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By Givemore Muzariri
INTERNATIONAL Images Film Festival for Women which over the years has been held in both Harare and Bulawayo is this year not coming to Bulawayo because of lack of funding.
The festival is organised by Women Film Makers of Zimbabwe, which is owned by Tsitsi Dangarembga.
Persevere and enjoy the gains of exercise
It’s my pleasure to be talking to you again guys. I hope you are enjoying every moment of this period. We all expect to receive Christmas gifts from relatives and friends. Tokens of appreciation from companies to their reliable customers. People in the villages, I know, can’t wait to see their sons and daughters bringing them clothes, groceries and some cash. Just spice it up guys, give them a surprise, this is the time for once to make your friends, parents and relatives happy. This is the time to give, be prepared to give not only to receive. “Blessed is the hand that gives.” Let’s remember the sick, homeless, whom you might save from starvation and misery out there.
‘Who will honour assistant referees?’
Sports Reporter
JUST a few days ago, we honoured the most outstanding personnel in the game of football at a glistering ceremony in the capital. For those who attended, the event was truly a reflection of the now gobally accepted adage, football is the world’s most beautiful game, coined of course by the legendary Pele, for he indeed made the game so beautiful.
Wheldon killed in ‘perfect storm’
IndyCar officials say British driver Dan Wheldon was killed after colliding with one of the fence poles that line the Las Vegas Motor Speedway track.
Crouch, touch, engage
By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Some call it the muddy game, others the dirty game but its proper name is Rugby, a game which is physical and whose founders totally refused to join the ‘other football camp’.
You see, soccer is a breakaway or splinter group from rugby after some people way back in time decided to have a game with rules that would discourage major physical contact as bones were continuously broken.
The dispute even led to those who were for the “more human” way of playing forming their own school so as to teach students the new game.
Meet Elvis Chiweshe the free kicks specialist
Talk of “bending it like Beckam” is relatively new, but the actual act of free-kicks was mastered by the likes of the great Elvis “Chuchu” Chiweshe.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Address plight of Shabanie workers urgently
The plight of Shabanie Mine workers who have reportedly gone for more than two years without receiving salaries calls for urgent action from concerned authorities. The mine suspended production in 2008 and according to workers, they have not been paid salaries since the introduction of the multi-currency system in 2009.
Chuck out malevolent creatures
On the face of it, except for the visible, serious economic downturn, all else might appear quiet on the international political front.
Build conducive socio-economic environment for employment generation to stem migration
The deportation of Zimbabweans from South Africa and Botswana is continuing, with a whopping 6 500 having been dumped at the Beitbridge border post by South African immigration authorities between September and about the end of last month.
Areas without MPs lag behind
Features Reporter
THERE are about 15 vacant seats in the House of Assembly as a result of their elected legislators either being expelled from office or having died.