Zim U-17 coach concerned

Godknows Matarutse Sports Reporter
Zimbabwe Under-17 coach, Lloyd Chigove, is concerned their travelling arrangements to Maputo could affect their performance this weekend. The Young Warriors were still on the road late last night. The team, which left Harare on Wednesday, will spend more than two days on the road ahead of

Volleyball preps advanced

Sports Reporter
THE Starz women volleyball team’s preparations for the Zone VI Clubs Championships to be held in Zambia have reached an advanced stage.
Coach, Priestledge Nhamburo, believes that they stand a good chance of winning this years’ competition. The competition has been scheduled for

Westgate Half Marathon scheduled for Sunday

Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
A WINNER’S purse of US$ 3 000, the biggest for any local athletics event, has been set aside for the second edition of the Westgate Half Marathon scheduled for this Sunday. The sponsors, Old Mutual, have put US$16 000 for prizes with the winners in the Open categories getting US$ 3 000 each

Englishman butcher loves Harare

HAMBANTOTA — It is 20 years since Zimbabwe shocked England at the 1992 cricket World Cup — and the African nation’s short cricketing history has been marked by a string of significant highs and crushing lows. An impressive Test series win in Pakistan and fifth-place finish at the 1999

Flip-Flop, Sexcellence and He-Goat Mentality

Isdore Guvamombe Reflections
Back in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, no matter how long a night becomes, dawn will eventually break. In the village, a he-goat is never a master of courtship. His is a loud massif appeal, so public that one has to make sure he or she is not in the company of in-laws

Experience helps to improve yields

Octavius Chahwanda
For some years now Zimbabwean farmers have been failing to produce adequate maize to feed the nation, forcing the country to  import. This is despite providing cheap inputs on credit to farmers for many years. It is high time that we look closely at previously implemented support schemes

Chisumbanje Ethanol Project back on track

Prof Arthur Mutambara Deputy Prime Minister
The Chisumbanje Ethanol Project is a national project of great strategic importance where ethanol is produced from sugar cane. The project consists of sugarcane plantations in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi, with the ethanol plant being located in Chisumbanje. World class irrigation

Editorial Comment: Constitution must reflect people’s aspirations

Zimbabweans have patiently waited for a new constitution for more than three decades during which amendments were made to the Lancaster House compromise document to incorporate our national aspirations and chart our course. The generality of our population can neither draft a constitution

Clashes break out ahead of SA strike deadline

RUSTENBURG — Clashes broke out between South African police and residents near a shaft of the world’s top platinum firm Anglo American yesterday, as miners at nearby Lonmin went back to work. Residents blocked roads and police fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse them as the Anglo

Tonight is the night!

Problem Masau Arts Correspondent
All roads lead to Glamis Arena where Zimbabwe’s music icon Oliver Mtukudzi celebrates his 60th birthday tonight. Mtukudzi, affectionately known as Tuku by his legion of fans, will be flown from his Norton residence by a helicopter provided by Air Force of Zimbabwe. Show organiser Josh Hozheri said

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