Millions embark on annual Arbaeen Pilgrimage

Sunday Mail Reporter MILLIONS of people from around the world recently took a trip to the holy city of Karbala in Iran to mark the annual Arbaeen Pilgrimage. The event…

Platinum outshine Gems

Don Makanyanga in NGEZI Ngezi Platinum Stars ….. (0) 1 Manica Diamonds ………….. 0 NGEZI Platinum Stars needed a late penalty conversion by Kudzai Chigwida against fighting Manica Diamonds to…

Girl burnt to death while playing house

A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl from Rimbi village in Chipinge died of severe burns after her dress caught fire while playing house, known as mahumbwe in Shona. Tawananyasha Mwaziyangeyi-Hanyanisi sustained burns all…

France in dream start to WC @ home

FRANCE made the perfect start to their quest for a first Rugby World Cup title as they beat three-time champions New Zealand to delight the Stade de France in Paris.…

Djokovic tunes out the noise

NOVAK DJOKOVIC could claim a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at today’s US Open final but put that landmark out of his mind as he prepared to face old foe…

From Mbare to playing football, making pizza in China

Tadious Manyepo MBARE kids are often caught in the web of social ills before they are even teenagers. They are not to blame. Some of their parents eke out a…

Streak: The myth, the legend

Tinashe Kusema Deputy Sports Editor HEATH STREAK died last weekend after losing a short, but painful battle with liver and colon cancer. He was 49. The news, of course, was…

Upcoming drought, a call for forward planning by livestock farmers

THE seasonal forecast for the upcoming agricultural season is out and I hope most of our farmers have seen at least a brief outline of it.  A forecast for a…

Active and passive voice (Part 2)

STUDY this example: This house was built in 1995. This is a passive sentence. Compare it with this one: Somebody built this house in 1995. (active). This house was built…

We are sensing blood — Chawonza

Sports Reporter FOLLOWING the mid-season storm that rocked their boat and claimed the scalps of coach Herbert Maruwa, his assistant Murape Murape and team manager Richard Chihoro, calm has returned…

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