adminAdults urged to donate blood
Chronicle Reporter
DONATING blood is everyone’s responsibility which should not be left to the youths only as all Zimbabweans must take ownership of donating blood and improve the adult donor base, Bulawayo Governor Ambassador Cain Mathema has said.
Ambassador Mathema said this during the Matabeleland region World Donor Day commemorations held in Bulawayo last Friday.
President leaves for UN conference in Rio de Janeiro
Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare last night to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday.
84 MDC-T members defect to MDC
Chronicle Reporter
RELATIONS between the two MDC factions suffered a further knock yesterday when a total of 84 MDC-T members from Makokoba constituency defected join the rival Welshman Ncube-led MDC.
Address discrimination of disabled children: Govt, stakeholders urged
Beitbridge Reporter
THERE is need for stakeholders to lobby Government and strongly recommend the review of existing legislative and policy frameworks at national level aimed at addressing discrimination against children living with disabilities, an official said last week.
ZMF partners UAE investors to set up gold processing centres
Oliver Kazunga
THE Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation (ZMF) has partnered with Middle Eastern investors to set up gold processing centres in the country.
The miners’ federation represents the interests of small-scale miners in the country.
King Ntshosho encourages marriage institution
Entertainment Reporter
ZIKODE! Wenawenge! Ngwenyama! A praise recital that was being sung by hundreds of people on Saturday for the king of the Amangwe, King Ntshosho Zwane II, as he entered Chief Wasi’s homestead during the Annual Amangwe Celebrations held in Matabeleland South Province.
King Ntshosho Zwane II was inaugurated in October last year in Durban.
I’ll control temper: Rooney
Wayne Rooney has vowed to control his temperament when he makes a long-awaited return from suspension for England’s tense Group D finale against Ukraine tomorrow.
32 pilgrims killed in Iraq bombings
BAGHDAD — Two car bomb explosions killed 32 Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad as millions of them ended a major ritual at a holy shrine in the Iraqi capital on Saturday amid tightened security measures.
Soldiers fined $200 for failing to secure firearm
Court Reporter
THREE soldiers attached to Support 1:2 Infantry Battalion in Hwange who went on a hunting expedition at a farm in Hwange and failed to secure the firearms resulting in one of the rifles being used to kill three people have been fined $200 (or six months in prison).
Tobacco sales slow down as season end draws nearer
Sharon Sibindi
Daily tobacco sales at the auction floors have started going down as the selling season nears an end, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has said.
TIMB said tobacco sales on day 82 declined to 812 884 kilogrammes compared to 1 434 419kg recorded on day 75.