adminOld Mutual golf tourney tees off
Sports Reporter
THE 2012 edition of the Old Mutual Golf Tournament tees off this morning at the Bulawayo Country Club with about 80 golfers from across the country expected to take part.
Artistes call for dedicated arts, culture ministry
Entertainment Reporter
A STAND-ALONE Ministry of Arts and Culture would help grow the sector as the ministry would be dedicated to coming up with policies to help the industry grow, arts experts have said.
Youths embark on children’s rights awareness campaign
Factmore Dzobo.
Young Lawyers for Human Rights (YLHR), a peer education group, has embarked on a children’s rights awareness campaign in schools and communities around Bulawayo.
Poets pen Joshua Nkomo’s praises
Bongani Ndlovu
POETS in Bulawayo have compiled a book of poems in IsiNdebele in honour of the late Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo and other national heroes.
New rules on exam entrance tests introduced
Harare Bureau
GOVERNMENT has come up with a raft of measures to ensure mission and private boarding schools do not “fleece” parents and guardians through Form One entrance tests.
‘Dozens killed’ in northern Mali fighting
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters have taken control of the headquarters of the local separatist rebels in the north Mali town of Gao after a bloody battle that has killed at least 20 people, residents said.
Tsholotsho needs 100 boreholes to alleviate water shortage
Pamela Shumba in Tsholotsho
TSHOLOTSHO needs about 100 boreholes to alleviate the critical shortage of water, which the district is facing, an official said.
Indigenisation moves to banks
From Arnold Mutemi in Victoria Falls
All sectors of the economy including banks, will be required to indigenise ownership within the next 12 months, the chairman of the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board, Mr David Chapfika said yesterday.
Chapungu face disciplinary action over ref assault
Lovemore Zigara
CHAPUNGU and Blanket Mine are set to appear before the Reginald Chidawanyika-led ZIFA Central Region disciplinary committee following skirmishes that characterised the two sides’ Week Seven encounter, in which the referee was allegedly assaulted by some Chapungu players.
Tsvangirai calls for emergency meeting over defections
Temba Dube
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has reportedly called an emergency Bulawayo provincial assembly meeting to address escalating defections from his party to the rival Professor Welshman Ncube-led MDC.