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Grace ChingomaSports Reporter
WOMENS National Soccer league club coaches are bracing for a challenging season which begins this morning and is fully sponsored by the diamond firm Marange Resources.
It’s good for us, says Gorowa
From Petros Kausiyo in JOHANNESBURG, SAMAMELODI Sundowns’ chief scout Ian Gorowa reckons that the 2013 African Cup of Nations final qualifying round draw which pitted Zimbabwe against Angola was favourable to the Warriors and feels Rahman Gumbo’s men should not feel intimidated at the prospects of playing against the Palancas Negras.
Condom use high
Bulawayo BureauZIMBABWE has recorded the highest condom usage in the world over the last five years, according to the Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey of 2011.
The development has contributed to the reduction of the HIV prevalence rate in the country. But the three Matabeleland provinces — Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South — remain at the top in HIV and Aids prevalence compared to other provinces.
Women farmers form trust
Elita ChikwatiSenior Reporter
WOMEN farmers have formed a trust to address challenges affecting them in the agricultural sector.
Lawyer Mamvura dies
Herald ReporterRENOWNED Harare lawyer, Mr Godfrey Vengayi Mamvura has died.
Gonese referes Bill
Herald ReporterMDC-T chief whip, Innocent Gonese, has abandoned his private member’s Bill seeking to amend some provisions of the Public Order and Security Act.
2 miners buried alive
Masvingo BureauTWO miners were buried alive while another was trapped for nearly an hour in a disused gold mine shaft in Mashava after the shaft’s walls carved in on Tuesday morning.
Commotion at court
Court ReporterA SPIRIT medium dressed in red and black regalia yesterday caused a stir at the Civil Court when he exchanged insults with his wife.
Zinara on patrol
Herald ReportersA two-hour mock operation by Zinara’s high-tech patrol vehicle along Seke Road on Thursday detected that about 158 vehicles out of about 700 were unlicensed, a margin of 23 percent. This comes amid indications that 40 000 out of the 330 000 motorists who have complied with the new licensing system have not been paying vehicle licences for the past four years.
Students protest
Herald ReporterMORE than 100 students at Hillside International College in Harare took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against water and electricity shortages at the school.
The learners marched from a house used as a girl’s hostel in Braeside to the main campus situated in the same neighbourhood.
Learners from Form 1 to Form 6walked and sang in the Braeside neighbourhood in protest over water and electricity they said was cut-off from the school’s campuses for more than a week.