adminResidents petition council over squatters resettlement
Chronicle ReporterRESIDENTS of Pumula, Robert Sinyoka, St Peter’s and Methodist communities in Bulawayo have decided to petition the Bulawayo City Council following the insistence by the local authority that it will resettle squatters from Killarney in their area.
Mat South loses 20pc goats to thieves, wild animals
Chronicle ReporterLIVESTOCK thieves and wild animals are wreaking havoc in Matabeleland South, with goat breeders reportedly losing most of their animals before they get to the market.
DeMbare dehorn Bulls
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
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DYNAMOS have been looking for a new hero since Cuthbert Malajila left at the end of last season
A take-off that was bumpy
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports EditorIT was certainly not the perfect take-off the Premier-ship leaders wanted as last-minute technical challenges left the staging of the NetOne Charity Shield final hanging in the balance yesterday.
NetOne, BancABC clash over playing kit logos
Eddie Chikamhi Sports ReporterTHE NetOne Charity Shield match between Dynamos and Motor Action nearly failed to take place yesterday following a clash over playing kit logos between the tournament sponsors and BanABC.
Watson family wins Zim challenge rally
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterHISTORY was made yesterday in the Toyota Zimbabwe Challenge Rally when Jess Watson and his wife Sasha became the first husband-and-wife to win the three-day grueling race since
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers
Gertrude Takawira
Citizens are beneficiaries to the efforts of both the government and the civil society. When these two sectors work in harmony, benefits to citizens increase. On the other hand, when these two are in
Editorial Comment: Football should preserve its soul to lure sponsors
It has been a long off-season for domestic football, dominated by scandals like Asiagate, the bloc suspension of players from the Warriors, a slide down the Fifa rankings and a shock 1-2 Nations Cup defeat in Burundi. It has all been in sharp contrast to the beautiful images we saw of the triumphant
8th India-Africa Conclave opens
Walter Muchinguri in New Delhi, India
THE 8th India-Africa Conclave officially opened here yesterday with Vice President Joice Mujuru urging African nations to engage emerging economic power houses such as India to unlock the true value
Food crisis looms
Elita Chikwati and Shiana Mhizha
ZIMBABWE is facing a food deficit after a third of the current maize crop was declared a write-off following a dry spell in some parts of the country.
Government says out of the 1 689 609 hectares put under maize during the 2011/12 cropping season, about 498 144 ha or 30 percent is now a write-off.
This has prompted the Government to suspend the sale of grain in the Strategic Grain Reserve.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made last Friday said the decision was taken to allow the Government to assess the available grain and what was expected from farmers.
“Government has ordered the sale of grain under the strategic grain reserves to stop while assessing the results of the second crop assessment.
“We want to take into account what we have in the reserve and what we anticipate from farmers in