adminTuskers tumble
Matabeleland Tuskers (167/6) lost to Mountaineers (172/3) by seven wickets.
Hired prostitute gives birth same night
By Leonard Ncube
AN 18-year-old lady of the night from Bulawayo reportedly gave birth to a live premature baby girl while in the room of a client who had hired her.
Music runs within my family — Roki
By Givemore Muzariri
ZIMBABWE’s most promising urban grooves artiste Rockford Josphats has paid tribute to his uncle Kenny Tsvatsva who nurtured his talent at a young age.
Cocoa Tea look-alike mobbed in city pub
By Nkosilathi Sibanda
SCORES of reggae music lovers in Bulawayo gave one city man the shock of his life last weekend.
‘PM still married’
Harare Bureau
THE Karimatsenga family insists Locadia is still customarily married to Prime Minister
President attacks Biti over budget
Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday lashed out at Finance Minister Tendai Biti for coming up with a national budget that is full of hope but difficult to implement.
He made the remarks while addressing the Zanu-PF Central Committee meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare.
“The recent budget, some say it has a better allocation for agriculture, but it is only figures, it is realisation that matters.
“So the inflation of figures (in the budget) is meant to generate hope . . . that is a false picture because those figures will not be met at the end. Well, that is the result of the inclusive Government. The result of our poor performance in the 2008 election,” President Mugabe said.
The Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, said in his budget last year, Minister Biti failed to release funds to some ministries despite giving them such resources on paper.
President Mugabe said discord in the inclusive Government on policy issues made it imperative for the country to go for elections next year.
Deputy Minister storms college
By Temba Dube
THERE was drama Thursday when the Deputy Minister of Public Service, Andrew Langa, stormed Esigodini Agricultural College demanding to know why the principal humiliated his son in front of other students and forced him to remove a T-shirt with an anti-sanctions message.
Minister Langa went to the institution in the morning to get an explanation from Mrs Moyo over the incident, which happened on Wednesday.
On the first visit, Mrs Moyo was not at the college. When they finally met, Minister Langa had to restrain emotional war veterans who were threatening to assault Mrs Moyo, accusing her of being an imperialist agent.
Sources at Esigodini Agricultural College said officials from the security department and Public Service Commission had visited the college earlier to get an explanation.
President caps 1 882 MSU graduates
Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday capped 1 882 Midlands State University graduates and commended the institution for busting the West’s illegal sanctions by completing the construction of an administration block under harsh circumstances.
Among the graduates were 56 from the university’s associate college, Africa Management Development Institute of Swaziland.
The 10th graduation ceremony also saw the institution having a first Doctor of Philosophy graduate.
The President, who is the Chancellor of MSU, officially opened the new administration block.
Canadian mining firm scoffs at indigenisation drive
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation has scoffed at Government’s economic empowerment drive, branding indigenisation regulations a political gimmick to lure votes for Zanu-PF.
The Canadian firm’s remarks come at a time when President Mugabe has told foreign companies that are not comfortable with the black empowerment drive to leave the country.
The Toronto and London-listed gold mining company which owns Blanket Mine in Gwanda was this week quoted by Mining Weekly as vowing not to cede 51 percent stake as prescribed by law.
VP Mujuru appeals for political co-existence
From George Maponga in Masvingo
VICE President Joice Mujuru yesterday reiterated growing calls for Zimbabweans to shun violence saying people were supposed