adminZanu-PF launches Sikhanyiso Ndlovu District
Chronicle Reporter
PEOPLE in Bulawayo should remain united and loyal to Zanu-PF to consolidate the party structures in the province, the party’s Secretary for Education, Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said yesterday.
War veterans want $18 000 gratuity
Midlands Correspondent
WAR veterans want Government to pay them $18 000 each which they claim is part of the gratuity that the Government still owes them after being initially paid a Z$50 000 lump sum each in 1997.
Woman raped, brutally murdered
Beitbridge Reporter
A 21-year-old Beitbridge man allegedly raped his neighbour’s wife in full view of her two-year-old baby before he went on to kill the woman and the toddler by striking them with an old bicycle frame and a log.
Adults urged to donate blood
Chronicle Reporter
DONATING blood is everyone’s responsibility which should not be left to the youths only as all Zimbabweans must take ownership of donating blood and improve the adult donor base, Bulawayo Governor Ambassador Cain Mathema has said.
Ambassador Mathema said this during the Matabeleland region World Donor Day commemorations held in Bulawayo last Friday.
President leaves for UN conference in Rio de Janeiro
Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare last night to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday.
ZMF partners UAE investors to set up gold processing centres
Oliver Kazunga
THE Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation (ZMF) has partnered with Middle Eastern investors to set up gold processing centres in the country.
The miners’ federation represents the interests of small-scale miners in the country.
Address discrimination of disabled children: Govt, stakeholders urged
Beitbridge Reporter
THERE is need for stakeholders to lobby Government and strongly recommend the review of existing legislative and policy frameworks at national level aimed at addressing discrimination against children living with disabilities, an official said last week.
84 MDC-T members defect to MDC
Chronicle Reporter
RELATIONS between the two MDC factions suffered a further knock yesterday when a total of 84 MDC-T members from Makokoba constituency defected join the rival Welshman Ncube-led MDC.
King Ntshosho encourages marriage institution
Entertainment Reporter
ZIKODE! Wenawenge! Ngwenyama! A praise recital that was being sung by hundreds of people on Saturday for the king of the Amangwe, King Ntshosho Zwane II, as he entered Chief Wasi’s homestead during the Annual Amangwe Celebrations held in Matabeleland South Province.
King Ntshosho Zwane II was inaugurated in October last year in Durban.
I’ll control temper: Rooney
Wayne Rooney has vowed to control his temperament when he makes a long-awaited return from suspension for England’s tense Group D finale against Ukraine tomorrow.