adminRelay team ready for action
Sports ReporterTHE Zimbabwe athletics 4x100m relay team will be in action this weekend in Florida in the US as it continues with its bid to qualify for the Olympics.
They have, after participating in one event where they were hastily assembled, emerged as one of the top five countries in the build-up to the world’s supreme sports show.
Youths jailed for extortion, kidnapping
Court ReporterTHREE members of the National Youth Service were on Monday each sentenced to five years in jail for kidnapping and extorting money from rank marshals operating from Mac’s Garage.
Julius Malema summarily suspended from the ANC
JOHANNESBURG — National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema has been suspended from the party for calling President Jacob Zuma a dictator.
Mat South steps up independence celebrations preps
Chronicle ReporterMATABELELAND South Province has stepped up preparations for the independence celebrations with the province’s organising committee yesterday appealing for donations in cash or kind.
By water woos persist
Harare BureauMOST dams in the country are full but the situation with dams in Bulawayo is said to be critical.
Harare satellite towns and Chinhoyi dams are overflowing, latest statistics from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority have indicated. Manyame dams are 101,3 percent full.
Masaiti finally weds Cameroonian lover
Masvingo Bureau
Dzivaresekwa legislator Ms Evelyn Masaiti (MDC-T) finally won her battle to marry her Cameroonian lover
FC Platinum, Hwange arrive
By Grace ChingomaFC PLATINUM captain Zephaniah Ngodzo believes it is possible to turn the tables in Sudan and stun the cash-rich Sudanese giants in their backyard when they clash in the Champions League, first round, second leg tie at El Merreikh stadium on Saturday at 8pm.
Greek pensioner kills himself before parliament
ATHENS — A cash-strapped Greek pensioner shot and killed himself outside parliament in Athens yesterday saying he refused to scrounge for food in the rubbish, touching a nerve among ordinary Greeks feeling the brunt of the country’s economic crisis.Slip of the tongue costs businessman his freedom
Court ReporterTHE director of a construction consultancy company who stole a client’s money and stated that he could not perform community service because he is a “businessman” earned himself the wrath of the court when he was sentenced to three years in prison.
Shabanie wary of Quelaton
By Ricky ZililoSHABANIE Mine will be cautious when they take on Quelaton in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Luveve Stadium tomorrow.