adminPair jailed five years for robbery
Chronicle Reporter
TWO Bulawayo men who waylaid, slapped and robbed two women who were going to buy meat from a butchery in Bulawayo have been sentenced to five years in prison.
ANC tackles apartheid’s economic legacy
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling ANC began a key policy conference yesterday urging a “second transition” to give black people more ownership of Africa’s largest economy, two decades on from apartheid.
Chiweshe lands job at Swaziland club
Harare Bureau
Former Dynamos midfielder and coach Elvis “Chuchu” Chiweshe has found a new home in Swaziland after landing a contract with one of that country’s top teams Manzini Wanderers at the weekend.
Maneta delays homecoming
Daisy Jeremani
Disqualified Zimbabwean housemate in DStv reality show Big Brother Stargame, Maneta Mazanhi, is angry with herself for reacting to Rockford “Roki” Josphats’ provocation.
Lack of information blamed for youth’s failure to access funds
Masvingo Correspondent
THE failure by the youths to access funds under the Indigenisation and Empowerment Programme is a result of bottlenecks caused by a lack of information, an official said.
Chiefs fight over land
Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Chronicle Correspondent
BATTLE lines have been drawn between Chief Wedza and Chief Mafala both of Zvishavane over the control of Zvegona area, Oret and Zugaburg Resettlement.
ZNCC AGM kicks off
Oliver Kazunga
Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) annual general meeting and congress start in Victoria Falls today with more than 100 delegates having registered.
Egypt’s Morsi gets to work on cabinet, economy
CAIRO — President-elect Mohamed Morsi was yesterday drawing up a battle plan to confront Egypt’s economic and security crises as he pushed ahead with selecting a government of technocrats, a senior aide said.
EasiPark realises US$1,3m profit
Municipal Reporter
THE parking management firm formed by Harare City Council and EasiHold of South Africa, EasiPark made a US$1,3 million profit from its operations between March 2010 and December 2011. Harare now stands to receive US$775 555 from profit-sharing as part of its 60 percent share.
Resettled farmers delivered 43pc of auctioned tobacco
Agriculture ReporterResettled farmers have contributed over 43 percent of the tobacco sold so far with the A1 sector leading. Tobacco growers have increased as a result of the land reform programme. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board statistics show that as at June