HARARE – This week we celebrate a little more than a year after the Guthrie Munyuki Interview launch and today brings you some of the “sound bites from the gem-packed interviews which have made this column popular with many readers. Below are some of the excerpts. Temba Mliswa I have been inspired by the bible….
LUPANE – Villagers here said they were facing mass starvation unless they received urgent food aid from the government. Food shortages have been a constant feature in Zimbabwe over the past decade with reports from international aid agencies suggesting that most households have already exhausted their food supplies. Villagers complained bitterly that government was not…
HARARE – A Harare woman on Friday told the Civil court that her ex-husband wants their children checked into an orphanage because he could not fend for them. Plaxedes Masimba told magistrate Rebecca Kavhiya that her ex-husband, Jaravaza Chikwanda had recently tabled the bizarre proposal. This emerged after Chikwanda dragged Masimba before the Harare Civil…
HARARE – Wananchi, would have been amused by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s rumblings this week following his attendance of that great Nelson Mandela memorial in Soweto last Tuesday. To many, the announcement that he was now retiring in 2014 may have appeared to be of Damascene proportions, the ultimate realisation that he was a man of…
HARARE – Yesterday South Africa and the world bade farewell to an icon, Nelson Mandela — who was buried in his ancestral Qunu village at the family shrine. His burial closed a chapter on the life of a giant who preached peace and reconciliation despite the tortuous journey he travelled in his checkered political being….
QUNU – The coffin, draped in the South African flag, was placed beneath a lectern where speakers paid their tributes. Some guests sang and danced to celebrate Mr Mandela’s life as the service began. “A great tree has fallen, he is now going home to rest with his forefathers. We thank them for lending us…
SANTIAGO – Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet has been elected Chilean president for a second time, defeating her run-off rival by a wide margin. With nearly 90% of the vote counted, Ms Bachelet had 62% to 38% for Evelyn Matthei, a former minister from the ruling centre-right coalition. Ms Bachelet first served as president in 2006-10,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national football team coach Ian Gorowa is set to announce his 2014 African Nations Championship (Chan) provisional squad today. The tournament features home-based players and is set to kick-off in South Africa on January 11, 2014 and will run until February 1. Zimbabwe, who will be making their third consecutive appearance at…
MUTARE – Army side Buffaloes survived relegation by the skin of the teeth after finishing the 2013 Castle Premiership season just one point above the drop zone. The main reason behind Watungwa Watungwa’s survival was the goal-scoring form of striker Steven Sibanda, who ended the season on 13 goals. Although, Buffaloes were skirting with relegation,…
HARARE – Highlanders goalkeepers’ coach Tembo Chuma has every reason to be proud of his work in the three years he has been with the 2013 Mbada Diamonds Cup winners. The unassuming former Masvingo United keeper has in the past two years scaled great heights with two of the keepers under his mentorship being selected…
