adminBlitzbokke storm into Dubai quarter-finals
South Africa moved into the quarter finals of the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens with a resounding 36-7 victory over the USA in their second pool match at the Sevens stadium.
After struggling to beat the Eagles 17-12 last week in their pool game, the Blitzbokke turned it on against the Americans, showing them up for flair and pace as halfback Branco du Preez played a vital part in their turn of fortunes.
Hlanganani Ngwenya: The player Mr Cooper ruined
Sports Reporter
ON 16 May 1981, a bouncing baby boy was born in Bulawayo and the Ngwenya family was naturally happy about the addition to their clan.
‘I just want to fight’
By Ricky Zililo
A gem of a boxer might have emerged from Bulawayo’s oldest suburb — Makokoba — in the form of Ntando Sibanda.
Reconsider position on school fees
Most schools have indicated that they are increasing fees next year, a move that has been described as insensitive by parents. The parents are saying there is no justification for increasing fees given the fact that Government has provided textbooks for both primary and secondary schools and the parents are buying the remainder of the required stationery such as exercise books and pens.
Media must unite against propaganda onslaught
“Hurt your country, everything in it and you will live comfortably (here) in exile.”
Bring back the cane in schools
By Nelson Masukume
The official position is that no teacher is allowed to use the cane to administer corporal punishment on pupils in schools. It is policy in schools, no teacher can use corporal punishment as a corrective measure, no matter what offence the pupil would have committed. A teacher who dares use corporal punishment does not only get chastised by an array of statutes that regulate his/her conduct during the discharge of duty, but also risks condemnation from parents and child rights society.
‘2012 CDF allocation insufficient’
By Yoliswa Dube
IN his fiscal policy statement recently, the Minister of Finance Mr Tendai Biti, allocated $8 million for the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in the 2012 financial year.
Western media monopoly presents obstacles: official
From Innocent Madonko in Beijing
THE global domination of the media and information dissemination by the United States and other Western countries is perpetuating a distorted and negative view of developing countries and this imbalance must be changed through synergies by developing nations, a senior Chinese government official said here yesterday.
Over 1 600 teachers needed in Mat’land North
Chronicle Reporter
Matabeleland North requires more than 1 600 qualified teachers for primary and secondary schools.
Urban councils meeting postponed
Victoria Falls Reporter
THE Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) annual general meeting, which was supposed to begin in Victoria Falls on Thursday was postponed to a later date because there were no 2010 audited accounts to be tabled.