Can online betting revenue help fund grassroots sport in Zimbabwe?

Can online betting revenue help fund grassroots sport in Zimbabwe?

In Zimbabwe, athletics, football and cricket are so much a part of their culture. But fanaticism hasn’t translated to solid investment. Numerous schools have poor grounds, local clubs are unable to afford equipment and athletes are dependent on their families to cover the cost of competition.

The illusion of success: why Zimbabwe must reevaluate its obsession with flashy wealth

The illusion of success: why Zimbabwe must reevaluate its obsession with flashy wealth

In Zimbabwe, criminality risks being touted as achievement.

GMB Pegs Maize, Traditional Grains Prices At US$364.75 Per Tonne

GMB Pegs Maize, Traditional Grains Prices At US$364.75 Per Tonne

The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) says it remains the best-priced buyer on the market and is paying farmers on time, as it announced its producer prices for the current marketing season.

Constitutional Circumvention and the Limits of Amendment Power: Reflections on Zimbabwe’s Constitution Amendment No. 3 Bill

Constitutional Circumvention and the Limits of Amendment Power: Reflections on Zimbabwe’s Constitution Amendment No. 3 Bill

—Nqobani Nyathi, Zimbabwean lawyer, LLB from the University of Zimbabwe and an LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) and LLD from the University of Pretoria

Zimbabwe’s descent into dictatorship and the peril of African leaders’ apath

Zimbabwe’s descent into dictatorship and the peril of African leaders’ apath

The Southern African Development Community’s governments, with South Africa being the most powerful, have been watching Zimbabwe’s slide into a constitutionally entrenched dictatorship in silence. This has consequences, not just for the country whose democracy is being killed, but for its neighbours as well.

22.1.2009 7:22

Namibia: Exporting Inside Africa as Expensive as Exporting to Asia

Namibia: Exporting Inside Africa as Expensive as Exporting to Asia

WINDHOEK, Jan 21 (IPS) - Despite the new free trade agreement linking southern African states, it still costs as much to move goods between African states...

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22.1.2009 7:16

KENYA: “Belt tightening” as hunger spreads

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22.1.2009 6:06

US$10 for Zimbabwe's teachers

HARARE - Zimbabwe's cash-strapped government this week paid teachers less than US$10 for this month, as...
21.1.2009 13:54

Leaked docs show SADC bias

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21.1.2009 12:29

Daily cholera update and alerts, 19 Jan 2009

Source: Government of Zimbabwe; World Health Organization (WHO)

Date: 19 Jan 2009


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21.1.2009 12:25

Zimbabweans have high hopes for Obama presidency

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21.1.2009 12:19

Prevention efforts continue apace as cholera cases climb

Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM)


IOM reached some 160,000 people between...

21.1.2009 12:08

Zimbabwe to present delayed 2009 budget next week

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APA-Harare...

21.1.2009 11:53

‘Poverty, diesease force over 38 000 to flee Zim for SA’

HARARE - More than 38 000 people have fled Zimbabwe for South Africa in the past...

21.1.2009 11:01

Mbeki urged to step down as Zimbabwe talks collapse

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Twelve...

21.1.2009 10:44

Cholera deaths soar in SA and Zambia as crisis deepens in Zimbabwe

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Deaths as...

21.1.2009 10:41

Beneficiaries processing maize seed into mealie meal

Desperate beneficiaries of SADC's emergency relief programme have resorted to milling the maize seed donated to...

21.1.2009 10:34

House of Lords – Zimbabwe – 20 Jnauary 2009

UK Parliament

House of Lords

20 January 2009

Zimbabwe

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Asked By Lord Blaker

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps...

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