adminMoney woes KO boxing tourney
Collin Matiza Sports Editor
THE proposed Black Fist Boxing Promotions tournament has hit turbulent waters and will no longer be staged at the City Sports Centre today. The six-fight bill, which was supposed to see Tinashe Madziwana defending his national bantamweight
Veterans eye Spar Peter Gradwell success
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
VETERAN long distance runners – Nkosiyazi Sibanda and Gilbert Mutandiro – could be the athletes to beat at the Spar Peter Gradwell marathon at Old Georgians tomorrow. Both Sibanda and Mutandiro are hoping to qualify for the 2012 London
Divine Appointments: Spiritual persecution, testimony
Tendai Manzvanzvike
LAST year, when I did a sneak preview of Choo Thomas’ “Denga Ririko Zvechokwadi” (Heaven is so Real) translated into Shona by author and dub poet Ignatius Mabasa, I indicated the need to understand how and why Mabasa decided to take
India, European Union agree to expedite talks
NEW DELHI – India and the European Union (EU) yesterday agreed to expedite talks on a broad-based trade and investment agreement and cut a deal, but cautioned against rashness in the process. “Both sides have made considerable progress in the negotiations on the Broad-Based Trade and Investment Agreement. There are complex issues involved, but we have both
Rio police vote for strike action
RIO DE JANEIRO – Police in Rio de Janeiro have voted to go on strike to demand better pay – just a week before the Brazilian city’s annual carnival. The state legislature had hoped to avoid industrial action by offering a 39 percent salary increase. But unions said that rise was not enough to make up for decades of falling wages. Protesters in Rio cheered when it was announced
Rising Islamism sets stage for Maldives coup
MALE – The archipelago nation of Maldives is renowned as a wealthy tourists’ paradise. This week, it has showcased a very different country, where hard-line Islam is an increasing part of the political scene and played a role in the overthrow of the democratically elected government. In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s ouster of President Mohamed Nasheed, his
Zuma condemns willing buyer-willing seller
CAPE TOWN – South Africa, which joined the world’s fastest emerging economic block of Brazil, Russia, India and China, commonly known as BRICS, seeks to consolidate its position as Africa’s biggest economy by implementing economic growth.
It has set aside a whopping R300 billion (about US$7,3billion) for infrastructure development aimed at creating hundreds of
What does it cost to be courteous?
Egpha Jokomo
If I was writing this article in Shona I would have titled it “Ko tarwa here?” and in my own dialect “Ko takana ere?” meaning “Have we fought?” This is the question I usually have when I perceive the behaviour of some drivers on the road. Also when I
Only ANCYL can fire leaders — Malema
PRETORIA – Only the ANC Youth League has the right to dismiss its leaders, its embattled leader Julius Malema told delegates at the league’s three-day lekgotla in Pretoria yesterday. “If the youth says we must step down and resign, we are prepared to step down.” To applause, Malema said the leadership had effectively been found guilty of abiding by the resolutions of the league’s
US invites Sata for economic bilateral visit
LUSAKA – The United States government has invited Zambian president Michael Sata to pay an economic bilateral visit to that country later this year, Zambia’s official news agency reported on Thursday. The Zambia News and Information Service (ZANIS) quoted Minister of Foreign Affairs Given Lubinda as saying that the Obama administration has invited president