adminMlom’ Wakho Poetry Slam to go international
Entertainment ReporterTHE Mlom’ Wakho Poetry Slam, a poetry event that takes place on the second weekend of every month, is looking to follow in the footsteps of the House of Hunger Poetry Slam which has managed to export its act outside the country’s borders.
Create Fund boon to food security
Lungelo Ndhlovu
The $12 million Credit for Agriculture Trade and Expansion Fund (Create Fund), put together by the Zimbabwe Agriculture Development Trust (ZADT) is a comprehensive initiative which has potential to revive Zimbabwe’s food security starting from the forthcoming farming season.
Senior police officer convicted of stealing exhibits
Midlands Correspondent
THE senior police officer based at Kwekwe Central Police Station who is facing a charge of stealing money kept as exhibits was yesterday found guilty of the charge by Gweru magistrate, Mrs Mildred Matuvi.
Bev, Zoey arrested for public indecency
Harare Bureau
Two of Harare’s pole dancers and strippers, Zoey Sifelani and Beverley Sibanda, were yesterday morning arrested for public indecency.
This follows an outcry from the public after a local tabloid published semi-nude pictures of the two raunchy dancers performing what appeared to be pornography on stage.
Both Zoey and Beverley were picked up around 11am and were taken to the Commercial Crime Unit at Harare Central Police Station where they were interviewed for hours.
Sibanda’s manager Harpers Mapimhidze yesterday confirmed the two’s arrest and said they were still in police custody late last night.
“I accompanied them to the police station and they had their operating permits with them. They are both registered with the Dancers Association of Zimbabwe and the Censorship Board.
“The police have been questioning them, but I am not yet clear on the charges that would be preferred against the two,” he said.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Testing times ahead for MDC-T
THE Movement for Democratic Change formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai finds itself in a tight corner ahead of its 13th anniversary celebrations slated for White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday. For the first time since it was conceived by a collection of disgruntled diverse groups with different grievances against the State, the party is losing support and in danger of imploding given the plethora of problems bedevilling it.Origins of human hand still to be ascertained
Chronicle Reporter
POLICE are still to ascertain the origins of a suspected human palm that was found in Bulawayo’s Tshabalala suburb last month.
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Businesses urged to partner Govt to promote science
Beitbridge Reporter
THE Provincial Education Director for Matabeleland South, Mrs Tumisang Thabela has called on businesses to partner with the Government in promoting science and technology through funding science exhibitions at schools.
President condemns abuse of UN by Western nations
Caesar Zvayi at the UNITED NATIONS, New York
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday urged the Western world to condemn the cold-blooded murder of former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi with the same contempt and platitudes they displayed in the wake of the killing of Chris Stevens, who was the US ambassador to Libya, earlier this month.
Colonel Gaddafi was murdered in front of world cameras last October by Nato-backed rebels. The US ambassador was killed in similar circumstances when the US embassy was stormed by Libyan rebels this month.
In his address to the General Assembly on Tuesday, US president Barack Obama made an impassioned address about the death of the US envoy, a refrain that was picked by many speakers drawn from the Western block.
President Mugabe reminded the US president that his country was a member of the same Nato that had killed Colonel Gaddafi, and slammed the US and its allies for pratcicing double standards.
Police to launch operation against touts
Chronicle Reporter