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DHAKA -Angry fans wielded broomsticks at the Bangladesh cricket team on their return to Dhaka yesterday from the disappointing
Batsmen must get it together
Lawrence Moyo
ZIMBABWE batsmen stood out in the individual batting statistics for the just-ended tour by Bangladesh. However, the tour
Solobala (11) set for San Siro
Takudzwa Chitsiga Herald Reporter
A DREAM chance to play at the San Siro, the home of AC Milan, has come true for young Simon Solobala after he impressed
DeMbare wary of Gunners
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
DYNAMOS’ assistant coach Tichaona Diya says Gunners’ mentor Moses Chunga is their Big Brother but he should not expect
Flying Warriors
Robson Sharuko Sports Editor
NORMAN MAPEZA has challenged his buoyant Warriors to keep battling until they move into the top 50 in world football,
No law compels women to revoke maiden names: Mudede
Daniel Nemukuyu Court Reporter
REGISTRAR-GENERAL Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has officially confirmed that no law compels married women under the country’s marriage laws to revoke their maiden names as a precondition to obtain birth certificates for their children.
However, Mr Mudede opposed a requirement compelling his office to publish the order countrywide.
The Registrar-General’s Office has reportedly been insisting that all married women under Chapter 5.11 of the Marriages Act were supposed to drop their maiden names and assume their husbands’ surnames before getting birth certificates for their children.
Responding to a second challenge against denial of a birth
Libyan ambassador defects to rebels
LIBYAN Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Taher Elmagrahi yesterday defected to the NATO-backed rebels. The rebels are under the National Transitional Council which claims to have taken control of Libya after Muammar Gaddafi reportedly fled.
The Government of Zimbabwe immediately said it did not recognise the NTC and if Mr Elmagrahi had indeed defected, then he had no business here.
Mr Elmagrahi wrote to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcing his decision yesterday.
He then ordered the pulling down of the Libyan flag at the Libyan embassy in Harare.
The all-green national flag was replaced with the green, black and red-coloured flag associated with the rebels.
Biti, Goche clash over Airzim
Herald Reporter
TRANSPORT, Communications and In-frastructure Development Minister Nicholas Goche is headed for a clash with his Finance counterpart Tendai Biti on Government’s role in bailing out the ailing Air Zimbabwe.
Minister Biti argues that Government will not rescue the national airline citing other pressing demands.
However, Minister Goche dismissed the claims as “personal views”.
Air Zimbabwe is wholly-owned by the Government. Its planes have been grou-nded for the past four weeks after pilots downed tools demanding outstanding salaries and allowances.
Minister Biti on Tuesday said Government did not have money
Mbeki slams West’s gunboat diplomacy against Gaddafi
FORMER president Thabo Mbeki has joined more than 140 other prominent Africans in condemning the gunboat diplomacy
Residents shocked at epicenter of rare US quake
MINERAL. – Residents of this small Virginia town were recovering yesterday from the shock of being at the epicenter of the rare