adminMozambique coach upbeat
From Roy Matiki in PRETORIA, South AfricaTHE Mozambique Under-17 soccer team coach, Carlos Manuel, believes they have had the best preparations ahead of their first round, first leg match of the African Youth Championship qualifier against Zimbabwe on Saturday at Gwanzura. Manuel was speaking on the sidelines of the COPA
Woman collapses in court
Court ReporterA Chitungwiza woman, who is accusing her husband of deliberately infecting her with HIV, collapsed in court yesterday upon seeing the man entering in the company of a lawyer. Business came to a standstill as court officials battled to resuscitate the woman who spent almost 30 minutes
National parks’ Chadenga dies
Isdore Guvamombe Features Editor
National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority director general Vitalis Chadenga has died. Chadenga, a veteran conservationist, died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare yesterday afternoon where he had been battling for life since being admitted last weekend. He had collapsed in Bulawayo
17 companies to supply water treatment chemicals
Michael Chideme Municipal ReporterAt least 17 companies are contracted to supply Harare City Council with water treatment chemicals in a deal in which council pays US$3 million a month. The companies share the money according to the amount supplied by each of them every month.
Dube meets Caf boss Hayatou
From Goodwill Zunidza in Mahe Island, Seychelles
ZIFA president Cuthbert Dube met his Caf counterpart, Issa Hayatou, here and discussed a number of issues, including the Asiagate match-fixing scandal. Hayatou said he was advised by Dube that investigations into the scandal were in their final phase and a report was expected soon.
Zim in tough Homeless draw
Collin Matiza Sports EditorZIMBABWE have been placed in a tough Group G of the 2012 Homeless World Cup soccer tournament which is set to run from October 6-14 in Mexico City, Mexico. According to this year’s Homeless World Cup draw, which was conducted in Mexico City on Tuesday, Zimbabwe were thrown in
Africa’s role in European arrogance
Josephat JumaDr Helmut Danner’s recently launched book: End of Arrogance: Africa and the West — Understanding their Differences, attempts to spur dialogue aimed at making Africa and the West understand each other. The book generously castigates the West’s condescending attitude towards Africans,
Editorial Comment: Time to plan, prepare for forthcoming farming season
The rainfall forecast released by the Meteorological Services Department on Tuesday showing that the country will receive normal to below normal rains in some parts and severe drought in others should help farmers and other stakeholders in the industry plan accordingly for the coming season.Save our Africa from alcohol
James ShikwatiThe emergence of Africa’s middle class is driving growth in beer market demand, but is the continent prepared to manage alcohol-related harm to its population? Africa’s beer market rose by 7 percent in 2011 as Africans squeezed three work hours to afford a beer, compared to 12 minutes
The politics of definitions
Zuma shocked South Africans and the rest of Africa when his government voted alongside Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Lebanon, Gabon, Nigeria, Portugal, France, the United States, and Britain for a resolution that authorised the invasion of Libya.As Libya was burning and tens of thousands of innocent Libyan civilians were massacred by vicious aerial firepower from Nato thugs, Zuma tried a naive diplomatic withdrawal of association.
“We have spoken out against the misuse of the good intentions in Resolution 1973,” he said in Parliament.
“We strongly believe that the resolution is being abused for regime change, political assassinations and foreign military occupation.”