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From Robson Sharuko in MANZINI, Swaziland
IT’S been difficult to ignore the Zimbabwe connection that is planning to ensure that FC Platinum’s maiden dance in the Champions League is a forgettable one at the Somhlolo International Stadium
Platinum touch heavens
From Robson Sharuko in MANZINI, Swaziland
FC PLATINUM’S remarkable transformation into a major force will touch new heights at the Somhlolo International Stadium here tomorrow when they plunge into their maiden African Champions League
US$3m sponsorship package for women’s football
Grace Chingoma and Sydney Kawadza
MARANGE Resources (Pvt) Ltd has unveiled an estimated US$3 million sponsorship package for women’s soccer.
The launch, which was witnessed by President Mugabe who is the chief patron of the Mighty Warriors last night, will see the mining giant funding the national league, the Under 20 national team and the Mighty Warriors.
The Under 20 team meets Mozambique in a World Cup qualifier at Rufaro tomorrow.
Marange Resources and the Zimbabwe Women Soccer League unveil the national teams’ full kit comprising travelling attire, tracksuits, training kits, home and away playing strips.
Marange Resources will take care of the teams’ travelling and home match expenses.
MDC: Becoming a blunt instrument of history
Two weeks ago I penned a piece which used an esoteric term – zeitgeist – to make my point. I got a few calls from angry readers who wanted to know what kind of English that was, and why I thought it was their bother to know such a difficult-to-pronounce-let-alone-to-comprehend term.
Among these angry callers was one Killian, himself a bosom friend. He offloaded a few friendly invectives on me hoping I would be stung into explaining the meaning of this word. I stood firm and stubborn, furiously silent as indeed I am always wont to, when stuck in such sticky situations. His daughter, an avid reader of the column by his own recommendation, had phoned him from some university in South Africa demanding to know what the terrible word
Nkomo’s legacy still lives 13 years after his death
By Makhosi Sibanda
The legacy of a revolutionary, Dr Joshua Nyongolo Nkomo, is an unavoidable one and needs a wholesome appreciation by all Zimbabweans.
Just this one day, I had the privilege to visit the recently opened Joshua Nkomo Museum in Bulawayo’s Matsheumhlope suburb.
Houston funeral to be broadcast live
New York – The funeral tomorrow for pop superstar Whitney Houston will be broadcast live from the New Jersey Baptist Church where she grew up singing in a gospel choir, the funeral home owner said on Wednesday.
Mathematics teacher releases second album
Midlands Correspondent
A Lower Gweru-based high school teacher is pursuing a career outside the teaching profession and is set to release his second album.
Senior male nurse found in possession of dangerous drugs
Midlands Correspondent
A senior male nurse employed as an anesthetist at the Gweru Provincial Hospital has been arraigned before Midlands provincial magistrate Mrs Phathekile Msipa facing charges of possessing dangerous drugs and stealing drugs from his workplace.
Bodies decompose at Mnene
Midlands Correspondent
BODIES are reportedly decomposing at Mnene Mission Hospital mortuary in Mberengwa district after Zesa recently disconnected power to the institution over a $53 000 debt.
Turning Textile Mills into church sparks outrage
By Makhosi Sibanda
THE move by Pastor Emmanuel Makandiwa’s United Family Church Ministries (UFCM) to convert one of the city’s largest factories, Textile Mills, into a church has sparked outrage among politicians and civic organisations that described the move as retrogressive.