Archive for May 2015
The envy of Zimbabwe’s street fighters
The Floyd Mayweather ‘Fight of the Century’ against Manny Pacquiao is done and dusted. It enthralled Zimbabweans, especially those for whom Manny’s background resonated. He started out living hand-to-mouth as a “a street kid” and street fighter at the at the age of 12 in his backstreet neighbourhood in the Philippines. Our own boxer Dereck…
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Mayday Mayday Mayday
The furnaces at the New Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company have long been extinguished Engines of growth? NRZ is operating at 15 percent of its capacity Mayday Mayday Mayday is the international aviation and maritime emergency call. It was adopted in the 1920s as a radio distress signal that cannot be mistaken in poor…
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