist Award. Most emotional moment of the night Nisha Ts received her first-ever NAMA award with her grandmother seated right next to her. That moment landed as the night's most poignant, and she also won Outstanding Female Musician. Winky D and Jusa...
Ami Faku headlines Unplugged festival lineup
Ami Faku's first Zimbabwe appearance since 2023 is the headline pull bringing Unplugged's March edition into serious must-attend territory. Unplugged March edition basics The festival lands on March 28 at First Capital Bank Sports Club. South Africa's Ami Faku headlines alongside her full band. Hits like Abalele, Asibe Happy, Into Ingawe, and Ndisize are part of her catalog. Early tickets are going for $15 for General Access and $50 for VIP. Ami Faku's last Zimbabwe showing Her previous Zimbabwe performance was at the 2023 Jacaranda Music Festival. Arts journalist Tafadzwa Madzika described her Abalele rendition as soul-clutching and almost worship-like. That performance is apparently still being talked about by people who were...
Winky D and Zimfest score IRAWMA nominations
Zimbabwean dancehall's global reach just got a major stamp of recognition with two IRAWMA nominations landing in the same awards cycle. Winky D's fifth IRAWMA nomination Winky D is up for Best African Dancehall Entertainer at the 43rd annual IRAWMA. This marks the fifth time the Zimdancehall pioneer has been nominated on the platform. Past wins already have him in a strong position heading into the vote. Competitors include Uganda's Cindy Sanyu, Ghana's Shatta Wale, and Nigeria's Timaya. Zimfest is in the running for Concert of the Year The UK-based Zimbabwean music festival Zimfest is nominated for the Concert of the Year (One Day) Award. Miami's Best of the Best and Jamaica's Intimate Jamaica Concert are among the competing...
Delhi HC to hear CBI plea against Kejriwal discharge
The CBI's refusal to accept a sweeping discharge order is dragging the Delhi excise policy case straight back into the courts next week. CBI's challenge at the Delhi High Court The CBI filed a criminal revision petition against the Rouse Avenue Court's discharge order. Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and 21 others were all let off by the trial court. Justice Swarnakanta Sharma's single-judge bench is scheduled to hear it on March 9. The agency is essentially arguing that the trial court got it completely wrong. What the trial court actually decided Special Judge Jitendra Singh's order ran over 1,100 paragraphs and torched the CBI's case. Nearly 300 prosecution witnesses and voluminous records still produced zero actionable...
Modi to dedicate Rs 7,000 crore projects in Tamil Nadu
Over Rs 7,000 crore worth of development projects hitting Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in a single Sunday visit puts Modi's infrastructure push front and center. Modi's Puducherry stop and key projects Narendra Modi is inaugurating and laying foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 2,700 crore in Puducherry. A 750-acre Karasur-Sedarapet Industrial Estate is being dedicated to the nation. The estate will house a Pharma Park, Textile Park, IT Park, an IIT Madras R&D centre, and JIPMER healthcare facilities. Four-laning of the Marakkanam-Puducherry section of NH-332A is also getting a foundation-stone moment. Road projects and what they mean for commuters The Marakkanam-Puducherry NH-332A four-laning will cut travel time by nearly 50...
West Bengal BJP claims more voters could have been deleted
Over 61 lakh names getting axed from West Bengal's voters' list is exactly what the BJP says happens when illegal immigrants get added to electoral rolls for years. BJP's take on the final voters' list West Bengal BJP spokesperson Debjit Sarkar called out illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya names on the rolls. Dead voters padding the list over the years was another allegation Sarkar threw out. The Election Commission of India's SIR exercise has already deleted 61,78,245 names. Sarkar believes even more deletions would have happened with full ECI freedom. BJP's allegations against Trinamool Congress Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly tried to derail the SIR process entirely. Sarkar called it a deliberate ploy to mislead the public...
Iran ambassador confirms leaders safe after US-Israel strikes
Hundreds of Iranian civilians are dead, and the Supreme Leader's safety is in question after US and Israeli strikes hit Iran hard on Saturday. Iran's leadership status after the strikes Mohammad Fathali confirmed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Masoud Pezeshkian are unharmed. Khamenei's standing as a global Shiite religious authority goes way beyond political rank. Any harm directed at him would carry consequences that are neither predictable nor controllable. Fathali warned that aggressor regimes would bear full responsibility for any such reckless move. Civilian toll and Iran's position on the attacks Iran's Ambassador to India called Saturday's strikes a flat-out violation of national sovereignty. Hundreds of innocent Iranian...
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