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THE Government has declared Tuesday December 27 a public holiday. Secretary for Media, Information and Publicity Mr George Charamba yesterday said the declaration of Tuesday as a holiday was meant to compensate for Christmas Day that falls on Sunday.
Spurs, Chelsea share spoils
London — England captain John Terry produced a trademark block to spare Chelsea defeat in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday in his first match since he was charged by UK prosecutors with racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s adopt zero tolerance to gender violence
Gender-based violence has been described as the emotional abuse through one’s behaviour by a partner in a relationship towards another and this is all meant to control him or her.
Abusive partners use coercion and threats to get their way under such a set-up. Such violence can come in the form of sexual and psychological harassment. Such a situation results in the affected partner living in a virtual hell.
Commune with your heart this Christmas
An organisation that finds itself deep in a jungle of political confusion, as that which exists in Zimbabwe today, will only survive and forge ahead on its mission if it boasts structures so strong as not to be scuttled by competing political interests.
Kabila faces ernomous challenges
By Kennedy Mavhumashava, recently in Kinshasa, DRC
From balconies of their pockmarked, predominantly triple-storey residential apartments and slums on the sides of Kinshasa’s rugged main road, Patrice Lumumba Boulevard, they ecstatically wave the blue, red and yellow national flag at a passing motorcade.
How sportspersons will celebrate Christmas
By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
TOMORROW the world celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ the saviour and many people from different backgrounds and cultures will obviously celebrate the day differently.
My passion for soccer still strong — Manduna
By Noel Munzabwa
OFFICIATING or being in charge of an international match is every referee’s ambition and to be afforded a hand shake by His Excellence, President Mugabe three times in one season remain a pipe dream for many.
Soccer supporters association condemns corruption
Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association has condemned the alleged corrupt practices and malpractices tarnishing the image of the domestic game.
ZNSSA first vice-president Paddington Japajapa said the cases of corruption are a bad advertisement for the domestic game and would need to be dealt with decisively.
Egypt activists in mass rally against army
CAIRO — Egyptian protesters gathered in Cairo for a mass rally they called for yesterday against the military’s handling of protests that killed 17 people and have drawn international criticism of the ruling generals.
Protesters who fought soldiers and police in the capital for five days until calm was restored this week want the ruling military council to cede power more swiftly than planned.
Some Egyptians, sceptical of the military’s avowed commitment to democratic change, want a presidential vote as early as 25 January, the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, or at least much earlier than the mid-2012 handover now scheduled.
Bongo sweeps poll, opposition reject vote
LIBREVILLE — Gabon President Ali Bongo’s ruling coalition took 95 percent of seats in a parliamentary election, strengthening his hand in the central African oil-producing nation but sparking opposition accusations of fraud.