adminI was lucky, admits AC Milan goalkeeper
AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati has admitted he was lucky to deny Arsenal striker Robin van Persie the goal which would have tied the sides’ Champions League last-16 clash.
Govt working on Bill to take over AirZim debt
Harare BureauGOVERNMENT is working on a Debt Assumption Bill that will allow it take over Air Zimbabwe’s $140 million debt.
Entrepreneurial dream motivates students to excel in examinations
Excelling in public examinations is the desire of almost all serious, dedicated and results-oriented students.IWD: Women connect globally
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD). This year’s theme is “Connecting girls, inspiring futures”. Increasingly, the girl child has been the target in the IWD discourse. The 2009 theme was, “Women and men united to end violence against women and girls”.In 2008, we had “Investing in women and girls”, while the 2007 theme was “Ending impunity for violence against women and girls”.
Civil, economic libertarianism
When you are an anti-imperialist and you are in the habit of attacking imperialism’s economic libertarianism it is quite easy to find allies among Western leftists and it could even be achievable to end up with centre-right allies of the likes of author AC Grayling.
It is when one attacks Western capitalism as having certainly benefited from the regime of civil liberties, more precisely from the façade of the doctrine of human rights, that one starts to get fewer
Family perishes in accident
Midlands Bureau Chief
FIVE members of the same family died while four others were seriously injured in a pile up road traffic accident involving four vehicles that occurred on Sunday evening near Sable Chemical Industries, just outside Kwekwe, police said.
The accident happened at the 193.5km peg along the Kwekwe-Harare highway at about 7.30 pm.
Police identified the dead as the driver, Tendai Nyamapfeni (42), Fungai Mutovo (an adult woman aged 40), Linda Nyamapfeni (a woman aged 20), a three-month baby boy, Shawn Nyamapfeni and Justice Nyamapfeni (24).
$40m fund hijacked: CZI
By Prosper Ndlovu in Bulawayo and Freedom Mupanedemo in Gweru
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) yesterday said all the 60 Bulawayo companies it recommended to the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) have lost hope of benefiting from the facility amid reports that the Government has mobilised $30 million for the second phase of the facility.
The second phase would bail out ailing companies in the Midlands Province.
CZI president for the southern region Dr Ruth Labode said the $40 million had been hijacked and accused the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of failing to manage it.
“We recommended about 60 distressed companies to apply for this fund. But I am reliably informed that big companies that are under judicial management such as G and D, National Blankets, Merspin and Textile Mills will not benefit from this facility,” said Dr Labode.
Chiefs gather for annual indaba
Chronicle Reporter
TRADITIONAL leaders from all parts of the country will today converge on the Large City Hall in Bulawayo for the national annual chiefs’ conference.
The three-day conference, which is expected to host more than 1 000 dignitaries, is being held under the theme “Traditional leaders: realigning culture and traditions towards dynamic community development and empowerment.”
According to the programme, President Mugabe is expected to officially open the conference tomorrow while Vice-President John Nkomo will close it on Friday.
The conference would see issues such as cultural values, traditional ethics and the relationship between spirit mediums and chiefs being discussed by the traditional leaders.
$40m fund hijacked: CZI
By Prosper Ndlovu in Bulawayo and Freedom Mupanedemo in Gweru
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) yesterday said all the 60 Bulawayo companies it recommended to the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) have lost hope of benefiting from the facility amid reports that the Government has mobilised $30 million for the second phase of the facility.
The second phase would bail out ailing companies in the Midlands Province.
CZI president for the southern region Dr Ruth Labode said the $40 million had been hijacked and accused the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of failing to manage it.
“We recommended about 60 distressed companies to apply for this fund. But I am reliably informed that big companies that are under judicial management such as G and D, National Blankets, Merspin and Textile Mills will not benefit from this facility,” said Dr Labode.
Chiefs gather for annual indaba
Chronicle Reporter
TRADITIONAL leaders from all parts of the country will today converge on the Large City Hall in Bulawayo for the national annual chiefs’ conference.
The three-day conference, which is expected to host more than 1 000 dignitaries, is being held under the theme “Traditional leaders: realigning culture and traditions towards dynamic community development and empowerment.”
According to the programme, President Mugabe is expected to officially open the conference tomorrow while Vice-President John Nkomo will close it on Friday.
The conference would see issues such as cultural values, traditional ethics and the relationship between spirit mediums and chiefs being discussed by the traditional leaders.