adminSharuko on Saturday: BEASTS OF ENGLAND, BEASTS OF CONGO, BEASTS OF FOOTBALL . . . Red Devils of Manchester, Red devils of Brazzaville: Similar nicknames, vast gulf in pedigree
OKAY, folks, let’s start by putting everything into perspective – for 1 012 days Real Madrid ruled European football, that’s about roughly 144 weeks of ruthless dominance, approximately 35 months at the very top, winning four of the last five Champions League finals.
The other side of Dr Guramatunhu
He is known as one of the best eye specialists in the world but his other side is an interesting and amazing understanding of the world of stone sculpture.
AFCON: Failure is not an option
WARRIORS coach Sunday Chidzambwa set the ball rolling for our winner-take-all challenge against Congo-Brazzaville in two weeks’ time when he announced the provisional squad of the men who will represent us in that epic battle.
DESPERATE CONGO TURN TO THEIR CROCKED BALOTELLI
THE man dubbed the Balotelli of Congo, Thievy Boufama, the golden boy of these Red Devils, has been named in his country’s make-or-break 2019 AFCON showdown against Zimbabwe on March 24.
Chidawu named Harare Minister
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed former Harare mayor, Senator Oliver Chidawu (pictured below) to the post of Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Harare Metropolitan Province, as Government’s plans on devolving power to provincial councils in line with the Constitution gathers momentum.
ED acts on Motlanthe, poll reports
Government has set up a special inter-ministerial taskforce to address issues arising from the findings of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry. The Commission was set by President Mnangagwa to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disturbances of August 1 2018 that resulted in the death of six people in Harare.
Women in music tell the woman’s story
African women have an untold story hidden deep in the pits of their hearts and who better to tell them than the custodians themselves.
Fuel situation to improve: Mangudya
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has given the nation assurance that the fuel situation should start improving before the end of this month. He said an improvement in the fuel situation was anticipated on the back of widespread interventions the central bank and Government have put in place to increase imports.
‘Role of education is to create industry’
Are State universities offering “useful” and/or “useless degree” programmes? This has been the topic trending after our sister paper The Sunday Mail on March 3 published a story, “Government to scrap useless degrees”. Zimpapers Group Foreign Editor Tendai Manzvanzvike (TM) caught up with Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Development Professor Amon Murwira (AM) to get an understanding of such a major policy shift.
Chikore case: Elusive witness worries investigator
The trial of former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore, who is accused of kidnapping his employee — Bertha Zakeyo — at Zimbabwe Airways offices, continued yesterday with the investigating officer, Mr Ben Justin, complaining that he was facing challenges in serving a witness with papers to come and testify.