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Arthur ChogaBenjani Mwaruwari has never actively sought the limelight.
He comes across as someone who just wants to keep to himself and do his business.
He’s pretty good at what he does for a living, although he divides opinion as to his actual talent. The discussion over what
What is a testimonial match?
The practice started in the days when players, even those at top professional clubs, were paid far less than they are today. Few players were able to live on their club wages, much less save for retirement. The testimonial was a charitable gesture by the club; as testimonials were typically very well-attended matches, the practice of giving the players the proceeds from the match
S Africa: Giant phallus that split the rainbow
As I write, South Africa is boiling with anger, divisive anger. Never in the history of mankind has a society debated so heatedly, has a society been divided so sharply over a matter so private, a matter so obscene, so revealing. Some white man, one Brett Murray, produced something to which one places a label as they see fit: a work of art for some; graffiti for others. Some even described it as an assault by some leftover of apartheid on a man who happens to be a president, a man who is an African.
All those multiple identities of the supposed victim gave wider meaning to Murray’s product — a giant phallus abutting, jutting out, or drooping from the made-to-fit rainment of an otherwise iconic representation of visionary, decorous leadership, a representation in the mould of the leader of the Russian Revolution, Vladmir Lenin.
With such a sensitive organ obscenely appended to this painting that clearly resembling one Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, Murray’s thing immediately thrust itself into a fiery din of public controversy sure to impart and guarantee immortality to it, sure to stand erect in the annals of South African and wider African history.
Benjani, Zimbabwe’s football hero
Benjani’s critics say he didn’t make a huge contribution, to the Warriors, as he did for the clubs that he played for and that’s a valid point because, when you are a high-profile player like Benjie, you need to deliver consistentlyTHE old millennium was staggering towards its end, prophets of doom were lining up to tell us that the world, too, was coming to an end and there was a lot of uncertainty around the globe.
The more some things were changing, the more others were remaining the same.
The Zimbabwe Warriors were still to qualify for the Nations Cup finals and almost two decades of hunting in the jungles of African football had yielded nothing for the team.
Africa Day — celebrating ‘Africanness’
Yoliswa Dube
TODAY, Zimbabwe joins the rest of the continent to mark Africa Day. It is the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the African Union (AU).
Children brought up by relatives are exposed to abuse
Vaida Mushangwa
Many children are brought up by relatives such as grandparents, aunts and uncles despite the fact that both parents, or one of them, might still be alive.
Byo to host 2012 Nama awards
Bongani Ndlovu
BULAWAYO will play host to the 2012 edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) and a local organising task force will be set up to look for partners for the event.
Big Brother followers set up campaign for Maneta eviction
Entertainment Editor Local followers of the reality show Big Brother Stargame have set up a campaign called “Operation Taneta naManeta”, calling for the eviction of Maneta, the Zimbabwean representative, over…
Injury sidelines Ngoni Makusha
Harare Bureau
NGONIDZASHE Makusha — one of Zimbabwe’s brightest medal prospects at this year’s London Olympic Games — has all but been ruled out of the world’s biggest sporting showcase through injury.
Gunners collect maximum points
Harare Bureau
Gunners…(0) 2
Hardbody…(1) 1
LEONARD Fiyado broke the hearts of struggling Hardbody when he struck the winner with seven minutes remaining as Gunners beat PSL newboys in a lively Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Lafarge yesterday.