adminMatabeleland South faces shortage of soccer referees
Sports Reporter
THE standard of soccer in the Zifa Matabeleland South leagues is under threat due to shortage of referees.
According to the Zifa Matabeleland South provincial chairman Nkosi Ncube, they have less than 15 match officials who handle two lower division leagues in Beitbridge and Gwanda. The Gwanda pool has 11 clubs while Beitbridge league has 12.
Young Warriors want three week camp for Angola clash
Ricky Zililo
THE Zimbabwe national Under-20 men’s team technical department has requested to have a three-week camp in Triangle ahead of their first leg of the second round qualifier for the Africa Youth Championship against Angola.
Circumstances do not justify a crime
Yoliswa Dube
ONE must be a psychopath first to commit a crime out of “passion”.
Zimbabwe beat South Africa
Zimbabwe 176 for 4 (Sibanda 58, Masakadza 55, Parnell 2-33) beat South Africa 147 (Ingram 48, Levi 40, Mpofu 3-20, Cremer 3-29) by 29 runs
So-called small-fry teams tend to up their game when doing battle against their big brothers and Zimbabwe did it in a big way. They turned a series that was expected to be completely dominated by South Africa into a contest, with an unlikely but clinical victory over their neighbours.
Businessman weeps as magistrate passes judgment
Chronicle Reporter
A Bulawayo businessman left the court in stitches when he wept begging the magistrate not to send him to prison claiming he was ill.
Farmer wants hero exhumed
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
No salary freeze for civil servants: PM
Lloyd Gumbo and Zvamaida Murwira
President raps world finance systems
Morris Mkwate in RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
PRESIDENT Mugabe has called for the immediate restructuring of international economic and financial management systems to ensure they respond effectively to the needs of poor countries.
Addressing the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which opened here yesterday, he said global financial regulatory mechanisms should be refined to avoid human-induced world economic problems such as the 2008-2009 crisis, largely triggered by speculation.
The President said small nations were invariably failing to achieve development objectives owing to punitive economic measures meted out against them by some developed countries.
He said urgent steps must be taken to address the situation, which undermines the rule of law and could attract repercussions to the United Nations and global financial institutions.
“The 2008 to 2009 economic and financial crises were spawned by activities that were not based on the real economy but on speculative practices.
“We need to strengthen global monitoring as well as regulatory and accountability mechanisms.
Seek advice before accepting an offer
Vengai Madzima Property GuideTHE presentation of the offer to purchase a property by a potential buyer through an agent has been known to bring out mixed emotions such as elation or confusion. These in most cases vary on
No celebration on Taylor sentence
Brima Patrick KapuwaI HAVE been following closely the entire UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone purportedly established to prosecute those figures who bear “the greatest responsibility” for crimes committed during the Revolutionary United Front war in Sierra Leone.