Mark Vermeulen (36), Banned From All Cricket Activities For ‘Blacks Are Apes Comment’

Mark Vermeulen (36), Banned From All Cricket Activities For ‘Blacks Are Apes Comment’

Former Zimbabwe Test batsman Mark Vermeulen has been banned from all cricket activities for referring to black people as “apes”. The 36-year-old, who played nine Tests and 43 one-day internationals, made his views in a Facebook post in July. Vermeulen was responding to a complaint by Prosper Utseya, which alleged that there was racism in Zimbabwe cricket. “Racism is abominable and there can be no defence for it,” Cricket Zimbabwe said in a statement. On…

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Sexual & Gender-Based Violence, Particularly Towards (11-16 Yr Olds), Plus HIV, Rise

Sexual & Gender-Based Violence, Particularly Towards (11-16 Yr Olds), Plus HIV, Rise

CASES of sexual and gender-based violence are on the increase and, in most cases, victims are young girls aged between 11 and 16 years, according to the country’s health management information system. This was revealed during the official launch of the Sexual Gender Based Violence clinic at Wilkins hospital Thursday. National Aids Council (NAC) Harare Provincial AIDS Coordinator Adonija Muzondiona said by the end of 2014, NAC recorded a significant number of sexual violence cases…

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‘Zimbabwe’s Education System Is A Deadly Human Conveyor Belt Into An Ailing Economy’

‘Zimbabwe’s Education System Is A Deadly Human Conveyor Belt Into An Ailing Economy’

AS an educationist with extensive teaching experience at university level, I feel particularly saddened that the young people who are graduating in their thousands every year from all manner of colleges in the country are unable to obtain formal employment through which they can put their skills to use in assisting with the development of the country. Zimbabwe is churning out no less than ten thousand graduates every year from its many universities and colleges….

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‘Blacks Would Have No Problem If We Had Left Them In the Bush’-Mark Vermeulen.

‘Blacks Would Have No Problem If We Had Left Them In the Bush’-Mark Vermeulen.

. ZIMBABWE cricket player with a history of disciplinary problems is being investigated for making a racial slur on social media where he referred to black people as “apes.” Zimbabwe Cricket said it is looking into comments posted on Facebook by batsman Mark Vermeulen. Vermeulen was responding to a complaint made by black player Prosper Utseya alleging racism in Zimbabwe cricket. In the post made back in July, Vermeulen wrote that black people wouldn’t have…

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George Charamba Received US$228 278 From Premier Service Medical Aid Society ‘Ca$hbert Scandal’

George Charamba Received US$228 278 From Premier Service Medical Aid Society ‘Ca$hbert Scandal’

WHILE media reports last year unearthed that President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba, a former board member of Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas), had received US$100, 000 from the organisation, it has emerged that he in fact received US$228 278 between 2009 and 2013 in board fees and allowances — a fortune for a civil servant. According to an Ernst and Young forensic investigation on the use of Psmas funds draft report 2015 addressed to the…

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Theo Bronkhorst ‘Cecil Hunt Organiser’ Says He’s Ruined By Cecil’s Death

Case postponed yet again … Theo Bronkhorst (right) arriving at Hwange court Thursday THE local hunter accused of failing to stop the killing of Cecil the lion said Thursday that his family and business had been destroyed amid the outcry which followed the lion’s death and that charges against him should be dropped. Government said on Monday it would not charge American dentist Walter Palmer, who killed its most prized lion with a bow and…

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Mphoko Hotel Stay ‘An Issue Beyond Parliament’s Realm’- Mnangagwa Tells Legislators

Mphoko Hotel Stay ‘An Issue Beyond Parliament’s Realm’- Mnangagwa Tells Legislators

  Mnangagwa: “I would like to tell you that some of these issues are for bigger or more senior people and should not be spoken about.” VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko’s controversial and costly stay in a luxury suite at a top Harare hotel since appointment last year cannot be discussed in Parliament, legislators were told Thursday. The injunction was issued by Mphoko’s counterpart, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Responding to a question from MDC-T Chitungwiza North…

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(ICC) Gives South Africa, More Time To Explain failure To Arrest Sudan’s President

(ICC) Gives South Africa, More Time To Explain failure To Arrest Sudan’s President

THE International Criminal Court has given South Africa more time to explain why it failed to arrest Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused by the ICC of war crimes, when he visited the country in June. As an ICC signatory, South Africa is obliged to implement warrants from the court. But when Bashir visited for an African Union summit, the government refused to arrest him, and allowed him to leave the country in violation of…

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‘Met Dpt Lied About Rainfall Hence Kariba Failure To Generate Enough Electricity’-Undenge

‘MET DEPT LIED TO GVT ABOUT PREDICTED RAINFALL, HENCE DROP IN KARIBA DAM LEVELS AND FAILURE TO GENERATE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY’ .. ZANU pf, Energy Minister Samuel Undenge THE country’s meteorological department should not be trusted because it lied to government leading to the failure to prepare for the current power supply crisis, Energy Minister Samuel Undenge has said. Undenge told journalists Thursday that his ministry would no longer trust the met-office following the unprecedented drop…

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‘Ailing Farmer Seeks High Court Relief Against Invading, Zimbabwean- UK Doctor’

‘Ailing Farmer Seeks High Court Relief Against Invading, Zimbabwean- UK Doctor’

THE Centenary farmer who is said to be held hostage by “agents” of a British medical doctor who wants to expropriate his farm has approached the High Court seeking an order to kick out the invaders. In an application made earlier this week Philip Ranken’s son Barry said his father is now running out of food as the stand-off the began on October 9th continues. “The 2nd applicant (Ranken) is running out of food and…

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