We have very little choice, at this stage, but to conclude that Zifa has failed us and the starting point, as we move forward, should not be the dissolution of the Warriors, but the dissolution of the board.

Milton Nyamadzawo
For decades, football has acted as a peacemaking tool, as a proponent of human welfare in Zimbabwe, Africa and all over the world.
Didier Drogba has been instrumental in peacemaking and humanitarian efforts in Cote d’Ivoire. George Weah bankrolled the Liberian national team for many years.
Michael Essien has donated millions to help poor people in his native Ghana. Nigerian star Nwankwo Kanu, has a Foundation, which doesn’t focus on producing the best players but to help sick children all over the continent.

I’ll engage in respectful dialogue: US envoy

Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
INCOMING United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr David Bruce Wharton said yesterday his country must be a good partner to Zimbabwe, but would only change its confrontational policy based on its views on constitutional reform and elections. Relations between Zimbabwe and the US are

Woman raped, killed dumped in Mukuvisi

Herald Reporter
A Harare woman was allegedly raped and killed before her body was thrown into Mukuvisi River near Glen View in Harare. A passerby discovered the body of Eneri Tsoto (30) on Wednesday around 8am.  Tsoto lived in Glen View. It is believed she left home at 4am going to Beatrice Infectious

Jail term for theft of US$4

From Noah Pito in Hurungwe
A Magunje man almost shed tears last week when a Karoi magistrate slapped him with a 30-day jail sentence for running away with a police officer’s change following his offer to buy her a plate of sadza from the nearby shops. Chamunorwa Chasara (38) of Chasara Village under Chief Nematombo

Hijackings an inside job — Chihuri

Fidelis Munyoro in Harare and Ray Bande in Mutare
The suspected industrial espionage in which South African companies reportedly hire hijackers to steal export cigarette consignments in transit is an inside job by local tobacco companies, Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has said. He made the remarks while addressing senior police

Violence not the solution

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum
The assault on radio and television personality Tinopona Katsande over the weekend marked yet another sad day for Zimbabweans who had for long been advocating a violence-free society. It raised the alarm and exposed the horrific nature of gender-based violence that continues to

IT vs evolution of industry

Keith Guzah
Entry level and blue-collar jobs — the traditional means of absorbing new and less experienced workers — have dwindled considerably. This is due to industry’s limited expansion and increased use of technology rather than people improving productivity. No substantial change in this trend

Uncloaking the neo-imperial diabolical mask

Darlington Mahuku and Bowden Mbanje
As we are making a countdown to the March 2013 harmonised elections, Zimbabweans are now being bombarded on a daily and weekly basis by the Western sponsored media giving various dosages of falsehoods and outright news distortions. This is intended to deceive the masses as well

Revolution at crossroads

Steven Mpofu
Daggers drawn at it glint in the sun thirsty for crimson red in March next year. But whether the weather be good, whether the weather be bad, Zimbabwe’s revolution — ironically stalked like a quarry ever since 1980 by those constipated by the benefits of independence — should thrust its

Thumbs up for successful diamond conference

We hail the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, as the parent ministry, and the two State enterprises that fall under it, the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation and the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe, for successfully hosting the just ended inaugural Zimbabwe Diamond Conference.

×
×