Mketekete hopes for best

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
IGNATIOUS Mketekete, the Golden Pilsener Harare Open defending champion, is confident of retaining his title when the three-day golf tournament tees off at Chapman this morning. Mketekete, who won the first edition of this event last year, is looking forward to do well in the field that has 46

Key national congresses in CPC history

BEIJING — The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is scheduled to open today. Since its founding in July 1921, the CPC has held a few key national congresses, which are as follows: In 1921 at the first national congress, 12 delegates represented more than 50 CPC members

Warrant of execution for Tanga Wekwa Sando

Court Reporter
JAZZ musician Ernest Tanga Wekwa Sando has been issued with a warrant of execution of property by a Harare civil magistrate court after defaulting on payment of US$1 122 he owes to Southbay Real Estate Private Limited. In case number 16794/10, dated June 27 this year, Sando was ordered to

National Budget: We need realistic estimates, allocations

Next Thursday, all eyes will be on Finance Minister Tendai Biti when he presents the 2013 National Budget to an expectant nation hoping for better times ahead. Realistically, all Zimbabweans are expecting a people-centred budget that will address day-to-day issues and reverse economic

Zim: Africa’s only free state

Andile Mngxitama
Often when I give public talks I shock my audience by stating emphatically that Zimbabwe is the only liberated country in black Africa. Generally, my audience claps heatedly — more so if it’s predominantly black. Immediately there will be hostile comments and questions from some. How dare I say

Dealing with gross irregularities

Wenceslaus Murape At the Workplace
IN recent months, there has been an avalanche of workers citing gross irregularities in disciplinary proceedings. These workers constituted the bulk of those people who brought their cases before the dispute resolution system. For an irregularity to vitiate the entire proceedings it must be so

We beg to vehemently differ, Mr Speaker, Sir

Geoffrey Nyarota
We beg to vehemently differ, Mr Speaker, SirA mind-boggling article appeared in the press on Tuesday, November 6, under the headline: “Speaker demands another vehicle”. This remarkable demand was attributed to House Speaker Lovemore Moyo. According to the bizarre article, Moyo wants

Girl gives birth in between exams

Evelene Taadira Herald Correspondent
An Ordinary Level pupil at Harare’s Girls’ High School who gave birth in between her examinations is expected to complete sitting for the rest of her registered papers. Sandra Kwenda (18), whose pregnancy was unknown to her parents and school authorities, has been sitting for her examinations

Obama wins second term

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. America’s first black president secured more than the 270 votes in the Electoral College needed to win. In his victory speech before supporters in Chicago, Obama

More constructive tone on China policy expected

More constructive tone on China policy BEIJING — As US President Barack Obama finally fended off Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s presidential race, it is hoped that the new Obama administration would set a more constructive tone in crafting its China policy. For four years,

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