adminKaneria linked to spot-fixing
LONDON. – Pakistan international spinner Danish Kaneria was named in court yesterday as being involved in a spot-fixing scam that led to the imprisonment of a former English county cricketer.
Prosecutors in the case of former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield, who was sentenced to four months
Sport builds peace: VP Mujuru
From Petros Kausiyo in BINDURA
VICE President Joice Mujuru has reiterated government’s commitment to the growth and development of sport in the country and called for the pooling of resources that will lay the platform for abundant
Unbeaten Cloud puts title on the line against Ishida
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. – Unbeaten Tavoris Cloud risks his International Boxing Federation light-heavyweight title and Japan’s Nobuhiro Ishida seeks a third first-round knockout in a row in today’s fight
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
$2bn needed to electrify rail network
Victoria Falls Reporter
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe needs $2 billion to electrify Dabuka-Bulawayo rail network and to systematically replace aging equipment.
Residents complain of lack of security at safari dam
Chronicle Reporter
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the lack of security and professionalism at Maguga Safari Dam in Esigodini, where two people, a man and a woman, drowned after their canoe capsized.
Govt to continue engaging West: PM
From Mkhululi Sibanda in Chiadzwa
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said the Government would continue engaging countries that slapped the country with sanctions in a bid to bring normalcy to the country’s economy.
Zim, Zambia sign MoU to host tourism assembly
Victoria Falls Reporter
ZIMBABWE and Zambia yesterday signed a tourism bilateral agreement to operationalise the framework for work to start towards preparations for the co-hosting of the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly scheduled for 26 August next year.
Lightning strikes two pupils dead, injures 18
Chronicle Reporter
TWO children died on the spot while 18 were injured when lightning struck a group of about 40 pupils at Nguwanyana Primary School in Mangwe district.
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.