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BLANTYRE — Malawi president Joyce Banda on Thursday said she would not attend the AU Summit to be held in Addis Ababa, saying she would delegate her vice, Khumbo Kachali, instead.Football is more than a game, it is a way of life
Football is more than a game, it is a way of life, a mirror through which one can see the ebbs and flows of our world, capturing our joyous moments and our very sad ones.
In his final year as Fifa president, after 24 years in charge, João Havelange was asked if he considered himself to be the most powerful man in the world at that time.The Brazilian, who had succeeded Stanley Rous to become the seventh Fifa president, had dined with royalty and had been treated like a head of state during his lengthy spell as boss of world football.
Nearly 89 000 children fail to access ARVs
Paidamoyo Chipunza recently in NYANGA
MORE than half of the children living with HIV and Aids are failing to access anti-retroviral drugs despite the pediatric formulations being available, senior health officials have said.
About 150 000 children between the ages of 0 and 14 years are HIV-positive and of these, nearly 89 000 who are in need of the drugs are failing to access them.
National Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission and Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Co-ordinator in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Dr Angela Mushavi said only 45 percent of HIV-positive children in need of the drugs were on ARVs.
Legislators lose hope on CDF
Bulawayo Bureau
MEMBERS of Parliament have lost hope of getting this year’s US$50 000 Constituency Development Funds.
In separate interviews yesterday, the MPs said they were supposed to have received half of the amount by this month.
They said it was doubtful that the money will be disbursed anytime soon as Finance Minister Tendai Biti always tells them that there is no money.
“None of us has received anything from Treasury. We last received money for 2010 and did not get anything for 2011,” said Cde Clifford Sibanda, the MP for Bubi.
Mining: No more room for foreigners
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
NO more new mining licences will be granted to foreigners as Government intensifies the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment policy, President Mugabe has said.
The President urged geologists and mining engineers to form consortiums to exploit mineral resources.
He said this while addressing a Zanu-PF Women’s League seminar in Darwendale where they were meeting to formulate a plan of action for 2012 and evaluate their activities.
The Women’s League, through its leadership, had raised several grievances to the Party’s First Secretary.
Afford equal opportunities to the disabled: First Lady
Herald Reporters
THE First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe yesterday urged society to desist from discriminating
President commissions multi-million dollar hotel in Mutare
Cletus Mushanawani at Chiadzwa
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday commissioned the multi-million dollar 83-roomed three-star
Labour Court orders firm to reinstate workers
Chronicle Reporter
A Bulawayo Labour Court president has ordered a catering company to reinstate workers it had dismissed from work last year, saying they were unfairly dismissed.
BCC commissions new energy saving lighting system
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council has commissioned a new energy saving lighting system that is expected to reduce the city’s electricity bill for lights by up to 90 percent.
No camp for Olympics Team Zimbabwe
Sports Reporter
Team Zimbabwe that will participate at the London 2012 Olympic Games will not camp for training as most of the athletes are based overseas where there are better training facilities compared to what we have locally, an official has said.