adminShowdown looms over fired councillors
Harare Bureau
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo are headed for a showdown after the former vowed not to furnish the minister with reasons behind the dismissal of 12 MDC-T councillors.
Minister Chombo on Tuesday wrote to PM Tsvangirai demanding reports on MDC-T councillors fired by the party to enable Government to make informed intervention.
However, MDC-T has vowed not to cooperate with Minister Chombo’s request.
The MDC-T dismissed 12 councillors last month from various cities on corruption charges.
Another woman joins PM’s marriage saga
Harare Bureau
A SOUTH African woman who claims to be engaged to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has joined Ms Locardia Karimatsenga in the fight to have the premier’s wedding stopped.
PM Tsvangirai is scheduled to wed his fiancée Ms Elizabeth Macheka tomorrow at Raintree Lodge in Umwinsidale, Harare.
Ms Nosipho Regina Shilubane has instructed her lawyer, Mr Wellington Pasipanodya of Manase and
Manase legal practitioners, to file an objection with Harare provincial magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi.
Mr Mutevedzi granted the PM a marriage licence for tomorrow’s wedding.
Matabeleland Warriors raring to go
Ricky Zililo
BULAWAYO rugby enthusiasts are in for a big treat when Matabeleland Warriors play host to defending National Rugby League champions Old Georgians in a semi-final set for the ceremonial home of rugby, Hartsfield Stadium, tomorrow.
Kezi killer torched home over blanket
Chronicle Reporter
THE Kezi man, who on Monday went on a rampage and murdered his uncle’s three children, raped their mother and a neighbour, allegedly torched his father’s homestead because of a blanket.
Minda High teacher up for rape
Gwanda Correspondent
A MINDA High School history teacher has been arraigned before a Gwanda regional court for allegedly raping a 17-year-old pupil.
Accused assaults magistrate, prosecutor after being denied bail
Chronicle Reporters
A GWERU magistrate sustained a fractured leg and a prosecutor sustained injuries
Putin urges new patriotism for post-Soviet Russia
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has urged the creation of a new sense of patriotism to serve as the basis of Russia’s future to replace the vacuum left by the fall of the ideologically driven USSR
US warships steam towards Libya coast
US President Barack Obama has pledged to bring to justice those who attacked the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
‘Arrest Tsvangirai for bigamy’
Harare Bureau
LAWYERS representing Ms Locardia Karimatsenga have written to the Attorney General seeking the arrest of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on allegations of bigamy.
Mr Jonathan Samukange of Venturas and Samukange law firm yesterday wrote to Mr Johannes Tomana arguing that Mr Tsvangirai had breached Section 104 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
PM Tsvangirai paid lobola for Ms Elizabeth Macheka and on 27 August this year obtained a marriage licence in preparation for his wedding tomorrow.
Mbada Diamond Cup roars into action
Ricky Zililo
THE country’s richest soccer tournament, the Mbada Diamonds Cup, roars to life tomorrow with Bulawayo clubs looking beyond the first round.