adminAspiring beach soccer referees to get training
Sports ReporterA total of 60 aspiring beach soccer referees and coaches are in May expected to undergo a four-day coaching and refereeing clinic on the sport at Lukosi Business Centre in Hwange district.
Rugby board organises pre-season fest
Sports ReporterEIGHT clubs will on Saturday compete in the Matabeleland Rugby Football Board-organised festival set for Hartsfield Ground.
Britain’s unemployment rate rises to 8,4pc in January
LONDON — Britain’s unemployment increased by 28 000 to 2.67 million, or 8,4 percent, during the three months to January, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Brodacom imports $25m equipment
Business ReporterBRODACOM has invested about $25 million in acquiring telecommunication equipment as the company seeks to achieve a total voice and data network coverage in major towns in the next six months.
Pupils suspended for kidnapping, trying to circumcise colleague
Midlands CorrespondentTHREE Grade Six pupils from Gumbure Primary School in Chiwundura communal lands have been suspended from school after they recently kidnapped a schoolmate before they sliced part of his male organ using a sharp object in a suspected botched attempt to circumcise the boy.
Mergers in banking sector commended
Business ReporterECONOMIC commentators have commended troubled local banks which have decided to join hands with foreign investors to meet the minimum capital requirements set by the reserve bank.
Kasi Lunatics take on social ills
Entertainment Reporter
BULAWAYO-based Kasi Lunatics, a vernacular hip-hop group, is set to create awareness on societal ills through music.
Kasi is street language for neighbourhood and the artistes combined it with Lunatics to describe youths who are angry about societal ills. They become the voice of the voiceless through music.
National revenue inflows underperform
Harare BureauFINANCE Minister Tendai Biti says national revenue inflows have underperformed since the beginning of the year, a development that has affected the implementation of planned Government programmes.
Fight against HIV/Aids stigmatisation taken to church
Midlands Bureau Chief
THE Gweru District Aids Action Committee (DAAC) has taken the HIV and Aids stigma fight to the church and other previously overlooked sections of society in a bid to halt new infections.
Eropean Union to fund parallel structures in Zimbabwe
Harare BureauTHE European Union says it is prepared to fund parallel media supervisory structures if it believes the Zimbabwe Media Commission’s mandate is compromised.
The EU had offered 500 000 euros to fund ZMC’s operations provided certain conditions were met.