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Newly released letters by writer Ernest Hemingway have shed light on his distress over the death of his cat.Pirates, Chiefs in war over players
By Ricky ZililoEMAKHANDENI Pirates are up in arms against Zifa Southern Region Division One Soccer League newboys Bulawayo Chiefs who they accuse of engaging their players without their knowledge.
Former Mr Zimbabwe blasts local body builders
Sports ReporterFORMER Mr Ironman and Mr Zimbabwe contestant Tendai Chaipa who is the chairman of the Matabeleland Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (MBBFA) yesterday expressed his disappointment over lack of interest in national competitions by athletes from Bulawayo.
All roads lead to Esigodini
By Givemore MuzaririALL roads tonight lead to Esigodini’s Jabula Inn where South African musician Freddy ‘Madamara’ Gwala is having a show.
Gwala was scheduled to stage a show in Harare last night.
$82m required for emergency services
Chronicle ReporterA total of $82 million is required to capacitate the country’s emergency services amid reports that many people are dying because of inefficiency in rendering rescue services.
I never liked mbira: Israel Israel
By Givemore MuzaririDYNAMITE comes in small packages: This the best way to describe Israel Israel, a Bulawayo afro gospel artiste who uses the mbira.
Israel broke into the musical scene in 2006 with his most successful song, Qha, and it received overwhelming airplay on television and radio stations.
Saturday Leisure had an opportunity to chat with the musician on his musical career and he said to him, music was a calling which started manifesting itself when he was still a young boy.
OFF THE BALL with Limukani Ncube: Platinum start as favourites again: scribes
The 2012 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season gets off the blocks this afternoon with last year’s close finish between champions Dynamos and FC Platinum coming back to mind.
Ex-Miss Byo elevated
By Givemore MuzaririFORMER Miss Bulawayo, Nadia Gori, who was attached to the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) since 2011, has been appointed the new marketing executive for Masvingo province.
Police to question Whitney’s assistant
Los Angeles — Beverly Hills Police Department are keen to question Whitney Houston’s associate, Raffles Van Exel.After the pop superstar was found lifeless in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room on 11 February , the Los Angeles County Coroner ruled her official cause of death was accidental drowning due to the effects of heart disease and cocaine use.
Referendum set for May
Harare Bureau
ZIMBABWE will go for a referendum in May failure of which it will revert to the Lancaster House Constitution and hold elections before the end of the year, President Mugabe has said.
He challenged Zanu-PF leaders afraid of elections to join the MDC formations that were trying to stall efforts to hold the polls.
Addressing the 88th Ordinary Session of the Central Committee at the party’s headquarters in Harare yesterday, the President said members of the South African government had no power to interfere in Zimbabwean affairs.
He said President Jacob Zuma, in his own capacity, was the only one with the privilege to facilitate dialogue between Zimbabwean parties.
“South Africa are not our facilitators, but President Zuma as was President Mbeki. He alone. We cannot be facilitated by the whole of South Africa. Hatidi, we are a sovereign State and we cannot be led by the government of South Africa. Let’s not be told that South Africa is our facilitator,” he said.
President Mugabe instructed the party’s Global Political Agreement negotiators to advise their colleagues that the Constitution-making process should be concluded.
“Let’s conclude the process, whether we agree or disagree. The dance we have had for the past four years is over. Let us have an election and end this animal called inclusive Government”.