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Harare Bureau
THE MDC-T has been accused of stalling the constitution making process after its Members of Parliament failed to attend a Constitution Select Committee meeting yesterday citing the absence of co-chairperson, Mr Douglas Mwonzora, who was attending a criminal court case.
War veterans bemoan state of heroes’ acre
Chronicle Reporter
LIBERATION war hero Cde Susan Clara Nyathi whose pseudonym was Chipo Bafana has died and was buried at Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre on Wednesday.
She was 53.
‘Only President has mandate to reappoint police chief’
Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe is the only person with the mandate to appoint or reappoint the Commissioner General of the Police and other constitutional bodies without consulting anyone except the Public Service Commission, Attorney General Johannes Tomana said yesterday.
Asiagate: Zifa boss clarifies
By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
FOLLOWING conflicting reports emanating from various sections of the media on the number of players suspended by Zifa over the Asiagate scandal, Zifa president, Cuthbert Dube last night issued a press statement reiterating the earlier stance that all the players mentioned in the report will remain suspended from national team duties.
Allocation of Dimaf funds to big firms to create employment: Bloch
By Venencia Badza
IT is an advantage that the big companies are the ones which received the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) for it will benefit the whole industry including small to medium enterprises by creating business opportunities for them, Dr Eric Bloch has said.
Fidelity Life embarks on expansion drive
Business reporter
FIDELITY Life Assurance has embarked on an expansion drive as the company seeks to continue recovering from the effects of hyperinflation that characterised the economy before the adoption of a multi currency system in February 2009, an official has said.
More than 150 dead in Europe freeze
Warsaw — A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip yesterday, pushing the death toll past 150 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures that reached record lows in some places.
Nine more people died in Poland overnight as temperatures plunged to -32° in the southwest, bringing the overall toll to 29 since the deep freeze began last week, national police said.
Kuwaitis vote to choose new government
Voting is under way in the oil-exporting Gulf Arab state of Kuwait to elect a fourth parliament in six years after a youth revolt last year led to the resignation of the prime minister.
Anger in Egypt as football riot turns deadly
Egypt has declared three days of mourning for at least 74 people who died at a football stadium amid violent clashes between rival supporters in the northern city of Port Said.
Angry members of parliament denounced the lack of security at the match and called an emergency session yesterday, a day after violence erupted following an upset victory by home team al-Masry over Cairo’s top club, al-Ahly.
Syria toll mounts amid Russian veto threat
Fresh bloodshed has been reported from Syria after Western powers and the Arab League demanded immediate UN action to stop what it called the Syrian government’s “killing machine”, and Russia responded by threatening to veto any proposal it deemed unacceptable.