HARARE – Determination, patience and endurance play a pivotal role in sport just the same way the same attributes work in everyday life. These three words best describe the life of Zimbabwe Road Cycling Association cyclist Bright Chipongo, who overcame injuries sustained from a deadly accident at the beginning of the year to win two…
LONDON – Fifa president Sepp Blatter has already declared this year’s Confederations Cup, hors d’oeuvre for the World Cup in 12 months-time, the best ever. Yet he and 200 million Brazilians, 47 million Spaniards and countless fans across the globe hope the best is yet to come as holders Brazil and world champions Spain prepare…
LONDON – Lewis Hamilton revived memories of his stunning Formula One debut season on Saturday with his first British Grand Prix pole position since 2007. The 2008 champion said his flying qualifying lap, almost half a second quicker than second placed Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, gave him an incredible feeling and had been “as close…
LONDON – Serena Williams cruised effortlessly into the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday as the first week’s shockwaves left just eight of the top 20 seeds still standing. Women’s defending champion Serena Williams was equally ruthless taking just over an hour to carve out a 6-2, 6-0 win over Japanese 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm. It was…
LONDON – Novak Djokovic cruised effortlessly into the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday as the first week’s shockwaves left just eight of the top 20 seeds still standing. World No 1 Djokovic, the 2011 champion, destroyed French 28th seed Jeremy Chardy, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in just 86 minutes. He fired 38 winners, eight aces and…
HARARE – Bible believing Christians in Zimbabwe, representing their different theological, liturgical and organisational church traditions and systems, share a common interest when it comes to the forthcoming general elections. They are concerned that persons who will be elected to occupy offices responsible with providing leadership and management at these highest policy formulation and decision-making…
HARARE – Trying to mop up the dregs of the slapstick comedy that has been seizing the homopoliticus for the past few weeks, Quisling enlisted the support of his snitch’s analytic skills to unravel the import of a clutch of figures he gleaned from the primary polls. Regardless that some of the figures looking suspiciously…
HARARE – Music legend Ambuya Stella Chiweshe really means it when she says the mbira is much more than a powerful traditional music instrument. Her long stay in Germany has not detached arguably Zimbabwe’s most celebrated female mbira player from the Shona culture she prides in. The recent discussion at the Book Café on the…
HARARE – What is this hullabaloo about Big Brother and morals? Hallo; open your eyes and take a reality check. I have noted with raised eyebrows how people judge Big Brother Africa contestants on how immoral and unAfrican they are. First of all BBA was never about morals, that is why it is rated 18+,…
HARARE – In the last two decades, Zimbabwe has witnessed a lot of interest from bilateral and multilateral partners in bringing artistes to Zimbabwe as well as sending artists to other countries especially Europe. This is a positive development that enables Zimbabwe to benchmark its arts with that of other countries. There is no law…
