adminInfluential Kenyan Muslim cleric killed in drive-by shooting
MOMBASA. — Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa yesterday shot dead an influential moderate Muslim cleric who was a vocal opponent of the radical preachings of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked…
War: The fall-back of capitalism
Finian Cunningham When capitalism is in crisis, war is always an imminent danger. History shows us this to be case. The two biggest conflagrations ever, the First and Second World…
Neymar ready to fire
RIO DE JANEIRO. — Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar has brushed aside any suggestion the pressure he is under to win the World Cup in his own backyard could crush him.
Musona still prefers Europe
JOHANNESBURG. — Knowledge Musona’s representatives ProSport International are still looking to place the striker with a European team. Musona netted 16 times for Kaizer Chiefs in 25 starts during the…
Bombs kill 20 at funeral
BAGHDAD. — Two bombs exploded near a funeral procession in the Iraqi city of Baquba yesterday, killing 20 people, police and a doctor said. The blasts in the capital of…
Blue Ribbon resumes operations
Business Reporter Blue Ribbon Foods resumed operations on the maize line last week after securing a supply agreement for raw materials with a Mutare-based company. A source familiar with the…
Mahachi to go for trials in Monaco
Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE international midfielder Kuda Mahachi will now leave for trials with French side Monaco after the World Cup, his club Mamelodi Sundowns have confirmed. They have been reports…
UN chief advisor for Zim sports Indaba
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter UNITED Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Special Advisor for Sport, Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke is heading to Zimbabwe next month to attend the third edition of…
Celebrating 25 years of child rights
Samson Muradzikwa The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989 was a milestone achievement in the struggle for children’s rights. The CRC, which this…
Vuvuzela silenced
JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s vuvuzelas will be quiet when the football World Cup kicks off in Sao Paulo tomorrow. Four years after the tournament first came to Africa, many see…