Warriors face Saintfiet

Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor
ZIMBABWE’S Warriors will for the first time come face-to-face with their short-lived coach — Tom Saintfiet —when they begin the defence of their Cosafa Cup title in Zambia next week. Saintfiet has been appointed coach of Malawi amid reports from Blantyre yesterday that the Belgian has been handed a short-term two-month initial contract that

Howard High School thumped

From Collin Matiza in GOTHENBURG, Sweden
ZIMBABWE’S representatives in the boys’ Under-18 section of the Partille Cup, Howard High School, received a rude awakening on the opening day of one of the biggest youth handball tournaments in the world here yesterday. The Bindura school arrived here on Friday evening oozing with confidence after having done well at the Umlazi Invitational

Crisis of revolutionary leadership in Egypt

Johannes Stern

NEARLY two-and-a-half years after the ouster of long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian workers and youth are again taking to the streets in mass protests, this time demanding the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

For hire: Rival party supporters

Knowledge Mushohwe

The most disturbing trend from the recent primary elections was the alleged deliberate manipulation of the electoral process by some aspiring Members of Parliament who reportedly bribed non-party members and hoping that their votes would tip the scale in their favour.

When Robben Island horrifies more than Guantanamo

Vijay Prashad

THE vigil around Nelson Mandela is more for us than him; he has perhaps entered the land of dreams, revealing in the Purgatory of revolutionaries, drinking and eating with his comrades (“How I long for amasi, thick and sour!” he wrote to Winnie Mandela from Robben Island on August 31, 1970).

Fuel supplies run dry in Nigeria

ABUJA. – Fuel supplies ran dry in Abuja after a strike by oil workers. Workers, under the umbrella of Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, had asked its members to embark on a warning strike in protest at the poor state of roads across the nation and alleged unfair labour practices by multinational oil companies.

Zinara wins global award

Peter Matambanadzo Business Reporter
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration has won an international award for business excellence and high quality performance as well as best customer satisfaction.
The award, given in Rome on June 24, was bestowed on Zinara by the Association Otherways Management and Consulting based in Paris, France.

WB upbeat on Zim

Senior Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwean economy, which has registered a 25,2 percent growth since 2009, wields great potential for sustained growth and poverty reduction, the World Bank has said.
The multilateral lender said this in a report for its interim strategy note designed for Zimbabwe covering the period 2013-2015.

Live your life to the fullest

Glen Dhliwayo Cool Lifestyle Correspondent
DEUTERONOMY 30:19 : “. . . I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore chose life . . .”
God almighty is speaking to the children of Israel in the above scripture, His chosen nation.

Guard against peer pressure

Tafadzwa Zimoyo Cool Lifestyle Writer
FRIENDSHIPS are an important aspect of the teen years. Understanding the nature of peer influence can help support youth as they enter into this period and follow the path towards close friendships that are hallmarks of adolescence.

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