EDITOR — The country’s youths are in dire need of assistance notwithstanding their geographic location, party preferences and ideology. I was very disturbed to learn that only one percent of the Youth Development Fund has been disbursed to youths in Matabeleland North. This contrasts sharply to the 47 percent allocated those in Harare. I find…
HARARE – Newly crowned Castle Premiership champions Dynamos had a difficult start to the year 2013 football season. Calisto Pasuwa’s men had just one win after the opening seven league games as they wobbled in their title defence. TURNING POINT: Dynamos earned a valuable point when they held Chicken Inn to a 2-2 draw in…
HARARE – A new Cricket Centre of Excellence opened at Peterhouse School at the weekend amidst the support of a large number of governors, old boys, parents, pupils and Zimbabwe’s national Cricket coach Bunda Waller. The new centre, currently unequalled in Zimbabwe, includes 12 international standard grass nets, 4 astro turf nets and an analysis…
HARARE – Controversial trader Dinesh Pandey faces a three months jail term over an unpaid $140 000 debt to Cosmic Resources (Private) Limited (Cosmic) – unless he repays the money, the High Court has said. This comes as the Indian businessman has been fighting tooth-and-nail to avoid serious legal sanctions over the debt, which arises…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket all-rounder Sean Williams and former national side batsman Sean Ervine were allegedly duped off their matches fees by their coach in the Bangladesh Premier Division. The two Zimbabweans, who turned out for Brothers Union in the Bangladesh domestic league, had their passports confiscated after their team failed to settle hotel accommodation…
HARARE – Vigne Cup log leaders Country Club lost to Takashinga One by 103 runs on the Duckworth Lewis on Sunday but still maintained their pole position on the table. Country club are joint on top with Takashinga 1 with both teams having amassed 21 points from six matches. Only the net run rate separates …
LONDON – Chelsea reached the Champions League knockout stage on Tuesday despite a 1-0 defeat by Basle in Group E after a late Mohamed Salah goal shocked the 2012 title winners with Jose Mourinho saying they deserved to lose. Barcelona, without Lionel Messi but already into the last 16, went two goals down in Amsterdam…
BEIJING – China is launching its first lunar probe in early December, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, just over a decade after the country first sent an astronaut into space. The Chang’e-3 probe — which will blast off from a Long March 3B rocket in Sichuan province located in southwest China — is expected…
CAIRO – A referendum on Egypt’s amended constitution is likely to take place in January, the interim PM has said. Hazem Beblawi said the referendum would take place in the “second half of January” – later than expected. It is a key first step in the political transition after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted…
HARARE – US President Barack Obama has defended a deal between Iran and world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programme. He acknowledged that obstacles remained but said “tough talk and bluster” did not guarantee US security. The six-month interim deal struck in Geneva on Sunday saw Iran agree to curb some of its nuclear activities in…
