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Sports Reporter
PROVINCIAL education officer (Sports) for Matabeleland North province Newman Masuku has been appointed as the new Sports
PSL referees get sponsor
By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
PREMIERSHIP clubs are next season likely to be spared the burden of paying match officials if a deal between Zifa and a
Byo Tennis Board happy with 2011 achievements
By Thandiwe Moyo
THE Bulawayo Metropolitan Tennis Board say they are satisfied with their achievements this year although they were dogged
Netball association appeals for sponsorship
Sports Reporter
NETBALL has the second largest following in the country after soccer and hence deserves the support that the latter is getting
Rolly Josephus Jalasi laid to rest
By Noel Munzabwa
RETIRED Zifa panelist Class One and match commissioner Rolly Josephus Jalasi (74), who collapsed and died at his home
Mighty Warriors face Banyana Banyana in Unity Day clash
Harare Bureau
LONDON 2012 Olympics finalists, Banyana Banyana, say it is always game on when they clash with the Mighty Warriors and
Zifa Committee fails to deliver Hardbody, Tripple B verdict
Midlands Correspondent
TRIPPLE B’s decision to use Zifa Northern Region Disciplinary committee member and Harare lawyer, Misheck Hogwe during
Deadlock at DeMbare
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor
THE Dynamos family was left to wait another day to know the fate of championship-winning coach Callisto Pasuwa after the
Grain loan scheme reintroduced to avert hunger
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter
GOVERNMENT has reintroduced the grain loan scheme in which communal farmers get grain from the Grain Marketing Board and repay after harvest. The scheme is expected to benefit 600 000 households in grain deficit areas for the next four months.
This comes after Cabinet realised that the weather across the country indicated that some households will not be able to harvest enough grain.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made said yesterday that some farmers could not harvest crops early enough to cover food deficit.
He said Cabinet found it necessary that besides the traditional assistance to vulnerable communities, those able to farm be assisted with grain.
Minister Made said the scheme will benefit communal, old resettlement, small-scale and A2 farmers.
“A household will be assisted with a 50kg bag of maize per month,” he said. “We will review it if there is need for more grain.”
President attends Kabila’s inauguration
PRESIDENT Mugabe joined thousands of Congolese yesterday to witness the swearing in of DRC President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa. President Kabila was last week confirmed winner of the November 28 elections by that country’s Supreme Court.
Opposition leader Mr Etienne Tshisekedi has however, rejected the poll outcome. He is planning his own inauguration on Friday.
In his speech at the AU Village in Kinshasa, President Kabila pledged to safeguard national unity and allow himself to be guided only by respect for human rights.
He praised the Congolese for their “political maturity” since the start of the electoral process.
“You were given a choice between fanciful promises and inflammatory rhetoric on the one hand and the consolidation of peace and stability on the other hand,” he said.
“We are going to pursue an improvement of the business climate to better serve investors. We are also going to pursue and accelerate the reconstruction of the country.”
He said reconstruction will focus on communication infrastructure in the vast country, which is over half the size of the European