SRC await International Cricket Council report

Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter  WHEN two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers! This saying perfectly sums up the situation at Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) where the grass is literally…

City fathers or city dealers at council chambers?

Limukani Ncube THERE is a wide and telling difference, just like the North and South Poles, in stature and charisma, between city councillors of old and the current generation of…

Stubborn Pasts and the Struggle to archive the Past

Richard Mahomva The on-going series on the topical Gukurahundi issue by the Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration — Obert Mpofu in this paper evokes a whole new set of questions on…

Public office bearers should lead by example

Vision 2030 will remain a dream, a slogan full of sound and fury but signifying nothing, if our public office bearers — who constitute the majority of the workforce in the country — do not hold the highest ethical values and standards exemplified by discipline, integrity, competency, responsibility, accountability, fairness and transparency.

Residents call for dissolution of council

Vusumuzi Dube, Municipal Reporter BULAWAYO residents have called upon Government to dissolve the Bulawayo City Council and appoint a commission to run the local authority saying they have lost faith…

‘Women are the future of Zim sport’

DESPITE the bulk of the country’s sporting disciplines being male-dominated, Zimbabwe’s sport excellence is a tale of ‘her-story’, with the women achieving greater results for the country.

For all the sporting enthusiasm in this country, somehow it is the women who have eclipsed their male counterparts in performing on the grand stages. It all started in 1980, the year fondly remembered for Zimbabwe’s independence, which brought with it the country’s first Olympic medal. The winners of that gold medal in Moscow became known as ‘The Golden Girls’ after triumphing in the women’s field hockey in Russia.

African lion, a major tourism drawcard

THE death of Cecil, a well-known male lion that lived in the Hwange National Park, attracted global attention.

Cecil died on July 1, 2015.

“I think it’s arguably the biggest global response to a wildlife story there’s ever been,” said the director of the Oxford University based Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Mr David Macdonald.

Facelift for iconic Boma

AFRICA Albida Tourism (AAT) has completed refurbishment work at The Boma in Victoria Falls.

The development has seen the restaurant getting a fresh look and feel.

Its new décor now captures the style of the traditional Zimbabwean cooking hut.

Boxing’s ‘First lady’ from Chivhu

STRAIGHT out of the Mashonaland East town of Chivhu, hails the woman behind Charles Manyuchi’s revival bid and she is seeing no boundaries in her push to see boxing scale new heights. She sees herself as “a man in this business.”

Registration for Zim Squash Open underway

Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter  REGISTRATION for this year’s Safeguard Zimbabwe Open Squash Championships to be held at Suburbs Squash Club early next month is underway, with the process to close…

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