admin25 years jail for murdering friend
Court ReporterA Bulawayo woman who fatally stabbed her best friend eight times with a kitchen knife accusing her of snatching her husband was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in jail.
Inter-linked firms to be grouped into clusters
Chronicle ReporterTHE Government would in the next five years group companies into clusters of inter-linked production sectors with Bulawayo being declared a heavy industrial zone.
Gwanda would be accorded the status of a gold and beef industrial zone while the Midlands will be a zone for steel production.
The move is set to boost the companies’ operational advantages.
Sports medicine body reacts to Muamba collapse
Sports ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Sports Medicine Committee has called for health providers during football matches to have a defibrillator that would be used within 90 seconds in an emergency situation so as to save lives.
Date for Miss Zimbabwe
By Auxilia KatongomaraCASH-strapped Miss Zimbabwe Trust has announced 27 April as the new date for its long overdue Miss Zimbabwe 2012 finale, but the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, which are supposed to bankroll the pageant, are in the dark over the date.
Women battle for pool honours
Sports ReporterSEVEN women will battle it out at the Skittle Inn Singles Pool competition that starts today and ends tomorrow.
Matabeleland South PA Mpofu to be buried today
Chronicle ReporterTHE Matabeleland South Provincial Administrator, David Mpofu, who died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) on Wednesday, will be buried today at Lady Stanley Cemetery.
‘Sotsha’ promises music lovers something different
Saturday Leisure ReporterBulawayo artiste Otnel Heroe “Sotsha” Sangweni is promising to take the local industry by storm through his hip-hop and house which he said would breathe originality and youthfulness into the music scene.
Gaddafi family says Italy asset seizure illegal
Muammar Gaddafi’s family described as illegal on Thursday the seizure of 1.1 billion euros worth of assets that Italian police said belonged to members of the ousted Libyan leader’s family.Girl raped for refusing to share sweet reed
Chronicle CorrespondentA man from Esigodini in Matabeleland South province allegedly raped a 10-year-old girl as punishment for refusing to share a sweet reed with him.
Matabeleland South province acting police spokesperson Sergeant Precious Mangena confirmed the incident, which occurred at Ntshene village in Chief Mabhena’s area on 25 March.
Bulawayo darts appeal for financial assistance
By Sikhumbuzo MoyoTHE Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Darts Association has appealed to the corporate world to assist its provincial teams financially as they prepare for the Easter Holidays Championships that will be held at Hillside Teachers’ College.
The championships will be held from 6-9 April.