adminHighlanders upbeat
By Ricky ZililoHighlanders’ coach Kelvin Kaindu said yesterday that he was confident his team would win against Blue Rangers in their opening Premiership match at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Companies must take SA firms’ offer seriously
Bulawayo companies should seriously engage South African companies that have indicated their willingness to partner Zimbabwean companies. Speaking at seminar organised by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce held in Bulawayo on Thursday, South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe said South African companies were committed to establishing trade and investment partnerships with Zimbabwean companies.
Civil society groups lambast MPs over Dimaf delays
By Leonard Ncube
REPRESENTATIVES of the civil society and industry in Bulawayo yesterday attacked Members of Parliament from Bulawayo and other parts of Matabeleland, describing them as incompetent and failing to pressurise Government to quickly release the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf).
They were speaking at a meeting organised by a civil society grouping, Habakkuk Trust, at a local hotel.
The meeting was called to discuss progress in the disbursement of funds under Dimaf.
Participants included industrialists, business-people, representatives of civic organisations and politicians from Bulawayo, Matabeleland South and North.
Speaking at the meeting, after presentations by representatives of the two MDC formations, the participants accused MPs of failing to raise the issue of the fund as anurgent matter in Parliament so as to force Government to release the money. They said the MPs had proved that they were useless.
The participants said it was because of the political leaders’ incompetence and lack of a common vision that the fund was still shrouded in confusion, with some saying it could have been released long back had it been for other regions.Drivers association bemoans poor state of roads
Chronicle CorrespondentTHE Professional Drivers Association (PDA) has expressed concern over the recent spate of fatal accidents on the country’s highways and has attributed the accidents to poor roads.
Tevez ready to tip title race
Manchester — Yaya Toure says Carlos Tevez wants to say sorry to Manchester City fans for his behaviour earlier in the season by helping the club secure the title.Manager Roberto Mancini is considering handing Tevez his first league start for almost seven months when Sunderland visit Eastlands today.
Having spent most of the season at the top of the table, City trail leaders Manchester United by three points with eight games remaining, and have had a week to forget.
When Raiders were a force to reckon with
ONLY three Bulawayo men’s volleyball clubs have really caused a stir in national circles in the last 24 years.These clubs — Bulawayo Raiders, Railstars and Unit Fairbridge have brought pride and glory to the city by winning national tournaments apart from dominating the provincial scene.
Villa captain diagnosed with acute leukaemia
Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia, the West Midlands club have announced.‘Cop killers’ case struck off roll
Court ReporterTHE case of three men suspected to be part of a gang of five that stormed Cape to Cairo Restaurant and Bar in Bulawayo where they shot dead a senior police officer, which was scheduled to start yesterday, was struck off the roll.
Young Mighty Warriors raring to go
FROM Grace Chingoma in Abeokuta, NigeriaYOUNG Mighty Warriors coach Langton Giwa has refused to label today’s Fifa World Cup second round, first leg clash against Nigeria as a David versus Goliath affair.
Instead, he believes it is a balanced contest.
Beitbridge rural leadership comes under fire
By Mashudu NetsiandaMISS Monica Tlou (25), with her nine-month-old baby boy strapped on her back under a dirty towel, stares blankly in the sky covering her squinting eyes with her left cupped hand.