Hallucinations of a desperate loser

Reason Wafawarova
This writer received a very candid message from Senator Obert Gutu on Friday September 28. “I challenge you to respond to my article in the Daily News,” came the apt call from Sekuru Obert — am a son to Senator Gutu’s female line of the Madyirapazhe lineage.

The piece in question was titled “Let us strive to save Zimbabwe,” a superb choice of a topic for a man whose naked intention was to ameliorate the battered image of his MDC-T in general, as well as that of its leader Morgan Tsvangirai — a man who abuses the notion of private life to approach women with an open zip and a shut mind — abusing political power and public funds to ravage on poorly educated vulnerable single mothers, as well as preying on very young girls of lesser financial means.

Theatre of Dreams

Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor

  • DeMbare on course for record points tally
  • Resurgent Bosso smell blood in lively hunt

THE explosive battle between Dynamos and Highlanders, the first head-to-head confrontation for the championship featuring the country’s two most successful

Mutopo wins sparkling MPV Chevrolet Orlando

Sports Reporter
DAVID MUTOPO defied the odds by sinking a hole-in-one at the 44th annual Nomads Charity Day at Wingate last Sunday to win a 1.8 litre MPV Chevrolet Orlando worth US$37 000. The car was donated by Autoworld. The 13-handicap player struck at the 167-metre hole number six. Speaking at the prize-giving ceremony at

Killer boat crew arrested

HONG KONG. — The captains of a ferry and a pleasure boat that collided in Hong Kong, killing 38 people in the city’s worst maritime disaster in decades, were arrested yesterday with five other crew, officials said. More than 120 passengers and crew were on a Hong Kong Electric company vessel to watch a huge National Day

‘Calls for more security in Benghazi were ignored’

WASHINGTON. — Washington denied “repeated requests” for more security at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya prior to last month’s deadly attack, a top Republican watchdog in Congress said yesterday. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Over­sight and Government Reform Committee, demanded answers from Secretary of State

Mazarura bounces back into Warriors fold

From Noel Munzabwa in Swaziland
IN-FORM Mbabane Swallows stocky goalkeeper, Ephraim Mazarura has bounced back into the Warriors fold after a last-minute call in the wake of the goalkeeping crisis that has hit the national team ahead of their Nations Cup tie against Angola. Skipper and regular ‘keeper, Tapiwa Kapini, is out because of injury. Kapini

Gunmen massacre 26 people in Nigeria

KANO. — Gunmen massacred at least 26 peo­ple in a student housing area of northeast Nige­ria yesterday, calling victims out by name before shooting them or slitting their throats, officials said. The attack occurred in the early hours in the town of Mubi, where the military last week car­ried out a high-profile raid against

Expert trashes Gaddafi murder reports

PARIS. — A French intelligence expert has poured cold water on allegations that a French agent killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after making a deal with Syria to save then-President Nicolas Sarkozy from embar­rassing campaign-funding revelations. Reports that Gaddafi was killed by a French operative after Syrian leader

End funding, power woes: Wheat farmers

Agriculture Reporter
Wheat farmers believe the industry could be revived if funding and power issues are resolved. Their comments were triggered by Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union president Mr Wonder Chabikwa, who recently said wheat was not a viable crop and farmers could do better if they get an alternative crop. “For the farmer wheat

Choices, the Diaspora experience

Sekai Nzenza
By the time Perpetua died alone in Australia a few years ago, she had lost contact with all relatives and old friends back here. When some of us who knew Pepe talk about her life in the Diaspora, we say it was sad to die alone like that and to be buried by friendly Maori strangers, kuvigwa nevatorwa.  Then we all feel a

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