adminThousands bid Matiki goodbye
Sports Reporter
THE SUNDAY MAIL sportswriter, Roy Matiki, received a befitting send-off as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery yesterday to pay their last respects to the journalist yesterday.
Matiki died on Sunday morning at his parents’ home in Budiriro 5 after succumbing to brain tumor.
Hardbody taking stashes of cash to Division One
From Lovemore Zigara in Gweru
AFTER a nightmarish outing in their debut season in the Premiership, Hardbody will exit the top-flight league with something to smile about after collecting rich pickings in their final match against champions Dynamos on Sunday.
Acid test for tennis players
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterTENNIS Zimbabwe vice-president, Regis Bhunu, believes the upcoming Twenty Third Century Systems International Tennis Federation Futures tournament provides an opportunity for local players to be exposed to…
Sables duo out
Paul Munyuki Sports ReporterTHE Sables have suffered a blow in their bid to get some of the players who helped Zimbabwe lift the Africa Cup to play in the Emirates Dubai Six-Nations tournament. Prop Denford Mutamangira yesterday told The Herald he will not be available for the Sables tour to Dubai due to club
Murape eyes Mbada
Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
DYNAMOS are not getting into the party mood yet despite retaining the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title this week as they now set their sights firmly on defending the Mbada Diamonds Cup at Rufaro this Saturday. DeMbare are on the threshold of completing a remarkable
Myths, facts and sanctions
A fortnight ago, I had the privilege of listening to a presentation by Bishop Trevor Manhanga at the Lead Zimbabwe Conference. The presentation, titled “The Zimbabwe we want economically”, challenged the church in particular to stand up and be counted on key areas of national interest.
Bishop Manhanga said in part, “Firstly, I am sure that we all are aware that myths are not supported by facts, they merely have supporters. As church leaders, therefore, it is important to make this distinguishing fact because oftentimes, we continue to regurgitate myths from our pulpits when they are not facts and soon enough if a myth is repeated often enough, it is accepted as fact . . . Let me state that the church therefore
Zim to host ICT 2013
Zimbabwe will host the 2013 International Conference on Information Communication Technology for Africa from February 20 to 23. The International Conference on ICT is an annual meeting that brings together…
Diamond Council pours money into gold production
Prodigy Chinanga Money in Motion
According to the World diamond council the world is pouring its assets into gold at the rate of US$77 billion. One result is a building boom by companies that transport and store the precious metal. High quality gold deposits are now getting harder to find and by so doing the industry is now spending billions to dig
Unity important in harnessing diamonds for the nation
Tichaona ZindogaLast week, on November 14, doing a review of the inaugural Zimbabwe Diamond Conference which was held on Monday and Tuesday, this writer expressed distress at how Zimbabwe had not shown unity of purpose at such a crucial indaba. Hosting such a landmark conference would have presented an opportunity for
When justice died in the US
John Pilger
In 1999, I travelled to Iraq with Denis Halliday who had resigned as assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations rather than enforce a punitive UN embargo on Iraq. Devised and policed by the United States and Britain, the extreme suffering caused by these “sanctions” included, according to Unicef, the deaths of half