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Charleston — President Barack Obama was yesterday set to deliver a eulogy for the chief pastor gunned down in an apparent racially-motivated attack that shocked the nation.
Blatter says he has not quit
SEPP BLATTER has told a Swiss newspaper he has not quit as Fifa president, adding to speculation he may try to stay on as head of world soccer’s governing body…
Netball team confident
Brighton Zhawi in GABORONE THE Zimbabwe netball team captain Perpetual Siyachitema believes the Gems are strong contenders for the fifth African Championship starting tomorrow here at the Botswana Netball Courts.
New Miss Zim crowned
From Melissa Mpofu in Harare NEWLY crowned Miss World Zimbabwe, Anne Grace Mutambu, has promised to be at her best behaviour, assuring the nation that she has never posed nude.
Mediator proposes peace plan for South Sudan
Addis Ababa — The chief mediator in South Sudan peace talks said on Thursday he hoped a new “compromise” proposal would put an end to 18 months of ethnic bloodletting…
SA, AU not ICC Deputy Sheriffs
Perspective Stephen Mpofu When the Boers were in power in Pretoria they boasted that South Africa was “a First World in the Third World” and, as if to make that…
Burundi opposition announces poll boycott
Bujumbura — Burundi’s opposition parties announced yesterday they will boycott upcoming elections, saying it was not possible to hold a fair vote following weeks of violence over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s…
Committee set up to probe Zifa
Sports Reporter THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has set up a four-member committee of inquiry into the state and administration of football in Zimbabwe in a move that is…
Brits reject Zwelithini demands
Durban — The British Royal family have shrugged off demands made by Zulu monarch Goodwill Zwelithini that they reimburse the Zulu kingdom for destroying his great-grandfather’s palace in 1879. Zwelithini…
Warriors’ trip to Comoros in doubt
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor ZIMBABWE’S African Nations Championships prospects could go up in smoke if beleaguered Zifa fail to secure a Charter flight to Comoros Islands for the Warriors’ preliminary…