PRETORIA – University of the Free State vice-chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen this morning dismissed a report quoting him as saying he wished former South African President Nelson Mandela would die. “I truly wish Madiba would live forever. I also wish some journalists would have more ethics before completely distorting a message,” he tweeted this morning….
MASVINGO – Fears of a fresh cholera outbreak have gripped Masvingo, where some residents have gone up to four days without running water. Masvingo City’s high density suburbs of Mucheke, Rujeko, Majange and Runyararo West are most affected. Desperate residents are now relying on unprotected sources for drinking water while many are relieving themselves in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) yesterday moved in to avert a potential crisis by offering five-month contracts to 11 players ahead of this month’s Bangladesh home series to end a four-day impasse. The non-contracted players downed their tools last Friday and were threatening to boycott the Bangladesh series leaving Zimbabwe interim coach Steve Mangongo with…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe heads towards harmonised elections, we call on all youths who have in the past been used as merchants of violence by politicians to desist from such heinous acts. Youths must understand that engaging in violence will come back and haunt them for the rest of their lives. While thousands of youths…
HARARE – Botswana says it will soon disburse the P500m loan it promised Zimbabwe in 2009. Dorcas Makgato-Malesu, Botswana’s Trade and Industry minister, last Friday told businessdaily that responsible authorities have finally ironed out security issues and other outstanding matters. “The two (countries’) Finance ministers have had some minor things to sort out,” she said….
HARARE – The administration and context under which an election takes place are two broad criteria used in determining the credibility or otherwise of an electoral process. There is therefore an electoral chain that should not be broken at any point if the election is to be deemed the free, fair and credible. The…
HARARE – As Dynamos searched for answers on Sunday after another painful exit from the African Champions League in the qualifying stages coach Calisto Pasuwa has called for a change in approach by the Glamour Boys. DeMbare bowed out of the competition at the hands of an ordinary Tunisian side Club Athletic Bizertin following a…
HARARE – Thomas Hobbes’ work, The Leviathan, is one of the greatest works of political philosophy. Hobbes essentially articulated a theory of “political absolutism”. Without a powerful sovereign (Leviathan) to hold man in awe, he argued, we would live in a constant state of war as we each struggle to protect our persons. Society, therefore,…
HARARE – Murewa North villagers are wallowing in poverty as their crops have been affected by incessant rains, while the local leadership has abandoned the constituency resulting in general lack of development. Villagers survive on subsistence farming but they are failing to make a living because of climate change and are at a loss to…
HARARE – An inter-franchise Under-18 cricket match pitting host Mashonaland Eagles and Southern Rocks was delayed by three hours owing to the absence of scoring a sheet here yesterday. The Golden Eagles which is Mashonaland Eagles’ one of the two participating teams in this junior age group tournament were scheduled to play a declaration match…
