adminMinister Mudenge dies
Harare Bureau THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Dr Isaak Stanislaus Gorerazvo Mudenge has died.
He was 71.
Gold Star fails to pay workers’ salaries
Starafrica Corporation subsidiary Gold Star Sugars has failed to pay its workers their September salaries as problems continue to mount for the refinery. The company has since engaged sugar manufacturer…
EcoCash customer base grows
Business Reporter
The country’s largest mobile money transfer by registered users, EcoCash, says it now has more than 1,7 million registered users in urban and rural areas.
Hotel St Patrick’s officially opens
Business Reporter
The 16-room Hotel St Patrick’s in Bulawayo has been officially commissioned.
Bulawayo Kwela heads to Harare
Entertainment Reporter
BULAWAYO-BASED jazz group Bulawayo Kwela, an eight-member group that performs Kwela music, will perform at Alliance Française in Harare.
Kwanfire Asaph to release album
Entertainment Reporter
UP-and-coming Bulawayo hip-hop artiste, Tafadzwa Tarukwana, better known as Kwanfire Asaph, is set to release an album that will see him fuse hip-hop and gospel music.
BancABC Sup8r tourney scrapped
Harare Bureau
THIS year’s BancABC Sup8r tournament has been scrapped after the sponsors and Premier league failed to agree on the dates of staging the finals.
Tuskers ready
Ricky Zililo
THE domestic cricket franchise 2012/13 season roars into life tomorrow with Matabeleland Tuskers playing host to Manicaland Mountaineers in a One-Day game at Queens Sports Club.
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission invites civic groups to register
Chronicle Reporter-Harare Bureau
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has invited civic groups that intend to conduct voter education programmes to register with it ahead of the harmonised general election scheduled for March next year.
In a statement yesterday, ZEC said interested civic society groups should register with the electoral body by 9 October.
This follows the endorsement of President Mugabe’s application by High Court judge president George Chiweshe to defer proclamation of by-elections dates to the end of March next year.
140 000 vehicle licences issued
Business Reporter
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has issued licences for 141 266 vehicles since registration for the new quarter started, an official said yesterday.