African Youth Charter vital

Innocent Katsande
In this matrix of our African way of life anything about everything operates and functions within specific guidelines and parameters. All over the world today life is now being lived more deliberate. Government decisions and planning is now

What’s wrong with solidarity

Dear Comrade Isdore
ZUJ would like to respond to your column (3 February, 2012,) which was headlined: A Union of condolences and solidarity messages. Your article was unfortunate for its insensitivity in that you chose a period of mourning our comrades to score

Israeli diplomat ‘critical but stable’ after attack

NEW DEHLI/AMMAN – An Israeli diplomat was in a critical but stable condition yesterday after a car bomb turned her vehicle into a fireball, a hospital official said. The unidentified diplomat was in the operating theatre late yesterday for spinal surgery,

Brazil’s Lula declared cancer-free after medical exam

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has no sign of the throat cancer he was treated for, doctors said Sunday.  Lula was admitted to the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo on Saturday after complaining of fatigue and loss of appetite, but after extensive medical exams doctors said there was no sign of the cancerous tumor he was diagnosed with

Protests over fuel price hike spread in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO – Protests by the public transport and fisheries sectors over a fuel price hike crippled Sri Lanka yesterday. Private bus operators went on strike saying the increase in the price of diesel would mean their expenses will go up. Thousands of passengers rushing to work were left stranded without adequate buses although state buses and trains were operating as usual,

Murdoch’s Sun hits back at ‘witch-hunt’

LONDON – Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid The Sun yesterday said police raids against its journalists were part of a “witch-hunt” that had left Britain behind former Soviet states on press freedom. Days before Murdoch was due to fly in to reassure staff that he would not close the paper, associate editor Trevor Kavanagh said in an editorial that police were treating staff “like members of

5 killed in Libya clashes

TRIPOLI – At least five people have been killed in clashes between rival tribes over control of territory in the far southeast of Libya, officials said yesterday, highlighting the challenge of policing the country’s sparsely populated desert.  Violence broke out on Sunday in the remote city of Al Kufra and continued into yesterday. Libya’s National Transitional Council has struggled to

Enthusiasts top indoor hockey log

Sports Reporter
ENTHUSIASTS remain on top of the log in the men’s Harare indoor hockey league despite not playing their game against Sunrise A at the weekend. Scorpions were the biggest winners in the women’s Harare province indoor hockey, which also went

Price finds form on Seniors Tour

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
VETERAN golfer, Nick Price, had his best outing of the season when he came seventh in the Championship Tour at the weekend. Price took part in the Allianz Championship, at The Old Course, Broken Sound, Boca Raton, Florida. A total of 81

Mutongwiza set for Sables

Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter
FOLLOWING the re-appointment of Brendan Dawson and Cyprian “Supa” Mandenge as coach and assistant, the Sables rugby committee is expected to meet tomorrow to appoint a new team manager. Interim Sables chairman, Bongai

×
×