English season roars into life
English season roars into lifeLONDON. — The Community Shield traditionally marks the start of the English football season and, while tomorrow’s game risks being overshadowed by the London Olympics, this promises to be a
Zim’s medal hope wasting away
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterWHILE her former training partner, Cuthbert Nyasango, is scheduled to compete in the men’s marathon tomorrow as the curtain comes down on 2012 London Olympic Games, Jane Makombe is
The return of Mbada Cup
Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterTHE countdown to the richest knockout football competition, the Mbada Diamonds Cup, began yesterday after the Premier Soccer League and the sponsors signed an agreement for this year’s tourney. PSL
On fire Glamour Boys face struggling Blue Rangers
Grace Chingoma Sports ReporterDYNAMOS, who are walking with a spring in their step after picking seven points in the last three big matches, are looking at grinding another victory when they meet lowly Blue Rangers at Rufaro
MDC: Futility of reinventing heroism
Talk to those involved in the mired draft constitution and they will tell you that the endless parleys between Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations over the constitution amounted to a relationship between rulers and the governed. The MDC formations took the obsequious and obeisant posture of oppositional subjects petitioning for greater concessions from those in power, Zanu-PF.
They sought what really amounts to standard provisions in the bill of rights, but with the supplicatory tone of people well outside the circuit of governing, never as sharers, never as co-governors. And it
As little boys growing up in Chakari, we were all Falcon Gold by birth and either Dynamos or CAPS United by choice
Poor Sean Connor, a typical story told by a fool, when you hear it, you get to feel the intensity of the sound and fury but, when you take time to think about it, you realise that everything meant nothing.Sean Connor was finally axed at CAPS United, just hours after losing at Hwange, and if they sort out all his issues quickly, he could be home in time to watch the closing ceremony of the Olympics live in London tomorrow.
Mupandawana to host 2012 Heroes Gala
Walter Mswazie
Masvingo Correspondent
THIS year’s Heroes gala will be held at Gutu’s Mupandawana Growth Point, Masvingo Province, on 17 August and the event is likely to invigorate the entertainment starved but busy service centre.
‘Group causes stir at Matopo’
Prosper Ndlovu
A GROUP of about 568 people, some of them war veterans, yesterday visited the Matopos National Park and performed rituals.
‘Census to go ahead as planned’
Makhosi Sibanda
Chronicle Correspondent
THE Government yesterday said it had suspended the training of enumerators for the 2012 population census until further notice but the census itself will proceed as planned from 17-28 August.
Tobacco sales rake in $189,6m
Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE has earned $189,6 million from the export of 43,5 million kilogrammes of flue-cured tobacco this year.





