Spare a thought for our cricketers
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor ZIMBABWE’S last wicket stand lasted just 19 minutes in the morning yesterday, with the hosts adding only eight more runs, as Dale Steyn, the world’s…
Hannibal Protocol: A case of two criminally insane governments
Dave Lindorff THE sickness of present-day Israel, on display over the past horrible month of the one-sided slaughter of nearly 2 000 Palestinians (including over 400 children) in the fenced-in…
Comedian Doc Vikela wows Alliance Francaise
Abel Dzobo Entertainment Reporter DOC VIKELA, real name Victor Tinashe Mpofu, brought the roof down at the Alliance Francais on Thursday as he gave a flawless act, and even gave…
Govt pushes for 10bn cigarette sticks
Business Editor Government is pushing for an increase in cigarette manufacturing capability to 10 billion sticks from the current two billion, as part of efforts to increase beneficiation. Industry and…
FC Platinum confirm Mapeza appointment
Paul Mundandi in ZVISHAVANE AS exclusively revealed by The Saturday Herald two days ago, FC Platinum have confirmed the appointment of Norman Mapeza as their head coach. Mapeza, regarded as…
The prophecy that delivered Zimbabwe
ON April 27, 1898, the district surgeon of Salisbury wrote: “I certify that I have examined the body of Nianda, upon whom sentence of death has been executed, and that…
Murape masterstroke inspires DeMbare
Bulawayo Bureau FOR the umpteenth time the Murape Murape factor came to haunt one of the Castle Lager Premier League giants. He was introduced in the 38th minute at Barbourfields…
Tetrad gets reprieve from creditors
Business Correspondent Tetrad Investment Bank creditors have agreed deferment on payments of their money owed until October 31 to pave way for the finalisation of the $200 million investment into…
Art as an accessory for swagger
At the Gallery Until recently or even in continuance to this precise moment, the art world has been regarded as something out of sight and out of mind by the…
Marechera and airbrushed frames of Africa
Stanley Mushava Literature Today ZIMBABWE’S “hardcore” novelist Dambudzo Marechera is the object of routine post-mortems. Locating an ideological compartment for the lost generation writer seems twice as impossible as finding…











