adminBLUE BRIGADE …DeMbare youth shine again
DYNAMOS coach Lloyd Mutasa reckons new blood is the future of football after his youngsters sprung another surprise yesterday by beating traditional rivals Highlanders in the final of the Commander ZNA Charities soccer tournament at the National Sports Stadium.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: CBD congestion also an infrastructure problem
Now that Harare City Council is going back to the drawing board on how to upgrade rather than ban public transport, it must also start thinking seriously about sorting out congestion, especially at peak hours and in the central business district.
ZSE upgrades fixed income market system
A new upgraded Debt Module system, which caters for various security types both Government and corporate, is set to go live today on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
‘Kushata Kwemoyo’ première a success
It was all glitz and glamour at the much awaited feature film “Kushata Kwemoyo” première last Friday at the Ster Kinekor Eastgate movie theatres.
‘No need to merge NetOne, Telecel’
THERE is no need to merge NetOne and Telecel Zimbabwe as they have turned the corner, and are now performing well.
Jordan hails ZIFA, SAFA relations
SOUTH African Football Association president Danny Jordaan has revealed that relations between his organisation and ZIFA are at an all-time high and poised to even grow more as the two bodies seek to also use their cordial relations to develop the game in Southern Africa.
Lifeline for Zim artistes
Zimbabwe has become a case study of artistes who die poor with most of them becoming beggars at the end of their careers.
A philosophical inquiry into life and death
Today, I found myself torn between two novels – “Death at Intervals” (Jose Saramago, 2005) and “Famous All Over Town” (Danny Santiago, 1983). Both happen to be top favourites of mine. I then decided that I might just as well continue with the Portuguese connection of my Latin American sojourn and pay Danny Santiago a visit next week. For those who might not be in the know, last week’s reading came from the book of Mario Vargas Llosa.
Nelson Chamisa and political expediency
Mike Staresinic is a little known author who largely writes on leadership, and he took time to write an opinion piece in anticipation of a gigantic Nelson Chamisa rise, even concluding that the 40-year-old Zimbabwean politician could turn out to be Southern Africa’s “other Nelson” — daring a comparison between the opposition politician and the iconic anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela. Knowing our own Nelson, he must be feeling really good.
When corruption becomes a way of life
A vice that has besotted humanity since time immemorial, corruption is a cancer that has the capacity to eat into the core of national ethos if allowed to persist.