adminGo 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.
Man killed in quarrel over box of matches
Chronicle ReporterA man from Nkayi in Matabeleland North was fatally stabbed by a friend while trying to stop a quarrel over a box of matches between the friend and a bar lady at a bottle store.
Phumulani Sibanda (31) was stabbed once on the chest by Melaphi Ndlovu (24) and died instantly.
Ndlovu has since been arrested.
HCCL’s DRC market safe
Hwange Colliery Company Limited’s market in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which was under threat from Chinese mining companies is now safe following negotiations with the Congolese government, the managing director Mr Fred Moyo, has said.Prison officers promoted
Chronicle ReporterA total of 21 Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) officers from Matabeleland region were yesterday conferred with new ranks at a brief ceremony held at the Bulawayo Remand Prison.
Fifteen were elevated from the rank of senior prison officer (SPO) to principal prison officer (PPO). Of these, four were female officers from Ntabazinduna Training Depot, Khami Staff Hospital and Khami Workshop.
Bantu Rovers announce US tour
By Ricky ZililoBANTU Rovers Football Club’s Under-19s will next month tour the United States of America where they have been invited to participate in the Dr Pepper Dallas Cup.
The competition, which will see a number of top teams from Europe participating, will run from 1-8 April in Dallas.