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From Ellina Mhlanga in INNSBRUCK, Austria
THE curtain came down on the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games on Sunday with the International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge describing the event as a success at a closing ceremony held at the Medals Plaza here in Innsbruck.
Wells added to Black Caps squad
GISBORNE. – Sam Wells, the 27-year-old Otago allrounder, has been added to the New Zealand squad for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe after impressing in the warm-up match here. Wells, a left-hand batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, made his first-class debut in 2007 and has played 21 first-class games, in which he averages 38.10 with the bat, with two
Nyoni on target for Beerschot
Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE international, Vusa Nyoni, was on target at the weekend as his side Beerschot thumped his former team Cercle Brugge in a Jupiler Pro League match. Beerschot won 4-0 on Saturday at their home ground with Nyoni scoring his side’s second
Ncube, Smith share Dugmore Trophy
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
MATTHEW NCUBE successfully defended the Dugmore Trophy in Bulawayo at the weekend. Ncube, though, had to share the trophy with Ben-Follet Smith after they ended the contest tied. The golfers were jointly crowned this year’s Dugmore Trophy
Mighty Warriors look to finish off Zebras
Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
THE Mighty Warriors will be out to finish off the Zebras of Botswana when they meet in the second leg of the preliminary round of the African Women Championships at Rufaro on Sunday. The Zimbabwe senior women’s soccer team won the first
Bambo, Gunners split?
Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
MOSES CHUNGA’S marriage with Gunners has virtually collapsed after the coach yesterday missed the start of the team’s preparations for the new season amid reports that the two parties have been deadlocked on a number of issues. Chunga was
Dynamos unveil 2012 official kit
Sports Reporter
Dynamos got a big boost ahead of the new season when they received two playing kits from Betta Ball Sports yesterday as part of the consignment pledged by the company at the club’s fund-raising dinner last month. Dynamos vice-chairman,
Half-a-dozen Warriors
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor
KAIZER CHIEFS have created the biggest foreign base for Zimbabwean professional footballers and the club’s latest recruit, Brian Abbas Amidu, feels it’s a privilege to play for one of the premier sporting brands in Africa. The Amakhosi – who turned
‘No to fertiliser, chemical application in heavy rains’
Fortious Nhambura and Shiana Mhizha
HEAVY rains are expected to pound most parts of the country this week, with flooding expected in low-lying areas, the Meteorological Services Department has warned. Farmer organisations have urged farmers to make use of the rains and harness the water for future use.
They also warned them against applying chemicals and fertilisers during the period as there are high chances they will be washed away.
Zimbabwe Farmers Union executive director Mr Paul Zakaria urged farmers to harvest the water for future use.
“Farmers should take this as an opportunity to harvest water for later use. They should use ponds, ridging and other techniques to keep the moisture in the ground. We do not know whether the country will not be hit by prolonged dry spells like the ones experienced in the first part of the season,” he said.
Mr Zakaria, however, said there was little farmers could do to reduce damage from hailstorms and gusts of wind.
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union official Mr Michael Mubvuma said farmers should delay the application of chemicals and ensure their animals are safe.
“The expected heavy rains are usually associated with falling power cables and trees. Farmers should ensure that their animals are away
Typhoid hits over 600 Harare residents
Municipal Reporter
OVER 600 Harare residents, among them a hotel worker, have been diagnosed of typhoid while 90 of them were admitted at the Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospitals for treatment. This has heightened fears the disease has spread into the city centre.
Council has since confirmed the outbreak.
“We have confirmed that the disease is typhoid. It has been caused by contaminated foodstuffs sold in the open. We took samples of raw, cooked meat and fish from a shopping centre in Kuwadzana.
“All the samples had salmonella typhi. One of the confirmed cases is a person who works in a city hotel. If people eat food handled by the person, they risk contracting typhoid,” said city health director Dr Prosper Chonzi.
He ruled out water as the cause of the outbreak, saying the city’s water and sanitation levels were satisfactory.
Dr Chonzi urged residents to boil water for domestic use, including treating it with aqua tablets. The tablets are available for free at all council clinics.
He said there was one confirmed case of typhoid involving a hotel employee, heightening fears that if effective hygiene is not practiced,