Siyachitema living in bliss

IT has often been said that every time a legend calls time on his or her career, a puppy dies, and a lot of them must have gone to meet their maker when Gems skipper Perpetua Siyachitema hung up her bib upon the conclusion of Vitality Netball World Cup in July last year.

Constitutional amendments: Stop partisan, retrogressive arguments

GAZETTING of the Constitutional Amendment (No. 2) Bill late last year has triggered a series of procedural events that will culminate in the second recalibration of the country’s supreme law since it came into effect in 2013.

The Bill seeks to introduce 27 amendments to the Constitution and could fundamentally alter the country’s constitutional jurisprudence.

Of COVID-19 & crowdless sport

“The future belongs to crowds,” Don DeLillo wrote in Mao II, a quote that makes DeLillo sound po-faced and serious, when he also wrote things like “Bloomberg weighed three hundred pounds … I revered his weight. It was an affirmation of humanity’s reckless potential”, and “you people are a bunch of feeble-minded shitfarmers”.

Heed travel ban: CBTA

The Cross-Border Traders’ Association (CBTA) has discouraged its members from travelling outside the country for the next 60 days to avoid the spread of the coronavirus which has so far claimed over 11 000 lives across the world since its outbreak in December last year.

Mudzinganyama relives horrific ordeal

AT the tender age of 24, Brian Mudzinganyama is still a novice cricketer.

With the young man only having played one Test match against Sri Lanka, during which he scored a paltry 16 runs, the left-handed batsman has already had quite an eventful start to his international career.

Infrastructure key to growth, shared prosperity

INFRASTRUCTURE plays a pivotal role in the development of our country and the aspirations of creating an upper middle class economy by 2030, as enshrined in the Second Republic’s vision, cannot be realised unless huge investments are channelled towards supporting structures.

Herentals a relieved lot

AFTER an anxious five-month wait during which their Premiership fate hung by a thread, Harare side Herentals are heaving a huge sigh of relief after successfully appealing against the Premier Soccer League (PSL)’s decision to fine and dock three points from the team for match-fixing.

Building, filling women’s leadership pipeline

IT is a fact! We do not have as many women as we need in the leadership pipeline. The reasons for this are many and varied.

When I was doing a research on women leadership for my Masters in Business Leadership in 2012, I encountered several women who, though they had made it to supervisory positions in their careers due to some demonstrated leadership acumen, were reluctant to proceed in leadership positions of higher authority and more responsibility.

NBA joins in the fight against Coronavirus

While the coronavirus pandemic has suspended the 2019-20 NBA season, it has not lessened the league’s global impact and reach.

Why we can learn from Singapore’s coronavirus response

SINGAPORE’S response to the coronavirus has been held up by many around the world as a model.

As of tlast week, the country had 266 total cases (with zero deaths), and its infection rate is much slower than the rest of the world.

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