JOHANNESBURG – Former president Nelson Mandela is no longer ill, African National Congress stalwart Tokyo Sexwale said yesterday. “Madiba says of his health, ‘I am not ill, I’m just old,” Sexwale told reporters at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, north of Johannesburg. No further details were given about his health. Sexwale was speaking at…
MUTOKO – After being employed in Mutoko as a matron of Mother of Peace orphanage home in 1994, Jean Cornneck received her “first baby”, an infant that had been dumped in a village latrine pit. Cornneck recalls that a young girl, gave birth in a toilet and dumped it into the pit, then disappeared into…
HARARE – The Toyota Raum is an “unassuming” little car. If we were to give it human characteristics, it would be an introvert. Much like my namesake, minister Francis Nhema — quiet but effective in his own way. The car doesn’t have the looks of its more “showy” cousins the Toyota Altezza or the Runx…
HARARE – An international organisation has extended a lifeline to villagers in Nyanga through its skills training project which seeks to alleviate poverty. In its endeavour to improve the livelihoods and provide decent work, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in conjunction with the ministry of Youth, equipped 11 villagers with skills on growing potatoes through…
HARARE – The Castle Premiership 2013 title race enters a decisive phase Sunday afternoon with all three leading contenders in action across the country. Defending champions Dynamos, who occupy top spot with 48 points, are away to Triangle at Gibbo Stadium in the Lowveld. Second-placed Harare City, who are also 48 points but trail Dynamos…
BULAWAYO – A solitary strike from veteran striker Sizalobuhle Dube earned hosts How Mine maximum points over visiting Hwange in a Castle Premiership encounter at Luveve Stadium on Saturday. Dube headed home a long throw in by How Mine left wing back Khumbulani Banda on 18 minutes to propel the gold miners to seventh place…
HARARE – Zimbabwean firms are facing stiffer competition from their South African counterparts as opposed to Chinese companies, the latest Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries’ (CZI) survey report has shown. The report noted that while most players in the manufacturing sector face competition from many countries, South Africa remains the largest competitor of Zimbabwean industries. “85…
HARARE – Monomotapa were left needing a miracle to survive relegation after they fell 3-1 at the hands of fellow relegation candidates Black Mambas at Morris Depot on Saturday. The cash-strapped 2008 Zimbabwe champions need to win their last three games of the season and also hope Black Rhinos and Black Mambas drop points, if…
HARARE – Zimabwe plans to craft a law to set up a sovereign wealth fund by next February — but it may not have any money at first as the government desperately needs to develop the country’s crumbling infrastructure, the finance minister said. Patrick Chinamasa also said on Wednesday that the government would consider a…
HARARE – “We are now resorting to a single meal a day. As you can see the skies are barren and we fear the worst,” says Emmanuel Mapfumo as he watches his malnourished grandchildren kicking a plastic ball. With more than a dozen mouths to feed, Mapfumo, who takes care of his three orphaned grandchildren…
