adminTruckers, factories join SA strike
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s wildcat strikes, which slashed production at several large gold and platinum mines this summer and left scores dead in violent clashes with police, have spread to truck drivers, more than 20 000 of whom have stopped delivering
Poll preps: ZEC invites aspiring voter educators
Herald Reporters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has invited civic groups intending to conduct voter education to register with it by October 9, as churches threw their weight behind an agreement by principals in the Global Political Agreement to have harmonised polls in
Nigeria hunts suspects in student killings
Nigerian troops moved house-to-house in the northeastern town of Mubi in a bid to find attackers responsible for killing 25 people in a college student housing area.
Police in Iran clash with currency protesters
Iranian riot police have clashed with protesters in the capital Tehran over the collapse of the rial, the country’s currency, which has lost a third of its value against the dollar in a week.
Tshanda, Majalisa billed for Bulawayo Amphitheatre
Entertainment Reporter
ONE of Bulawayo’s favourite musicians from South Africa, Daniel Tshanda and his friends are billed to perform at Bulawayo’s Amphitheatre tomorrow.
Elephants die due to water shortages
Victoria Falls Reporter
A total of 17 elephants have died in two camps at the Hwange National Park, which has been hit by a shortage of water.
Council warns residents against scavenging
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council has warned residents to desist from scavenging at the Richmond dumpsite popularly known as “Ngozi Mine” saying the place was a protected area with high risks of danger.
Mathema calls for legalisation of shebeens
Hillary Marizani
THE Governor of Bulawayo, Ambassador Cain Mathema, yesterday called on Government to legalise shebeens, saying the laws barring their operations were colonial.
Governor Mathema told Chronicle that shebeen operators should be given licences and be allowed to operate like other business people.
“Shebeen operators should be given licences and be able to operate without being victimised. Victimisation of shebeen operators did not start after independence, it started during the colonial era and now the country is following the same route and that is wrong,” he said.
Villagers accuse chief of grabbing their beasts
Midlands Correspondent
Chief Chirumanzu, born Mr Gerald Mudzengi, has come under fire from his subjects
Obama, Romney gear up for first debate
DENVER (Colorado) — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at last stood face-to-face yesterday to duel for the White House in the first of a trio of debates just 33 days before American voters decide their fates.