adminCampo hails Young Sables
Paul Munyuki, Godknows Matarutse Sports ReportersAUSTRALIAN rugby legend, David “Campo” Campese, yesterday said he was impressed with the Zimbabwe Under-20 side that is in camp for the Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament. The former
Editorial Comment: Indigenisation: No need to doubt Govt’s sincerity
A new chapter in the history of Zimbabwe was opened last year when the Government launched the Community Share Ownership Trust Scheme to empower indigenous Zimbabweans. This was a bold step to address imbalances spawned by colonial dispossession. Guided by the enabling legislation as
Forgive them not, they have hidden agendas
Udo W. Froese
THE racial viciousness of the well-heeled neo-colonial movement has again demonstrated that it will stop at nothing when it comes to humiliating an indigenous black South African man. President Jacob
SPB sued
Herald ReporterA LOCAL electrical appliances company has appealed to the Administrative Court against a decision by the State Procurement Board to award a tender to a company that charged 65 percent more than it had
Mudzi violence: Six suspects nabbed
Hebert Zharare News Editor
POLICE in Mashonaland East Province have arrested six people for allegedly fatally assaulting Cephas Magura (58) in Mudzi on Saturday morning.
Officer commanding police in Mashonaland East Province Senior Assistant Commissioner Ronald Muderedzwa yesterday said they had adopted zero tolerance to politically-motivated violence.
He said all people caught on the wrong side of the law will be arrested regardless of political affiliation.
“Following a politically-motivated violence incident that occurred at Chimukoko Business Centres in Mudzi District of Mashonaland East Province on Saturday 26th day of May 2012 at around 1000 hours in which a male adult, Cephas Magura aged 58 was allegedly killed as a result of political violence between the alleged Zanu-PF and MDC-T supporters, police have so far arrested six suspects who are already in police custody facing allegations of murder.
18 years on, ex-Kamativi workers still hopeful
Yoliswa Dube
STILL holding on to a newspaper cutting from the Chronicle of 1996 with a story about Kamativi Tin Mine “reopening”, two years after it had been closed, is a man who is hopeful that the mine would now reopen so all his problems and those of others will soon become a thing of the past.
Govt to intervene in cotton price impasse
Harare Bureau
THE GOVERNMENT will soon intervene and buy cotton from farmers if the current price impasse between growers and merchants is not resolved.
It has, however, not hinted on the prices it will offer for the cotton as it is yet to start mobilising the money for the programme.
Ministry introduces new vaccines for children
Chronicle Reporter
THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has introduced two new vaccines for children aged five years and under to reduce child mortality due to pneumonia and diarrhoea.
Water challenges force Binga teachers to consider transferring
By Eliah Saushoma
Chronicle Reporter
UNAVAILABILITY of clean water sources in Binga District has forced some teachers to contemplate transferring to other districts.
Teachers at Chinego Primary School in Tinde said they were forced to walk several kilometres to fetch water from Pashu River.
Man rapes, strangles ex-girlfriend’s juvenile niece
Freedom Mupanedemo
A spurned lover allegedly raped and strangled to death his ex-girlfriend’s 14-year-old niece after an attempt to rape the aunt had failed.