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By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
HIGHLANDERS Football Club have begun the hunt for a juniors team coach who will replace Dumaza Dube amid revelations that veteran mentor Cosmos “Tsano” Zulu could land the director of coaching position.
The Themba Ndlela-led Highlanders executive created a position for the director of coaching post where the incumbent will oversee the entire technical issues of the club.
Coventry looks forward to London games
Harare Bureau
NEWLY-crowned Sportsperson of the Year Kirsty Coventry, who was in the company of her boyfriend Tyrone Stewart at the Annual National Sports Awards ceremony, said she felt humbled by the award and is now looking forward to doing her country proud at next year’s London Olympics Games.
DRC: Keeping track of mineral resources
KINSHASA — In the Democratic Republic of Congo, two projects are under way to map mineral deposits in South Kivu province to facilitate traceability, amid increasing concerns in the international community that profits from the minerals trade are being illegally used to fund armed groups in the east.
The chaotic management that has plagued the mining sector since the 1980s is, however, proving a sticking point in the process. The survival of thousands of artisanal miners is one of the humanitarian issues at stake in this project.
Beaver or bear? Fur flies over Canadian sense of identity
Beaver or polar bear? This is the stark choice Canadians face as they rethink how they want to present themselves to the rest of the world.
BRICS’ rise gradually transforms global economic order
BEIJING — BRICS, a relatively young bloc which brings together the five major emerging economies of China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, is helping form a new and more balanced global economic order.
Galaxy Nexus to offer stiff competition to Apple’s iPhone
The iPhone 4S only went on sale on Friday but already it’s no longer the latest super smartphone on the block.
Nick Clegg hits out at Eurozone ‘xenophobia’
LONDON — Nick Clegg has hit out at “xenophobic” comments — as tensions over the eurozone crisis between France and the United Kingdom continue to run high.
Conference gears Zanu-PF for elections
For four days two weeks ago, Zanu-PF held its 12th Annual National People’s Conference in Bulawayo.
Midlands records more traffic accidents
Midlands Correspondent
MIDLANDS province has far recorded 2 294 traffic accidents, which resulted in 189 people losing their lives, acting Officer Commanding Police in the province, Assistant Commissioner Learn Ncube said.
Asst Comm Ncube was speaking during the 2011 Midlands provincial festive season traffic safety and crime awareness campaign in Zvishavane town on Friday.
Anglican Church slams gay practices
Chronicle Reporter
THE head of the Anglican Church in the Central Africa Province, Archbishop Albert Chama, said his church does not accept gay practices.