admin339 cars clamped in council blitz
Chronicle Reporter
A total of 339 vehicles have been clamped and towed away while 51 bicycles have been impounded in the ongoing Bulawayo City Council blitz on vehicles that have outstanding traffic tickets in the city.
Injuries rock Shabanie Mine camp
Lovemore Zigara
ASBESTOS miners Shabanie Mine will be short of personnel as their camp has been hit by a spate of injuries ahead of their tricky Castle Premiership encounter against Chicken Inn at Maglas tomorrow.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: New exam entrance fees rules must be closely monitored
We welcome the raft of measures that Government has come up with to ensure that mission and private boarding schools do not swindle parents and guardians seeking Form One places for their children.
Shortage of funds hinders upgrading of prisons: Zimondi
Chronicle Reporter
INADEQUATE funding from Treasury is hampering efforts to upgrade the country’s 46 prisons, Zimbabwe Prison Service (ZPS) Commissioner Retired Major General Paradzai Zimondi said yesterday.
DeMbare ready to do nation proud
Harare Bureau
HARARE giants Dynamos go into battle tomorrow looking for redemption in Africa, after the humiliation suffered at the hands of Esperance, when they host Interclube of Angola in the first leg of the qualifying playoffs of the Confederation Cup at Rufaro.
Security forces should apply for mining concessions: Mpofu
Prosper Ndlovu
SECURITY forces should apply for mining concessions to augment their financial inflows and enhance efficient operations, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
PM Tsvangirai admits party rocked by defections
Temba Dube
MDC-T president and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday admitted that his party has been rocked by defections of members to the MDC faction led by Professor Welshman Ncube.
Row as man makes community pay for borehole water
Chronicle Reporter
NEW Magwegwe residents in Bulawayo are locked in a bitter wrangle with a man who is allegedly making them pay for the use of a community borehole.
The man, who is a member of Magwegwe United Residents Association (MURA) is reportedly charging a dollar for a 20-litre bucket for drawing water from the borehole.
Chief Marupi installed
Chronicle Reporter
SIXTEEN-year-old Oaheng Nare of Dibilashaba in Gwanda District was on Thursday installed as Chief Marupi, becoming the youngest chief in the country.
Zim relay team in no-show at African Championships
Sports Reporter
DESPITE all the spirited efforts by the National Amateur Athletics of Zimbabwe president Joseph Mungwari that the Zimbabwe relay team will compete in the 18th Senior African Championships in Porto-Novo, Benin, it has since emerged that only four athletes made it to Benin.