adminZimbabwe taste defeat in T20 series
Harare Bureau
INFORM batsman Hamilton Masakadza scored his third successive half century, in as many games, but it was all in vain as Zimbabwe slumped to their first defeat in the Pran RFL Twenty20 series after losing by six wickets to Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club yesterday.
Miners applaud Govt’s decision
Business Reporter
SMALL-scale miners have welcomed the decision by Government to stop issuing mining licences to foreign investors.
Copac comes under attack
Chronicle Reporter
The delay in completing the drafting of the new constitution by Copac has angered politicians from the three political parties in the inclusive Government who have accused the committee of betraying people’s confidence and taking the nation for granted.
JF Kennedy win Midwest Rhinos cricket tourney
Lovemore Zigara
HOSTS Sir JF Kennedy won this year’s edition of the Kadoma Junior Cricket Winter festival organised by Midwest Rhinos franchise held over the weekend.
Tashas closes four branches
Business Reporter
ONE of Bulawayo’s largest emerging supermarket chains, Tasha’s, has closed four of its branches as competition in the retail sector stiffens.
‘Roki was her victim’
Bongani Ndlovu
Zimbabwe’s representatives in the ongoing Big Brother StarGame, Maneta Mazanhi and Rockford “Roki” Josphats were expected home last night, two days after being evicted from the reality show after they contravened the violence rule.
Egypt on edge as election results delay
Egypt was on edge yesterday after the Muslim Brotherhood warned of “confrontation” between the people and the ruling generals unless its candidate is named to succeed toppled president Hosni Mubarak.
A delay in announcing official results from the presidential election runoff, which had been due yesterday, heightened the Brotherhood’s fears of a “soft coup” by the military, which already disbanded the Islamist-led parliament and gave itself sweeping powers.
Immunisation programme gets overwhelming response
Chronicle Reporter
THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare is impressed with the response by all the country’s 10 provinces in the national immunisation programme, which started on Monday.
Government hailed over immunisation programme
Yoliswa Dube
Taurai Chiyangwa was born normal.
After birth, his mother went and stayed with him at their rural home but unfortunately did not on any day take him for immunisation.
At the age of six, Chiyangwa now 26, suffered from polio, which left him paralysed from the waist going down.
DeMbare coach faces playmaker poser after Mukamba suspension
Harare Bureau/Chronicle Reporter.
DYNAMOS coach Callisto Pasuwa, who faced a rebellion from a militant section of his team’s supporters after their defeat to Harare City, said he would have to find an able replacement for Denver Mukamba when they play Gunners on Sunday.