adminZifa start Angola preps
Sports Editor
WITH the nation still in a celebratory mood after the Warriors beat Angola 3-1 in an African Cup of Nations final qualifier first leg on Sunday, Zifa were back at work yesterday preparing for the return leg set for next month.
FEATURE: Citizens need more education on climate change
Emmanuel Ndlovu
CLIMATE change is indeed a global issue whose effects are seen on a daily basis especially on the recent shifts in weather, seasons of the year and rainfall patterns.
It is defined as a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere, adding to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
Bishop distances self from PM’s wedding
Harare Bureau
BISHOP Levee Kadenge of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe says he is not going to preside over Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wedding set for Saturday.
Bishop Kadenge, who was reported to be the presiding marriage officer, said he had nothing to do with the wedding, describing events around the wedding as “a circus”.
The Bishop, who had been cited as the third respondent in the urgent application filed by the PM’s estranged wife Ms Locardia Karimatsenga Tembo to stop the wedding, said he had nothing to do with the wedding.
PSL governors endorse Supersport deal
Lovemore Dube
THE Premier Soccer League board of governors on Saturday ratified the Supersport deal at an extraordinary meeting.Syrian troops regain control of Hanano district: army official
DAMASCUS — The Hanano area in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo has come under the control of government forces after intense clashes, a military source said yesterday.
Canadian govt is ‘extremist’: Iran
Tehran — Iran yesterday said Canada had a “neo-conservative extremist government” as it kept up a furious response to Ottawa’s decision last week to cut diplomatic ties.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Save CSC from total collapse
REPORTS that the Cold Storage Company is broke made sad reading and should spur Government to move in and save the company from total collapse. For the past decade the company has been teetering on the brink of collapse largely because of the breakdown of the European Union quota deal which was discontinued in 2001 due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
Zapu broke, operating from the streets: Dabengwa
Chronicle Reporter
ZAPU leader Mr Dumiso Dabengwa has admitted that his party is broke and operating from the streets.
Addressing party supporters at a rally at Magwegwe Hall on Saturday, Mr Dabengwa said Zapu had been operating on a shoe-string budget, as members were not paying subscriptions.
The rally was organised by the party’s youths and was meant to celebrate fallen Zapu heroes and coincide with the King Mzilikazi Commemorations.
Mr Dabengwa said the party was evicted from its offices because members had not been paying subscriptions leaving it without any source of funding.Air Nigeria shuts down
ABUJA — International carrier Air Nigeria said it will terminate operations yesterday due to “staff disloyalty and environmental challenges,” the latest setback for the country’s aviation industry after a rival’s plane crash in June killed 163 people.
Raiders kill 38 in latest land clashes in Kenya
MOMBASA — Hundreds of armed raiders killed at least 38 villagers and torched more than 150 houses yesterday in the latest fighting between rival tribes in a dispute over land and water in Kenya’s coastal region.