adminMorsi’s sentence confirmed
CAIRO. — An Egyptian court confirmed on Saturday a 20-year prison sentence against deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, official MENA news agency reported. Egypt’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, rejected…
‘Gender violence adversely affects war on HIV’
Roselyne Sachiti in CHICAGO, US New findings presented at the HIV Research for Prevention 2016 conference currently underway in Chicago, United States have revealed how social harms such as gender-based…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Norton poll: Zanu-PF must heed message
THOSE of old said to be forewarned is to be forearmed, and we hope Zanu-PF is alive to the message delivered by the constituency of Norton where it lost to…
Chigumadzi’s noiseworthy debut
Stanely Mushava Literature Today Book: Sweet Medicine Author: Panashe Chigumadzi Publisher: BlackBird Books (2015) ISBN: 978-1-928337-12-7 During the launch of her book in South Africa last year, Panashe Chigumadzi stressed…
Hopelessness, the yearn for homely home
Elliot Ziwira @The Book Store “Where then are the roots, where the solution To life’s equation The roots are nowhere There are no roots here Probe if you may From…
Liberating Africa from the tyranny of econometrics
Alex de Waal Correspondent There is a longstanding joke about Sudanese statistics: 87,7 percent of official figures are made up on the spot. Morten Jerven’s fabulous short book is a…
KHAMA’S FINEST HOUR . . . as Sundowns win CAF Champions League
KHAMA BILLIAT’s quest for greatness went a gear up last night when he helped Mamelodi Sundowns win their first CAF Champions League title in a landmark triumph for the South…
DeMbare fret over BancABC deal
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter HARARE giants Dynamos are anxious about the future of their relationship with BancABC who have indicated they might not come back to bankroll the club when…
Chunga looks beyond Chibuku
Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter HOLDERS Harare City will for the first time since the return of the Chibuku Super Cup, be the missing link when the final is staged on…
Goredema wins Mr Zim title
Eddie Chikamhia and Takudzwa Chitsiga PAUL Goredema surprised everyone, including himself, when he shrugged off strong competition from his rivals to win his first Mr Zimbabwe bodybuilding title at the…