Ireland test Zimbabwe’s readiness for Tests
Daily News By Enock Muchinjo 20 September 2010 HARARE – When a Zimbabwe Cricket second-string XI begins a four-day Intercontinental Cup match against the full Ireland team Monday, the country’s preparation for Test cricket will get into full swing. ZC selectors refused the temptation to select a full strength Zimbabwe team for this tie, to
Labour Relations Act under surgery
Newsday By Munyaradzi Mugowo 20 September 2010 Government has agreed to amend the country’s Labour Relations Act to make it equally friendly to employees and employers following a year of intense lobbying by the private sector, which wants an end to the system of wage arbitration and what it considers an onerous labour appeal and
Sport helps rebuild spirit
Sunday Star Times (New Zealand) By Richard Boock 19 September 2010 Sometimes it takes a crisis to bring out the best in people. Certainly, that applies to sport. So often maligned in the uber-professional era, it seems its true worth is only really glimpsed when everything else starts falling apart. Disasters have a way of doing
Why diversity is good for our country
The Zimbabwean By Tafadzwa G. Gidi 19 September 2010 Our people need to understand that diversity is great for Zimbabwe. I am not just talking about accepting Whites or Asians or Chinese who in many cases have roots in our nation going back for generations. For these people, Zimbabwean is all they have ever known.
Stop political violence against teachers – Coltart
Daily News www.dailynews.co.zw By Maxwell Sibanda 18 September 2010 HARARE – Education, Arts, Sports and Culture minister Senator David Coltart has urged political parties and rural communities to stop violence against teachers during campaigns like the current constitutional making programme. “All those responsible for violence and killing in rural communities are actually killing the teaching profession and destroying the education
Farm orphans fail to get BEAM funds
Zimbabwean By Wallace Mawire 18 September 2010 HARARE – Former beneficiaries of the Farm Orphan Support Trust FOST) education assistance programme have been left out in the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) and may be forced to drop out of school in the long run, according to FOST executive director Moira Ngaru. BEAM is a
Ireland defy UK, travel to Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe 17 September 2010 IRELAND’S cricket team was flying out to Zimbabwe on Friday – defying UK government advice that the trip would send an “inappropriate message given the controversy surrounding President Robert Mugabe’s regime.†The Irish named a 14-strong squad which includes captain William Porterfield, Andrew White, Gary Wilson and Paul Stirling —
Matabeleland Tuskers to honour outstanding players
Chronicle 17 September 2010 PLAYERS who excelled for Matabeleland Tuskers during the last domestic cricket season will be honoured during the Tuskers awards ceremony to be staged at Queens Sports Club this evening. Vumindaba Moyo, the Tuskers area manager who is also the chairman of the organising committee, said all was set for the ceremony
The A-Z of GPA 2 years on
New Zimbabwe.com By Alex T. Magaisa 17 September 2010 The “A to Z†of Zimbabwe’s Global Political Agreement – Two Years On … Alex T. Magaisa ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2008, the three main political actors in Zimbabwe, namely the Zanu PF, MDC-T and MDC-M signed the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which formed the foundation of
Zimbabwe: the party’s over
Mail and Guardian By Jason Moyo 17 September 2010 Two years ago Harare Central Hospital was virtually shut down. Its large wards stood empty, wind sweeping through broken windows and paint peeling off the walls. Doctors and nurses, living on worthless pay and distraught at having to watch patients die from a lack of basic