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One stubborn day in April, the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve, President Mugabe stolidly walked back to Harare, clearly defying Press and prophecy.
The week before had been abuzz with rumours. He was seriously ill, the Press, in big bright banner had joyfully proclaimed.
He was going through his last gasps, read the same proud Press on the morrow. No, in fact he had just passed on, wildly wailed the same suitably sad Press. The ailing Air Zimbabwe had already dispatched a plane to bring home his remains, continued editorials.
The dire reports came in quick succession. All these dire reports were set against words from a prophet, one TB Joshua, a
Football is never a fair game
It was football’s own survival miracle and the beauty about this was that it was played before a global audience, which followed every step and every movement, live through the magic of satellite television.This was not the Miracle in the Andes, where survivors of a plane crash in October ’72 spent 72 days battling to survive in extreme freezing conditions on top of a mountain range, because this wasn’t about life and death.
Neither was this anywhere near the survival battles fought by those people in the freezing Atlantic waters in April 1912, after their dream ride on the Titanic turned into a disaster, because this also wasn’t about life and death.
Chinyama passes test
From Goodwill Zunidza in TUNIS
TAKESURE CHINYAMA has passed his fitness test, giving Dynamos a huge boost, as the Glamour Boys take on Africa’s best football club here tomorrow, in the first of two battles, for the right to play
Masimirembwa joins Gunners
Eddie Chikamhi Sports ReporterGUNNERS have roped in Harare businessman Godwills Masimirembwa as their patron in efforts to spearhead the club’s development programmes and enhance their competitiveness in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League. Club president
CAPS train like Chelsea: Connor
Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterA DEFIANT Sean Connor defended his training methods, claiming they were just like the ones used by English giants Chelsea, and insisted that he can drive CAPS United to the Promised Land. In the week that the Blues of Stamford Bridge
ZOC step up London preps
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Olympic Committee have geared up their preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games with Team Zimbabwe’s chef de mission Busi Chindove scheduled to attend a pre-delegates registration meeting early next month in
Mighty Warriors ready for Zambians
Sports ReporterMIGHTY Warriors captain Onai Chingawo has declared that they are ready for tomorrow’s international friendly against Zambia at Hwange Colliery Stadium. Zimbabwe date the neighbours as both sides seek to fine-tune their preparations ahead of the
T20 takes over cricket
Dean du PlessisThere is no doubt that Twenty20 Cricket and, in particular the Indian Premier League, has dominated world cricket for the past four years. Players all over the world have been fortunate enough to play for the various Indian teams and some have
Nyatanga hails Savanna deal
Sports ReporterZimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association leader, Eddie “Mboma” Nyatanga, has hailed the innovative sponsorship package unveiled by Savanna Tobacco last week. Through the ‘Zorai Butter ne Pacific’, Savanna Tobacco offered to assist
In pursuit of revolutionary gains
Bowden Mbanje and Darlington Mahuku
One of Zimbabwe’s greatest and most revered sons Herbert Chitepo was assassinated on March 18, 1975. Zimbabwe gained its independence on April 18, 1980. In essence when we celebrate our independence we must be remembering and reflecting on the sacrifices made by the gallant heroes and heroines in the liberation struggle.
Failure to do so will be courting disaster not only for us but also for future generations. Comrade Chitepo was the first African in Southern Africa to qualify as a barrister. From the outset his intentions could be discerned when he decided to