adminProteas get their prize
JOHANNESBURG. — Proteas captain Graeme Smith said yesterday he was honoured and humbled to receive the prestigious Reliance ICC Test Championship mace and prize money on behalf of all South Africans.
DeMbare date Black Mambas
Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter
DYNAMOS captain, Murape Murape, says it would be a difficult season for them as they chase a third straight league title and cap fine year, in which they are celebrating their Golden Jubilee.
‘Zifa lied about Asiagate papers’
Special Correspondent
ZIFA chief executive, Jonathan Mashingaidze, could turn into the fall guy in the Asiagate twists and turns after being exposed as the man who sold Fifa a dummy that complicated matters in the finalisation of this long drawn-out saga.
CAPS United crash in first game
Augustine Hwata Senior Sports Reporter
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CAPS United caretaker coach Brenna Msiska was forced to make last-minute changes to his starting line-up, following a mix-up in players’ licences, and then saw his charges crash to a demoralising defeat on the opening day of the Castle Lager Premiership match against Harare City at Rufaro yesterday.
Fifa act on Asiagate
Special Correspondent
THE Fifa executive committee have quashed sanctions imposed on all players and officials, entangled in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal, with a landmark declaration that an endorsement of the punishments would be a gross violation of the spirit of Fair Play.
Mugabe is right, Africa needs more men like him
Lij Menelik in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Well, many are led by the western media to think President Mugabe is another mad, greedy, ruthless African dictator holding on to power, but also wondered why many respected Africans including Mandela never criticise Mugabe.
Zanu-PF urged to capitalise on rising support
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
SEVERAL recent surveys have pointed to a Zanu-PF victory in harmonised elections set for June this year with party members urging the leadership to address “fundamental” challenges the party faces to ensure a landslide victory.
Government owes state universities US$64m
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior ReporterGovernment owes all State universities and colleges US$64 million in unpaid cadetship grants, a development that has compromised service delivery at most institutions, a senior official has said.
42 percent of married women sexually abused
Bulawayo BureauABOUT 42 percent of married women in the country have experienced sexual and or physical abuse by their husbands, with the highest number of cases recorded in Mashonaland Central Province while Matabeleland North has the lowest rate.
Stray lions from Botswana descend on Beitbridge
Beitbridge Bureau
LIONS believed to have strayed from Northern Tuli Game Reserve in Botswana have descended on Maramani area here where they are reportedly killing livestock.
Maramani ward councillor, Clr Luka Ndou yesterday said Shashe and Limpopo were the worst affected villages where 10 cattle have so far been killed by the predators.