Mariga, Rudhu set Harare Open pace
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterTHE Harare Open Tennis Tournament continued yesterday with second seed Taremeredzwa Mariga leading in the Under-18 boys Pool B having won all the matches he has played so far at Harare
All set for ‘ZimPups’ cricket festival
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterTHE South African junior provincial franchise, Easterns from Benoni, will add a foreign flavour to the four-day Under-15 and Under-16 cricket festival at St John’s College in Harare next week. The festival is
‘Zimdollar settlement stalls FDI’
Tawanda Musarurwa Business ReporterFROZEN Zimbabwe dollar accounts will remain an obstacle to new foreign direct investment, if not settled soon, a parliamentary committee chairman has said. Mr Paddy Zhanda is the chairman of the
PM pledges to assist Byo firms
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday pledged to ensure that Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (DIMAF) which the Government set up with Old Mutual becomes operational90 more MPs for Zim?

Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
MORE seats could be created in the House of Assembly after harmonised elections this year through proportional representation to accommodate more women as prescribed by the Sadc Gender and Development Protocol.
Parties in the inclusive Government have suggested that the seats be increased from the current 210 to between 250 and 300.
The 210 seats will be contested, while the remainder will be allocated to individuals.
Copac says regulations to form the new seats will created through an Act of Parliament.
In the draft Constitution, parties are yet to agree on the number of extra seats to be created.
It is understood that Zanu-PF has suggested 90 more seats, while MDC wants 70 and MDC-T 40.
The intention is to create more seats for female legislators.
Zim schools for SA?soccer tourney
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterFOUR top Zimbabwe schools soccer teams have been invited to take part in the annual FNB Benoni Tournament in South Africa this weekend. Prince Edward, St George’s College, Cornway and Sodbury of
Zambian First Lady hails Mai Mugabe’s orphanage

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
ZAMBIAN First Lady, Dr Christine Kaseba, yesterday lauded orphanage and dairy projects being run by the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe in Mazowe.
She said structures built at the orphanage were state-of-the-art and resembled an estate, a significant departure from conventional homes for orphans she knew.
She said houses for the orphans were so good that they went beyond the role of merely providing shelter.
Dr Kaseba said this in an interview with journalists after touring the project.
The Zambian First Lady is accompanying her husband President Michael Sata who is on a three-day State visit during which he is expected to officially open the 53rd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo today.
“When she (Amai Mugabe) was talking to me about it yesterday,
DNA test results match missing boy’s

Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter
DNA test results conducted in South Africa on the skeletal remains found at the Exhibition
Call for revival of Bulawayo firms

Bulawayo Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday said proceeds from the mining sector should be channelled towards reviving ailing Bulawayo firms to
Absurdity of ‘international’ law

Farirai Chubvu
The irony of international law is that those who trash it pretend to be its guardians. The biggest criminals pretend to be for the rule of law. Only yesterday former Liberian president Charles Taylor was found guilty of war crimes by the ICC Tribunal






