by STAFF WRITER AS MOZAMBIQUE grapples with crippling fuel shortages that have left motorists queueing for hours and paralysed commerce across the central provinces, one religious leader has issued an unusual divine forecast: within three weeks, the pumps will flow freely again.
Zimbabwe’s judiciary talks of transparency and technology to shore up public trust by BERNARD CHIKETOIN THE grand, often grim theatre of Zimbabwean public life, the judiciary has not always played a heroic role. Critics have long accused it of political timidity, crippling delays, and opaque operations. So, when Justice Anna Gowora of the Constitutional Court…
by STAFF WRITER FOR 22 YEARS, a particular kind of anguish was passed down like a family heirloom among Arsenal supporters. Fathers who had celebrated the “Invincibles” of 2004, watched their children grow into adults who knew only near-misses and annoying collapses.
by BERNARD CHIKETO SCOTTLAND FC, the reigning champions of Zimbabwe, will step into new territory in July when they face South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs in the Toyota Cup. The match, set for Rustenburg, offers the ambitious Harare-based club a rare chance to gauge itself against one of African football’s most recognisable names. The invitation-only tournament,…
by STAFF WRITER FROM the quartzite peaks of Mount Binga to the Rusitu river valley far below, this corner of eastern Zimbabwe has long been a laboratory in the hardest of sciences: survival.
STAFF WRITER LOWELL Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar, the pioneering drummer whose revolutionary beats formed the backbone of reggae and provided rhythm for musical titans from Bob Dylan to Grace Jones, died Monday morning at his home in Jamaica.
by BERNARD CHIKETO A SILENT ecological pressure is building in one of Zimbabwe’s major biodiversity hotspots. In tourist-favoured retreats of the Vumba and Chimanimani mountains, usually admired for their unique birds and rare wildlife, an unassuming domestic animal has become a significant conservation concern.
