adminWhat’s in a nickname?
From Farayi Mungazi in LONDONFOOTBALL and nicknames are great bedfellows and have been together, walking side by side, for a very long time now.A few weeks ago in this newspaper I argued, quite convincingly I hope, that certain teams need to acquire new names on the grounds that their current monikers aren’t sexy enough.
Gumbo mourns Pauline
THE Chairperson of Zimbabwe Women Football Mavis Gumbo, Board, staff, The Mighty Warriors, players and supporters of women football are deeply pained by the death of one of the pioneer administrators of women football in Zimbabwe, Pauline Matute.Black Rhinos eye Kadoma
From Jabes Lefani in KadomaBLACK Rhinos intend to use Rimuka as their home ground for the 2013 Castle Lager Premiership soccer season.The Herald can reveal that the army side officials were here last Friday and had a meeting with the Kadoma City Council delegation.
Matute’s body still to be repatriated
Sports ReporterTHE family of the late former football administrator, Pauline Matute, said her funeral could only be held towards the end of next week as they are making efforts to repatriate the body back home for burial.
Bus crash claims 24 in SA
CAPE TOWN. – Twenty-four people were killed in South Africa yesterday when a double-decker bus carrying a church group crashed in a mountainous pass near Cape Town.
Rescue teams had to use a crane to lift the bus and cut away bodywork to extricate victims trapped in the overturned wreckage in the Hex River pass.
New Pope warns church of dangers of inaction
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has warned that the troubled Catholic Church risks becoming little more than a charity with no spiritual foundations if it fails to undergo renewal.The 76-year-old Argentinian told the cardinals who elected him as Latin America’s first pope that the Church could “end up a compassionate NGO”.
Zambia to launch campaign against early marriages
LUSAKA. – Zambia intends to launch a three-year campaign against early marriages, which appear to be on the rise, the Post of Zambia reported yesterday.The United Nations Children’s Fund has ranked Zambia number 28 out of 43 countries on the issue of early marriages, representing a 42 percent rating, which has raised concern
Chinese president ‘thoughtful’ leader, says US governor
WASHINGTON – Newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping is a “progressive and thoughtful leader,” says Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, who expects stronger US-China ties under Xi.Pope Francis I calls for renewal
On March 13, the Catholic Church, whose global membership is estimated at 1.2 billion elected former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina as Pope Francis I. He became the first Latin American to head the Catholic Church.Zone Six exhibition on
From Stanley Mutoya in GABORONE, BotswanaTHE Supreme Council for Sport in Africa Zone VI yesterday officially launched an exhibition at the Botswana Museum and Art gallery.
The exhibition under the theme “From Incubation to Certainty” was officially launched by the Zambian Minister of Youth and Sport, Chishimba Kambwili, in his capacity as the