adminMinistry opens magistrate courts in Mberengwa
Midlands Correspondent
THE Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs has opened magistrate courts at Mberengwa Centre in a bid to ease pressure at the Zvishavane Magistrate’s courts.
Businesspeople commend Zanu-PF exhibition
Chronicle reporter
BUSINESSpeople who participated at the Zanu-PF business exhibition have commended the party for organising the show saying it helped them create business linkages and market their products.
About 40 companies and 150 informal traders participated at the exhibition, which ran concurrently with the party’s 12th Annual National People’s Conference at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) grounds and ended on Saturday.
Police round up prostitutes
Court Reporter
POLICE in Matabeleland North have reportedly launched an operation against commercial sex workers in the mining community of Inyathi in a bid to stamp out prostitution during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The operation has, however, sparked outrage among residents, especially businesspeople who said police were harassing innocent people.
Zanu-PF to adopt ICTs
Chronicle Reporter
Zanu-PF will soon use cyber technology to strike a political chord with young voters and effectively disseminate information on its revolutionary culture.
Midlands tops in gender-based violence cases
Chronicle Reporter
JOURNALISTS have been urged to be careful in the way they report on gender-based violence as this has an impact on how society views the subject.
Canada withdraws from Kyoto Protocol
Ottawa — Canada on Monday became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on cutting carbon emissions was preventing the world from effectively tackling climate change.
“We are invoking Canada’s legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto,” Environment Minister Peter Kent said following a marathon UN climate conference in Durban, at which nations agreed to a new roadmap for worldwide action.
Editor fired after Putin cursed in photo
MOSCOW — The editor of a prominent Russian news magazine said he had been fired after the weekly printed a photograph featuring an obscene message addressed to Vladimir Putin as part of extensive reports on alleged fraud in the 4 December parliamentary election.
Obama affirms US commitment to Iraq
US President Barack Obama has declared that American troops will leave Iraq this month “with honour and with their heads held high”, while at the same time warning the country’s neighbours not to interfere in its progress.
SA facing a confidence crisis over Secrecy Bill
Johannesburg — South Africa is facing a confidence crisis after the ANC-dominated parliament rammed through a state secrecy bill critics said would make it easier to cover up corruption and punish those who try to expose it.
ICC refers Malawi to UN
The Hague — The world court on Monday said it was referring Malawi to the UN Security Council over its refusal to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the court for genocide.