adminHighlanders basketball teams in good outing
Sports ReporterHIGHLANDERS’ women and men basketball teams had a good weekend in the Bulawayo Basketball League as both teams recorded important wins.
Man caught pants down in raid
Midlands CorrespondentA 36-year-old man from Gweru’s Mkoba Village 9 suburb is battling for life at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after he was allegedly struck with a brick on the head by his wife after she allegedly caught him being intimate with his lover.
Volleyball tourney mired in controversy
Sports ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Volleyball Open tournament held at Raylton Sports Club over the weekend was marred by accusations of financial enrichments by some administrators.
Ziscosteel, Lancashire merge
By Noel MunzabwaFORMER Premier Soccer League clubs Ziscosteel and Lancashire Steel Football Club have merged to form New Zimsteel Football Club which will vie for a promotion ticket in the Division One Central Soccer League this season.
Skirmishes mar MDC-T meeting
Midlands CorrespondentVIOLENCE reared its ugly head again at an MDC-T Midlands South provincial meeting at the weekend, resulting in the arrest of two youths.
Ironically, the meeting, which was later abandoned due to the violence, was meant to address intra-party violence and also fill vacant provincial executive posts.
Brics move to unseat dollar
SOUTH Africa will this week take some initial steps to unseat the US dollar as the preferred worldwide currency for trade and investment in emerging economies.Thus, the nation is expected to become party to endorsing the Chinese currency, the renminbi, as the currency of trade in emerging markets.
This means getting a renminbi-denominated bank account, in addition to a dollar account, could be an advantage for African businesses that seek to do business in the emerging markets.
Man nabbed for making false robbery report
Chronicle ReporterPOLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 27-year-old man from Nkulumane 12 suburb for making a false armed robbery report.
Herbert Imbayago Dzikatirai of House Number 15298 in Nkulumane 12 is accused of fabricating a case of armed robbery at Nkulumane Police Station.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) co-ordinator for Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South, Assistant Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, confirmed the incident.
Live show debutante thrills Gweru
By Noel MunzabwaLIVE show debutante Irene Tigere with her group The Working Word put up a spirited display leaving the audience that attended the weekend’s family show at Midlands Hotel mesmerised.
Zimbabwe key market: Samsung
By Arnold MutemiGlobal electronic giant Samsung considers Zimbabwe one of its key markets with a lot of potential, president of Samsung Electronics Africa Mr Kwang Kee Pak has said.