LONDON (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss, who oversaw back-to-back Ashes wins over Australia and took the team to the top of the test rankings, announced his retirement from professional […]
Archive | August, 2012
Many civilians massacred in Congo: UN officials
GENEVA (Reuters) – Rival armed groups may have killed hundreds of civilians in massacres and other “incomprehensibly vicious” attacks in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), senior […]
Mukanya homecoming: A deal born out of acrimony?
The announcement that Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo is headed for Zimbabwe was met with mixed feelings. Some fans were ecstatic while others doubted the information while some dismissed it as utter […]
Capitalisation: RBZ must reconsider
The recent move to set high minimum capital requirements has no business logic and makes banks failure the only option. What makes it suspicious is its coming soon after concerted […]
Copac clause limits right to education
The importance of education and the need for it to be guaranteed by a nation’s supreme law cannot be overstated. Many countries in Africa and elsewhere have enshrined the right […]
Going forward, Zifa needs to restrategise
At the tender age of eight, I had strong love for football and that was in 1994. I remember very well the major events at the 94’ World Cup in […]
Put national interests first
Zanu PF and the MDC-T formations should put national, as well as their rank and file members’ interests ahead of those of a few ambitious senior party cadres. (more…)
Protect wildlife sanctuary
The granting of 25-year-leases to Zanu PF politicians to be part-owners of Save Valley in the Lowveld spells disaster for the sanctuary that contains an estimated 100 000 animals.Over the […]
It’s not about Mugabe’s demeanour but his leadership
In response to my recent observations on President Robert Mugabe’s perceived culpability in some of the abuses committed against citizens by fellow Zimbabweans employed to protect him, Laiton Mkandawire raises […]
