adminEditorial Comment: Single men’s hostels: Have they outlived purpose?
The 58 single men’s hostels in Mbare were one of the worst inheritances of the settler era: just what was to be done with these well-constructed buildings, in a city with housing shortages, but which had served a poor purpose?Chisora set to return for another fight
LONDON. — British heavyweight boxing champion David Price says he would be happy to fight Dereck Chisora next year but admits a bout against David Haye is unlikely. Haye knocked out Chisora (28)
UNAIDS welcomes US approval of drug to stop HIV
GENEVA — The UN agency tasked with fighting Aids yesterday welcomed the decision by the United States to allow the use of an HIV prevention pill for the first time. The pill will be used “to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV for people who do not have HIV, but who are at high risk of being exposedKirsty to lead Team Zim
Collin Matiza Sports Editor
KIRSTY Coventry — the two-time Olympic Games women’s 200m backstroke champion — will be Team Zimbabwe’s flagbearer during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London
Japan warily eyes typhoon
UKIHA, Japan — Flood-battered south-western Japan yesterday braced for a typhoon amid fears it could heap further misery on an area where at least 32 people are dead or missing after record rainfall.Boy (10) killed in Nigeria LAGOS
LAGOS — A 10-year-old boy was on Tuesday killed when an assailant fired a heavy weapon at an Islamic school in the central Nigerian city of Jos, an area plagued by sectarian violence, officials and residents said.
Israeli newest coalition partner mulls pullout
JERUSALEM — Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, the leader of the centrist Kadima party, could bolt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition due to sharp disagreement over legislationRussia supports Annan’s mediation efforts on Syria
MOSCOW — Russia will try its best to support UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan’s mediation efforts to solve the Syrian crisis, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday.Zimbabwe: A terrible beauty
Sekai Nzenza
When I lived in the Diaspora I avoided conversations about Zimbabwe. I did not want to say that I came from that African country in Southern Africa. Standing among white people, sipping wine slowly
Man produces US$9 payslip
Court Reporter
A TEACHER who sired twins with a city vendor produced a pay slip bearing US$9 net earnings at the civil court, saying the bulk of his salary goes to loan repayments. Farisai Mbawa, who was carrying both