adminPolice acquire cars fitted with satellite navigation systems
Chronicle Reporter
POLICE have bought two vehicles fitted with satellite navigation systems from proceeds of their farm projects to ensure speedy reaction to crime.
Veteran political activist Edson Ncube dies
Chronicle Reporter
Zanu-PF deputy secretary for administration and veteran political activist Cde Edson Ncube has died.
‘Some Byo firms beyond redemption’
Chronicle Reporter
Some companies which closed down in Bulawayo will not re-open despite the provision of funds under the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) to rescue ailing industries, a Cabinet minister has said.
Addressing members of the Press at the just ended 53rd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, Prof Ncube said companies had closed for different reasons and some would not be able to reopen even if they got their share of Dimaf because they could never be revived no matter the amount of money poured into them.
What constitutes a good councillor?
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
ZIMBABWE is awash with stories about municipal councillors granting themselves hefty allowances plus other perks or allegedly embezzling public funds or selling themselves public property such as land and houses usually for next-to-nothing; in short all about corruption.
Council slammed for discharging sewage into river
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Midlands Correspondent
VUNGU Rural District Council chief executive officer Mr Wellington Ngulube has attacked Gweru City Council for continuously discharging raw sewage into Gweru River, exposing villagers to disease.
Mr Ngulube also hit out at the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) for taking a passive role in fighting environmental pollution, describing the agency as a mere “fining body”.
Man drags businessman to court over racial slur
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Court Reporter
A Bulawayo businessman has been dragged to the High Court for allegedly calling a customer a kaffir and holding him by his shirt collar.
Mr Zazinhle Tshuma last week issued summons against Mr Awais Khalid, the owner of Shay’s Shop situated along Leopold Takawira Avenue between Main Street and Jason Moyo Street, demanding $8 000 in damages.
Ndhlovu Becomes 10 000m Champion at Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA— University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), junior Pardon Ndhlovu accomplished one of the best performances of his career as he competed in his third-consecutive year at the historic Penn Relays to NCAA Provisionally Qualify for the national championship race during the college men’s 10000m championships on Thursday last week at Franklin Field.
DeMbare blame referee for loss
Goodwill Zunidza in Tunis
Dynamos head coach Calisto Pasuwa is positively looking ahead to the reverse leg of their African Champions League second round tie against Esperance despite the gory events of Saturday night when the Harare giants encountered their worst continental destruction in recent memory, going down 6-0 to the competition holders.
Man stripped naked, robbed
Beitbridge ReporterA Beitbridge man was stripped naked by three knife-wielding men before they went on to rob him of his cellphone.
The officer commanding police in Beitbridge District, Chief Superintendent Lawrence Chinhengo, said the incident occurred on Thursday at about 9.45am at a bushy area near Dulibadzimu Clinic.
Manchester derby could influence clubs’ near future
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Tonight a football match takes place. It is a fixture that has taken place 162 times before. It is a fixture that has always had local pride at stake. But tonight this fixture is about an awful lot more than that. This can be more than a match.
This is the most intense Manchester derby there has been and possibly the biggest Premier League match in its 20-year history.