adminMusona loaned out for peanuts
JOHANNESBURG—German soccer club FC Augsburg are paying a fee of just 100 000 euros (about R1million) to loan Knowledge Musona for the coming season.
HSBC ‘allowed drug cartels to launder money’
Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its US operations, an investigation by the US senate has found.
Panic as women wake up without panties
Freedom Mupanedemo
Midlands Correspondent
A TRADITIONAL healer from Gokwe South has called an emergency meeting with his subjects following a bizarre incident in which 26 females including schoolgirls in his area woke up and found themselves without panties.
Share schemes record successes
Kamangeni Phiri
THE Community Share Ownership Schemes/Trusts (CSOS/Ts) launched by President Mugabe last year to benefit largely rural communities previously marginalised by the colonialists are beginning to record successes albeit slowly as the trustees grapple with the challenge of dealing with large volumes of money.
A ministerial team led by Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, Saviour Kasukuwere, and his Local Government, Rural and Urban Development counterpart, Dr Ignatius Chombo, toured the trustees’ projects in Zvishavane and held meetings with the Zvishavane and Tongogara CSOS/Ts in their towns.
The two Ministers and the Midlands Governor, Jason Machaya, expressed satisfaction in the manner the CSOS/Ts were being managed.
“Since the inception of the project, we are quite pleased with the manner in which they are administered and the progress recorded so far, especially in Zvishavane. The Runde Rural District Council in Zvishavane has so far managed to improve its road network and construct two state-of-the-art classroom blocks,” said Minister Kasukuwere.
“Even in Shurugwi, the trust is functioning well. We want to change the face of our towns like Shurugwi and Zvishavane through infrastructural development and job creation using the CSOS/Ts.”
Gold production increases
Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S gold production rose 29 percent to 7,1 tonnes in the first six months of the year generating $376,5 million, data from the Chamber of Mines shows.
Ministers risk losing posts
Harare Bureau
China, Africa to deepen ties
Chinese and African ministers meet in Beijing this week to review coopera-tion and prepare a new development plan for the next three years.
Uphold values of the struggle, youths told
Chronicle Reporter
YOUTHS in Zimbabwe have been encouraged to uphold the values of the struggle for independence and emulate President Mugabe.
Brawls in Egypt court as judges meet on constitution
CAIRO — Brawls broke out in an Egyptian courtroom as judges prepared to issue rulings yesterday that will either bolster the country’s new President Mohamed Mursi, or undermine him in his power struggle with the military.
Schools rewarded for donating blood
Chronicle Reporter
John Tallach High School in Matabeleland North and Mtshabezi High School in Matabeleland South have retained their titles of being the best blood donors in their respective provinces.