adminPremiership new boys Hardbody retain Tavaka Gumbo as coach
Midlands CorrespondentA POOL of 25 soccer players turned up at Gweru Sports Club as newly confirmed Premiership outfit Hardbody held their first post-promotion training session on Monday.
Physical education launched as sporting discipline
Sports ReporterTHE National Association of Primary Heads (Naph) has introduced physical education (PE) as part of the first term’s track and field events.
Physical education launched as sporting discipline
Sports ReporterTHE National Association of Primary Heads (Naph) has introduced physical education (PE) as part of the first term’s track and field events.
MSU gain promotion
Sports CorrespondentTHE Godfrey Chuchu-coached Midlands State University (MSU) Football Club became the latest member of the Central Soccer League after their Matabeleland South opponents withdrew from last Sunday’s final promotion play-off.
Labour ministry inefficiency exposed
Midlands CorrespondentA 49-year-old epileptic patient from Bulawayo’s Nkulumane high density suburb received help from passers-by in Gweru’s central business district after she collapsed while holding a letter from the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare where she had gone to seek assistance.
Radioactive contamination fears allayed
By Propser Ndlovu and Mashudu Netsianda
THE Japanese government and experts yesterday allayed fears among Zimbabweans that some second-hand vehicles being imported from that country might be contaminated with radioactive material.
It is feared that exposure to radioactive materials can cause cancer through ionising radiation.
On Monday the Government announced that it has started working on mechanisms to ensure that the vehicles imported from Japan were safe.
This was after warnings by Zimbabweans based in Japan that some of the imported second-hand vehicles might be contaminated with radioactive material released into the atmosphere when the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant was damaged by a tsunami in March last year.
However, in a telephone interview from Harare yesterday, a consular at the Japanese Embassy, Mr Hideaki Harada, said it was impossible for any product manufactured in that country to be exported without being examined for radioactive contamination.
“The Japanese government policy in principle is that any product with radioactive material or radioactive contamination above acceptable limits, should neither be traded locally (in Japan) nor exported to overseas markets.
Matabeleland to mark World Consumer Day belatedly
Business ReporterMATABELELAND region will hold belated World Consumer Day commemorations next month after election of a new regional board of the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe, an official said yesterday.
Let’s try to save family life
By Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Last year, Zimbabwe’s courts handled a higher number of divorces than in the previous year, an indication that family life is tragically disintegrating in the 32-year-old nation.
Opening the current High Court session in Gweru recently, Justice Lawrence Kamocha said there were 1 551 divorce cases in 2011 compared to 2010’s 1 216, an increase of 27,54 percent.
Vice President Nkomo’s sister dies
Chronicle Reporter
VICE-PRESIDENT John Nkomo’s cousin sister, Mrs Alice Ncube, nee Nkomo, has died.
She was 97.
ZMF to engage Government on mining fees
Business ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation (ZMF) will this week meet Government for final consultations for an exemption from paying the recently announced mining fees.
A few weeks ago Government increased rental and licensing fees by margins ranging between 500 percent and 5 000 percent in a move meant to curb speculative activity in the mining industry.