adminPope’s gesture to remarried Catholics does not herald change
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has made an attempt to appease remarried Catholic divorcees by calling on parishes to integrate them, although not let them take communion, but he is a long way from changing the rules, Vatican watchers said yesterday. Amid increasing calls from reformist Catholic groupsSA police disperse protesters with tear gas
CAPE TOWN — South African police yesterday used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people protesting against poor service delivery in Cape Town. The protesters took to the street early in the morning after local officials failed to address their complaints about electricity
Nigeria declares 3days of mourning
LAGOS — Nigeria yesterday started three days of national mourning for the 193 victims of one of the country’s worst plane crashes that happened in the economic capital Lagos a day earlier. The Dana Air flight with 153 people on board plunged into a densely populated area of Lagos near the airport
11 things we picked from Warriors’ defeat
Simplico Dube Sports Reporter
THERE are 11 things that we probably picked from our Warriors’ shock 0-1 defeat to Guinea in a 2014 World Cup qualifier at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday.
Jahunda Hall to get facelift
Entertainment Reporter
JAHUNDA Community Hall in Gwanda town in Matabeleland South Province is set to have a facelift to help arts grow in the town and province.
Obama perched on a cliff edge
Washington — President Barack Obama is perched on an economic and political cliff edge: to one side lies solid ground and four more White House years, to the other, a plunge to defeat after a single term.
Ref threatens to ‘fix’ Makhandeni Pirates
Sports Reporter
Makhandeni Pirate…0
How Mine…(1) 1
MATCH referee Martin Chivandire stole the limelight in How Mine’s 1-0 triumph over Makhandeni Pirates in a Zifa Southern Region Division One match that was played at White City Stadium yesterday.
Slomo mulls return to Mberikwazvo
Chronicle Correspondent
Is glitzy dancer, Franco “Slomo” Dhaka home sick?
‘HIV is no longer personal’
Fasil Tezera
As a treatment provider for tens of thousands of HIV positive people across the globe, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is deeply concerned about the proposal outlined in an editorial piece which appeared in the press recently.
Tangapasi win Mat South leg of Chibuku Road to Fame
Entertainment Reporter
TANGAPASI Band from Plumtree are this year’s winners of the Matabeleland South Chibuku Road to Fame competition which was held in Gwanda on Saturday afternoon.