adminZim to grace Homeless WC
Collin Matiza Sports EditorZIMBABWE will be joined by 71 other nations at the draw of the 2012 Homeless World Cup soccer tournament that will be conducted in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 4. This year’s Homeless World Cup, designed for the homeless, will be held at Zocalo Square in Mexico City from October 6
REC critical for development
Dr Nkosana Dlamini-ZumaI always remember the words of one of the finest sons of our continent, our hero President Patrice Lumumba, who said in 1960 at the All-African Conference in Leopoldville: “We all know, and the whole world knows it, that Algeria is not French, that Angola is not Portuguese, that Kenya is not
Mauchaza’s moment of reckoning
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
FORGOTTEN Zimbabwean professional golfer Nyasha Mauchaza is hopeful that he will do well in the USPGA pre-qualifiers set for October.
The former national team junior player, who relocated to United States as a 10-year-old, will get his trial chance for the US open after taking part in
Young Sables thrash Tunisia
Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter
Zimbabwe…………….(20) 42
Tunisia………………………0
SOMETIMES it takes one special man to change the dimension of a game and the fortunes of a team. This was the case yesterday when Zimbabwe’s Young Sables turned on the power to thrash Tunisia in their second game of the ongoing Junior Africa Cup rugby tournament at Prince
The meaning of Assange’s asylum
THE impact of Ecuador’s decision to grant political asylum to Julian Assange is still quite tangible internationally, a rarity in a world where no one remembers yesterday’s news. Even hours before it was announced, Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to Assange because of the lack of internationalPresident arrives in Iran
Herald Reporter
President Mugabe arrived in Tehran, Iran, for the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit yesterday. According to ZBC News, he was welcomed at Tehran’s International Airport by Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Iran Mr Nicholas Kitikiti and Secretary for
39 projects for Save
Herald Reporter
A study carried out by an Indian firm has identified 39 projects that could be implemented in the Save River Basin and transform the lives of people in Manicaland Province. Projects, identified in a study carried out by WAPCOS, an Indian government-owned company, include the setting up of
7 to learn Mandarin
Herald Reporter
Seven students from the Zimbabwe Confucius Institute will leave tomorrow for China on a scholarship to study the Mandarin language. The students, who would be in China for six months, were awarded the scholarship by the Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy. The
MOB on screen
Bulawayo Bureau
ZIMBABWE’S own reality television series My Own Boss (MOB) Buy Zimbabwe Edition Season IV will tonight hit the small screen on ZBCtv and on the free-to-air channel, Africa Unite. On ZBCtv the reality show will air at 7pm till 8pm for the next 13 weeks. The 13-episode show will see 15 contestants
Elevating procedural over substantial liberties
“Only a handful of the reasons for party choice in Zimbabwe show up clear differences between the two main parties’ supporters. Land, indigenisation, foreign interference in Zimbabwe, liberation from colonialism (all linked to Zanu-PF), and the need for change (associated with the MDC-T) do differentiate.”
The above is a quote taken from the Freedom House’s profiling of supporters for MDC-T and Zanu-PF, as reported in the 2012 Survey of Public Opinion in Zimbabwe. The report has gained prominence more for its unexpected predictions and less for the credibility of Freedom House itself — an organisation notoriously so openly instrumental to the implementation of the US’s sabre-rattling foreign policy. It may be necessary to