It is Africa’s time. This sentimental phrase has been used to ignite and celebrate the continent’s greatest sporting moments, and we are hoping to invoke it in Africa’s bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 2025.

Beryl Thal’s role at Harare’s only Jewish-established golf club has changed as her age has advanced. These days her passion is looking after the flower beds, and she would not swap this task for anything in the world. It is her humble contribution to a historical place whose founding principles she devoutly believes in. Enock Muchinjo tells her story.

In talk about the greatest football rivalries on the African continent, Dynamos versus Highlanders in Zimbabwe does not get mentioned often. Yet this contest can be equated with Al Ahly versus Zamalek in Egypt and Kaizer Chiefs versus Orlando Pirates in South Africa.

At present, Zimbabwe might seem like a country one would want to leave in a hurry. The escape route becomes wider if you hail from the world’s largest economy. But United States born Gloria Mtero tells Enock Muchinjo that she is not going anywhere.

The Olympic Games are a global spectacle, the world’s most exciting multi-sport event. Africa, though, has underachieved at the Olympics, although this time around in Rio de Janeiro, there is new hope that the continent can finally start to make its mark in other disciplines other than distance running – where Kenya and Ethiopia have hauled a respectable number of medals. Enock Muchinjo previews the Games with African lenses.