adminZanu-PF embarks on verification process
Chronicle Reporter
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province has embarked on a verification process of its districts in a bid to strengthen its structures.
Man’s jail time extended for rape
Court Reporter
A man from Nkayi district who is serving a 20-year jail-term for raping his 12-year-old niece was yesterday slapped with another 18 years in prison.
Web-based Afro TV set for launch
There has been an increasing need to showcase African musicians and film makers, and Afro TV, an internet television channel, will be launched in London on 31 March to do just that.
Founded by Zimbabwean, Sibongile Tendai Tamia Rukazhanga, the television channel aims to provide an alternative space to screen entertaining and educational programmes that include African music shows, entertainment news, dramas, movies and documentaries.
The Song of the Carnivores billed for Byo music fest
Entertainment Reporter
Bulawayo College of Music, together with Alliance Française de Bulawayo, will on Thursday hold the first of a five-lecture series on dispelling myths surrounding the big carnivores of Zimbabwe and encourage action to save them.
Big Brother Brazil housemate raped live on TV
A housemate on Brazil’s version of Big Brother has been raped live on TV, it has been alleged.
Sudan rebels say key govt outpost taken
Khartoum — Rebels in Sudan’s South Kordofan have captured a key government outpost near the state capital, a rebel spokesman said, but the country’s armed forces denied even being in the area.
The battle took place on Sunday at El-Ahmier, 30km southeast of Kadugli, said Arnu Ngutulu Lodi of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).
“It was the last outpost of SAF south of Kadugli,” he told AFP, referring to the Sudanese armed forces.
Speaking from Kenya, Ngutulu said he had not yet received details of casualties, but the rebels had captured vehicles including an ambulance, as well as mortars, heavy and light machineguns and an anti-tank missile.
SA education standards too low — Oprah
Johannesburg — The standard of school education in South Africa is too low, US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey said at the graduation ceremony of her Leadership Academy for Girls at Henley-on-Klip over the weekend.
Hillary Clinton on four-nation tour
ABIDJAN — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Abidjan on Monday to begin her visit to Cote d’Ivoire, the second leg of her four-nation West Africa tour.
Mubarak trial adjourned
The trial of Hosni Mubarak, the deposed Egyptian president, has been adjourned to today hours after it began, with defence lawyers putting up their arguments saying the former leader was “a victim of malicious accusations”.
Zimbabwe misses inflation target
ZIMBABWE missed its annual inflation target of 4,5 percent after December experienced a year-on-year inflation of 4,9 percent.