adminCoins importation hits snag: BAZ
Harare BureauPLANS to import coins from the United States may well have hit a snag after the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) revealed that there is an unwillingness on the part of shipping agents in that country to do business with Zimbabweans.
BCC run by ‘owindi’ — Mathema
Chronicle Reporter
THE Governor of Bulawayo, Cain Mathema, yesterday said the city was suffering as a result of poor service delivery mainly because it was being run by councillors of little education whom he described as owindi.
Woman found dead at railway station
Chronicle Reporter
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a woman who was allegedly hit by a train at Bulawayo Main Railway Station on Friday night.
Police gala cancelled
Sports ReporterThe Police Commissioner-General’s sports gala which was scheduled for next month in Bulawayo has been cancelled after the police failed to raise the required funding.
Senior Assistant Commissioner Mekiya Tanyanyiwa confirmed the latest developments in Harare last Friday.
ICC dismiss new match-fixing claim
Dubai — The International Cricket Council dismissed a claim in a British newspaper that Indian bookmakers were fixing the results of English county games and overseas fixtures.The chief executive of the sport’s world governing body, Haroon Lorgat, described a report in Britain’s Sunday Times that it was probing last year’s World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan as “baseless and misleading”.
Go Boyz member succumbs to cancer
Entertainment ReporterA member of kwaito group Go Boyz, Mduduzi Tshabalala, who passed away in South Africa last week after a short illness, was laid to rest at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo on Saturday.
Msipa blasts Caf
Midlands Bureau ChiefVeteran politician and former Midlands Governor, Cephas Msipa, has blasted the Confederation of African Football for denying the residents of Zvishavane their place in the sun of watching international soccer matches by condemning the asbestos town as an unfit venue.
Provide sex gadgets to prisoners says Senator
Harare Bureau
MATOBO Senator Mrs Sithembile Mlotshwa (MDC-T) says prisoners can go without food and clothing as long as they satisfy their sexual desires.
Farmers call for depots at ward level
Business ReporterFarmers in Matabeleland North have called for the establishment of agricultural depots at a local level to cut down on transport costs.
Youths remanded for extortion
Court Reporterfour members of the National Youth Service who were arrested last week for extortion and kidnapping were yesterday further remanded in custody when they appeared at the Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Courts yesterday.