Monthly Archives: July 2015
‘Presidential scholarship a drain on fiscus’
The Standard By Phyllis Mbanje 5 July 2015 Is the Presidential Scholarship still relevant? That is the million dollar question as the Zimbabwe government fails to pay fees at South African universities on time, resulting in some beneficiaries turning into destitutes. The scheme, whose patron is President Robert Mugabe, has had its fair share of […]
It maybe “free”, but someone has to pay for it
Zimeye By Professor Welshman Ncube 3 July 2015 In the early 1980s, I was a young man in my twenties listening and reading with keen interest as nationalist politicians promised us unlimited access to free education, health and such other things. The newly ‘crowned’ ZANU Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe, dazzled bemused Zimbabweans with Marxist-Maoist rhetoric […]
Top lawyer Joseph James mourned
Southern Eye By Fortune Mbele 2 July 2015 Prominent Bulawayo lawyer Joseph James’ death has shaken the sporting and legal community who described him as principled and professional. James (59), a former Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson, succumbed to cancer on Sunday. SRC director-general Charles Nhemachena led the tributes saying the sporting fraternity had […]
Obituary: Joseph James’ larger than life character
Newsday By David Coltart 1 July 2015 I have been privileged to know Joseph James, or as we would affectionately call him, Jumbo, for over 30 years and am deeply saddened by his passing away on Sunday. When I first came across him as an opponent in court he had a considerable advantage over me, […]