adminPresident Zuma expected today
Harare Bureau
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma is expected in Zimbabwe today for a meeting with Global Political Agreement principals.
Nkiwane releases 14-track album
Entertainment reporter
SOUTH Africa-based gospel musician Knowledge Nkiwane has released a 14-track solo album called UJesu Uyazi which warns Christians about the dangers of having a double standard life.
Somali pirate negotiator receives 12 life sentences in US court
A Somali man who acted as a ransom negotiator for pirates who seized an American yacht last year and killed four American hostages was sentenced on Monday by a US federal judge to serve 12 life sentences.
Census preps back on track — Minister
Chronicle Correspondent
THE training of enumerators for the 2012 population census is expected to end today with preparations for the count back on track, acting Finance Minister Gorden Moyo has said.
Upgrading of Beitbridge water treatment plant begins
Beitbridge Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has started upgrading the Beitbridge water treatment plant in a development that is set to ease perennial water woes in the border town.
Britain gives Malawi $4,7 mln for food aid
BLANTYRE — Britain has given $4,7 million to Malawi for food aid as more than 1.6 million people face food shortages in the impoverished southern African nation, British officials and the UN World Food Programme said yesterday.
Jessie Mine coach quits
Midlands Correspondent
JESSIE Mine coach, Ophany Muleya, has quit the Zifa Central Division One Soccer League side in a huff after incessant pressure from the team executive and supporters.
Trio caught with highly intoxicating cough syrup at Zahara show
Chronicle Reporter
THREE Bulawayo men arrested for smoking mbanje at the Zahara musical show in the city on
Chewumba Pirates win Bekithemba Mpofu tourney
Sports Reporter
CHEWUMBA Pirates Football Club from Chikandakubi Ward in Hwange West Constituency scooped the inaugural Bekithemba Mpofu Soccer Tournament title.
Kenya to probe why Uganda choppers crashed
NAIROBI (Kenya) — Kenya said yesterday it would cooperate with Ugandan authorities to painstakingly investigate the cause of multiple helicopter accidents in Mt Kenya, which killed at least two soldiers, left four missing and 15 others wounded.