admin‘Fast-track retail businesses ownership to indigenous blacks’
Prosper Ndlovu
THE Government should fast track the transfer of ownership of retail businesses to black people in line with the country’s indigenisation policy, the chairperson of the Bulawayo Indigenisation Committee, Cde Eunice Sandi Moyo, said.
19 killed in clashes at Congo army base
GOMA (Democratic Republic of Congo) — Congolese soldiers and rebels clashed at an army base in eastern Congo, the government and a rebel said yesterday, killing at least 19 people in the latest outbreak of violence that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
Huge rock falls from Matopos hill, blocks road
Leonard Ncube
Chronicle Reporter
A huge rock, one of the balancing rocks at a hill at Matopos National Park, fell off and rolled down before landing on one of the roads, blocking the way.
Water rafting resumes on the Zambezi
Victoria Falls Reporter
White water rafting on the Zambezi River, suspended four weeks ago due to rising waters, has resumed, Rafting Association of Zimbabwe (Raz) secretary-general Mr Frank Njeni Ncube has said.
‘No compensation for Gukurahundi victims’
Harare Bureau
THERE is no law to provide compensation to victims of political disturbances in the Matabeleland and Midlands provinces, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa told Parliamentarians yesterday.
SA Afro-jazz artiste Mabandla set to perform on Music Day
Entertainment Reporter
BULAWAYO afro-jazz lovers are in for a treat with young South African artiste Bongeziwe Mabandla set to perform at Horizon Pub, Bar, Lounge and Restaurant to celebrate World Music Day.
SA deports more border jumpers
Beitbridge Reporter
SOUTH Africa on Tuesday deported 587 Zimbabweans through Beitbridge Border Post, bringing to 25 827 the total number of illegal immigrants brought home since the neighbouring country resumed the exercise last October.
Farmers in frost-prone areas urged to suspend potato growing
Oliver Kazunga
THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has urged farmers in areas that are likely to be affected by frost to suspend potato growing this winter season until August.
Final cast for Stitsha chosen
Bongani Ndlovu
TEN performing artistes have been chosen for the final cast for Stitsha, a play written by Cont Mhlanga, with rehearsals having begun on Tuesday at Amakhosi Cultural Centre.
Hwange Colliery fully behind Share Ownerhip Scheme
From Sikhumbuzo Moyo in Hwange
THE country’s leading coal producer, Hwange Colliery Company, is fully behind the ongoing Government efforts to empower indigenous Zimbabweans through the Community Share Ownership Scheme.