What next now exile over?
New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz By Paul Lewis, Herald on Sunday’s Sport Editor Sunday March 6, 2011 Zimbabwe’s re-emergence as a cricket nation throws up an interesting conundrum – cricket is either leading the way for change there or it’s just a PR stunt by a murderous regime dedicated to maintaining its own presence. The question
Manheru: Anti-Sanctions Campaign: “The day the lion knew how to draw”
Herald 5 March 2011 By “Nathaniel Manheru” Cricket or millipede? Welshman, Oh Welshman! Much like the proverbial cricket, he continues to kick off his hind legs, forgetting he is not a millipede endowed with a million legs. He forgets he still has to cross the vlei, to reach the next village. Obviously, he is an
D-Day with the Black Caps
www.zimcricket.org Thursday, 3 March 2011 Zimbabwe are in the fortunate position of having two bites of the cherry on Friday when they face the Black Caps of New Zealand in their second match of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Although the squad are treating the contest as a ‘must-win’ encounter, they could still qualify for
Zimbabwe’s Braying Cavalry in Campaign for Literacy
http://ipsnews.net/ By Ignatius Banda 31 March 2011 Across Zimbabwe, economic and political crisis has forced students to do without books, classroom furniture, teachers – the basics of a conducive learning environment. These learners cannot go to libraries, so the libraries have gone to them. In recent years, Zimbabwe’s rural schools have become notorious for their
The morning after
Supersport.com Blog 2 March 2011 By Neil Manthorp One of the many pleasures of experiencing a World Cup as a member of ‘staff’ rather than as a journalist is seeing and feeling the joy of victory from close quarters. Zimbabwe’s 175-run hammering of Canada on Monday was a fine result and was duly and properly
Ncube, Judge in cahoots – Mutambara
Zimbabwean Written by Chief Reporter Wednesday, 2 March 2011 HARARE – Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara (pictured) has accused MDC-N President, Welshman Ncube, of conniving with High court Judge Justice Nicholas Ndou to prevent him from “masquerading as the party’s presidentâ€. Mutambara lodged opposing papers in the Bulawayo High Court challenging the interdict. He said
Gwisai, 44 others detained further
New Zimbabwe.com 1 March 2011 A GROUP of 45 human rights campaigners facing treason charges must stay in jail until their hearing next week to give prosecutors time to prepare the case against them, a magistrate ruled on Tuesday. Prosecutors said they were not ready to present their case against the group arrested on February
‘Reducing teams not good for cricket’
Express News Service India http://expressbuzz.com N Jagannath Das 1 March 2011 NAGPUR: Zimbabwe sports minister Senator David Coltart has criticized the International Cricket Council’s decision to reduce the teams from 14 to 10 and thereby disallowing the associate nations from playing in the 50-over World Cup in 2015. Zimbabwe’s participation is still doubtful as ICC
We need a bit more self belief: Senator David Coltart
http://www.zimcricket.org Monday, 28 February 2011 Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, the honourable Senator David Coltart, joined the national cricket team on Sunday where the team is preparing for its second group A match against Canada in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Zimbabwe lost to defending champions Australia by 91 runs in
MDC ministers under spotlight
Financial Gazette Monday, 28 February 2011 By Clemence Manyukwe, Political Editor THE swearing in of ministers from both formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) two years ago was greeted with much expectation as Zimbabweans basked in the hope that new brooms sweep clean, a year after President Robert Mugabe had described his cabinet