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Persistence Gwanyanya We emerged from the year of learning, “Gore rezvidzidzo”, more enlightened than before. For those who have had the opportunity to learn, let your candles of knowledge light…
Botswana: Politics of the alcohol levy
Correspondent If there is any policy position that has been discomfiting and difficult to justify for the Government of Botswana, it has to be the alcohol levy. Eight years after the…
Madrid sides banned
ZURICH. — FIFA yesterday banned Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid from buying players for one year over their dealing in under-age players. The ban will start from the July transfer window…
Djokovic, Serena top seeds
MELBOURNE. — World No. 1s Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were named the top seeds yesterday for next week’s Australian Open tennis tournament with organisers aligning with the current rankings.
Lowveld Community Development Awards nominations open
Arts Reporter Nominations for the inaugural Lowveld Community Development Awards 2016 are now open. The awards are a brainchild of the Lowveld Community Development Trust, a non-profit making social venture actively…
Pellegrini fumes
MANCHESTER. — Manuel Pellegrini rued a late penalty call after a 0-0 draw with Everton saw Manchester City spurn a chance to close on English Premier League soccer leaders Arsenal…
20kg mbanje lands man in the dock
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A 45-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court yesterday charged with possessing 20kg of mbanje with a street value of $2 000. Steven Rukara of Budiriro 3 appeared before Harare…
11kg gold intercepted
Crime Reporter A 33-YEAR-OLD man was arrested at Plumtree Border Post on Monday as he allegedly attempted to smuggle 11kg of gold, worth $442 775 out of the country. Fisher Matura…
Shaqiri out injured
LONDON. — Stoke City winger Xherdan Shaqiri is likely to sit out Sunday’s English Premier League encounter against table-toppers Arsenal with a hamstring injury, manager Mark Hughes said.
SA: Racial tension will dominate 2016
Mondli Makanya Correspondent Long before he coined the now discredited notion of a rainbow nation, Archbishop Desmond Tutu had this profound message for black South Africa: “Be nice to the whites,…