adminHarare province retains National Youth Games title
Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
HARARE province retained their title as the champions for the National Youth Games when they amassed 48 medals as the
Pirates beat Sundowns
Johannesburg. – A 93rd-minute penalty goal from Bongani Ndulula saw Orlando Pirates come from behind to win their first-leg
Councillors paid US$12 000 without minister’s approval
Peter Matambanadzo Herald Reporter
AN audit of Ruwa Town Council has found that more than US$12 000 in unapproved sums was paid to councillors and top
Zim student sets up education fund
Twenty-three-year-old Zimbabwean student, Charlene Mukuzvazva, is using fashion to rally financial support for an education
Scramble for Form One places
Herald Reporters
Mission schools are being mobbed by thousands of grade seven pupils seeking severely limited numbers of Form One places
Mashakada suffers kidney failure
Entertainment Reporters
SUNGURA artiste Cephas Mashakada – who is admitted in the intensive care unit at Chitungwiza Central Hospital – has been diagnosed of kidney failure.
The Sounds of the Muddy Face frontman, who collapsed at his Chitungwiza home, is seriously ill and only his wife Eunice and Minister of Media, Information and Publicity Cde Webster Shamu have access to see him.
Even the dreadlocked artiste’s close relatives, who include his mother Fredresi, a young brother and uncle were denied access.
Yesterday afternoon, the relatives were seen milling outside the hospital after being denied entry.
Form One Places: Let more State schools join elite league
THE scramble for Form One places next year shows up perceived disparities in the school systems, and the willingness of
Rebels push towards Tripoli to aid revolt
THOUSANDS of rebel fighters 25km west of Tripoli were moving towards the capital yesterday evening, a day after clerics urged the people of the capital to rise up against Muammar Gaddafi.
As they advanced, they took control of a barrack belonging to the Khamis brigade, an elite security unit commanded by one of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Khamis.
Fierce seesaw battles are going on near Tripoli’s international airport and a military camp, Libyan rebels military spokesman Ahmed Bani told Xinhua yesterday afternoon.
Bani said the rebels have controlled the Friday Market in Tripoli and are fighting for several other areas, including the Mitiga airbase, headquarters of the state TV and broadcasting
Social media: Don’t shoot the messaging service
David Dickson
THE recent riots in the United Kingdom have shown the dark side of social media. But we must avoid heavy restrictions on
Bane of the ‘bad’ African, hating what is so good
Farirai Chubvu
After September 11, 2001, former US president George W Bush wondered and loudly asked, “Why do they hate us, when we