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Sharuko on Saturday IT’S something that has been troubling me these past two weeks — why did I survive and why did Rahman Gumbo have to die? Why did God give me another chance, and why did George Chigova have to die? Rahman was older than me, by a good seven years. But, at 59 […]
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Sharuko On Saturday I AM from Mashonaland West! We call it Mash Best, when we are at our bragging best, the home of the biggest artificial lake in the world. It is home — the province where I was born, where I grew up and where I did all my primary and secondary schooling. That’s […]
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Sharuko On Saturday IF we run a football quiz, asking fans what do they remember about 1963, when it comes to the beautiful game in this country, it’s likely we will provide us with the same answer. They will probably tell us, without any hesitation, that it was the year Dynamos were born. Others will […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda This year’s forecast is pointing to reduced rainfall for most African countries, which is likely to result in droughts across the continent as the adverse effects of El Nino continue unabated. Several African states are already on high alert, putting into place a raft of measures to save millions of peoplefrom […]
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Sharuko On Saturday HAD FIFA flighted an advert for the man, or woman, whom they wanted to replace Felton Kamambo as ZIFA president, the requirements would have been simple. One of the simple requirements would have been for someone who can pronounce US$32 500 000 without subjecting his tongue into one of its toughest assignments. […]
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Sharuko on Saturday TWO weeks ago, a Euro 2024 qualifier grabbed headlines around the world largely because of the nature of the final scoreline — Portugal 9, Luxembourg 0. It was the Portuguese record winning margin since they started playing games on the international scene with a 1-3 defeat to Spain in Madrid on December […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda World leaders are meeting in New York this week to take part in the much-anticipated annual United Nations General Assembly. The high-level convention being attended by most global leaders began on Tuesday following two weeks of meetings, is the most widely watched event in the United Nations’ annual calendar. It provides […]
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Sharuko On Saturday FOR years, they have been feeding us the fantasy that football is the most beautiful game in the world. And, to ensure that we swallow this narrative, they attribute this phrase to Pele — the game’s first global superstar. The man who, at the tender age of 17, won the World Cup. […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda Exactly two weeks ago, Zimbabwe held its harmonised elections in a process that ushered in new political players who will represent their constituencies in Parliament and councils for the next five years. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) aggregated results of participants which paints a grim picture on female participation and the […]
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Sharuko on Saturday FOR the first time, in more than 30 years in these trenches, I was called a DOG. A barking dog, for that matter. I grew up with dogs, my old man was fascinated with these pets and, at one time, we had six. My favourite was the one we called Sakonzeka, the […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda The world has been under siege from devastating effects of climate change that has upended lives of millions of people across the globe in recent months. News on the effects of climate change continue to take centre stage unabated on most media platforms with extreme weather patterns being recorded across the […]
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Sharuko on Saturday I HAVE always told myself that one of the things I would really love to do, before I call it quits, is to write a book about Moses Chunga. He has the perfect ingredients for a bestseller – the combination of genius and controversy, the mixture of star quality and considerable quantity. […]
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Sharuko on Saturday THEY are both icons of the south and share a history built on a foundation of royalty. From the Ndebele Kingdom, King Lobengula and his grandsons, to the Kingdom of Naples, King Ferdinand IV and his royal family. Highlanders and Napoli! Along the way, they have both transformed themselves beyond being mere […]
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Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda As the country approaches Heroes Day on August 14, it is important to pay attention to the heroics of women during the liberation struggle. These women fought and contributed in different ways to the liberation war, side by side with men as they moved forward in common purpose. The heroines, those […]
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Sharuko On Saturday WE called ourselves the ‘Fab Five,’ — Basildon Peta, Amos Nyoni, Douglas Rinomhota, Abel Basuthu and yours truly. It was 1990. And, in our small world, we were the Beatles of our journalism school class because we had secured a badge of honour everyone craved for. Zimbabwe Newspapers, publishers of this grand […]