WWS scout for talent

Collin Matiza Sports Editor
THE World Wide Scholarships Academy — the country’s leading institution in identifying talented young athletes for sports scholarships overseas — will soon embark on a talent identification programme which will take them around Zimbabwe. In fact, the WWS Academy recently decided to embark “on

Jefferies looks back

LONDON. — Despite joining the series relatively late-on, Axcil Jefferies (AJ) enjoyed a promising debut Formula Two season to finish 12th overall, scoring points in eight of the 12 races he started. Backed by sponsor AfriHype, the 18-year-old Zimbabwean is only the second African driver to

Mutasa speaks on award

Agriculture Reporter
Zimpapers chief executive Mr Justin Mutasa, who on Thursday scooped the Tobacco Sales Floor 2012 Tobacco Grower of the Year Award coming third in the commercial farming competition, has attributed his success to proper planning. Such success, he said, testified to the nobleness of black

Cash-strapped Zesa losing plot on free bulbs

Zesa appears to be spending around US$6,1 million on free light bulbs for consumers, most of whom do not pay their inflated bills, while it slows down on the spread of pre-paid meters. It all seems very odd. Of course energy saving fluorescent bulbs will save a lot of energy. Zesa reckons it

Singer Meat Loaf endorses Romney

DEFIANCE — Like a bat out of hell, aging hard rock legend Meat Loaf stormed the stage at a Mitt Romney campaign rally on Thursday to declare his support for the Republican flag-bearer in the White House race. In a town chosen as much for its evocative name — Defiance — as for its location in

More than 40 killed at Afghan mosque

KABUL — A suicide bomber killed more than 40 people, including five children, when he struck at a mosque in northern Afghanistan after Eid al-Adha  prayers  yesterday, officials said. It was the worst death toll in a single attack in Afghanistan since 80 died on December 6 last year in a suicide blast

Thai drug arrest — Mozambique to ask for clemency

MAPUTO — Mozambique will ask Thailand to consider clemency for a woman who faces the death sentence after she was caught with 6kg of methamphetamine at Phuket International Airport, an official said yesterday. Monica Ferreira Novela (30), has yet to stand trial after she was

Medical aid societies face ban

Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
Government has said that it will ban medical aid societies that fail to clear arrears to service providers by December. Those that beat the December deadline would be required to clear future arrears within 60 days or have their licences revoked. The medical aid societies’ licences are

Africa posts impressive growth in freight, logistics industry

NAIROBI — Africa continues to outperform its peers, posting impressive growth statistics in the recent cargo market analysis for the third quarter.
A report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released in Nairobi yesterday revealed that African airlines transporting freight in the

Top judo coach for Zim

Sports Reporter
A top British judo coach Densign White is set to visit Zimbabwe next week to conduct an Olympic Solidarity-funded four-day coaching course. The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee will facilitate this Level One coaching course for the Judo Association of Zimbabwe and it is set to run from October 31

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