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Harare Bureau
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has moved 170 000 tonnes of grain to deficit areas under the Government’s grain loan scheme.
Millions gather as hajj rituals peak
Mount Arafat — Vast crowds of Muslim pilgrims, all dressed in white, flocked to Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia’s west to take part in the main rituals of the annual hajj early yesterday.
Ndumiso Gumede ready to quit Zifa
Lovemore Dube
“MY time is up in football, I think I have done enough for the sport and my country.”
This was the bold message from Ndumiso Gumede, the Zifa vice-president, when Chronicle caught up with him at his home in the Inyathi communal lands yesterday afternoon.
Civil servants to get bonuses
Prosper Ndlovu
THE Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti, yesterday assured civil servants that they will be paid their annual bonuses as usual.
Speaking at a 2013 pre-budget consultative meeting in Bulawayo Minister Biti, who recently caused panic when he indicated that civil servants bonuses were in doubt this year citing suppressed revenue inflows, said the Government was committed to rewarding its workers.
This was after participants during the meeting pressurised him to clarify his position on the issue, saying it was a cause for concern.
Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director Dr Wedu Ndebele said uncertainties in the payment of civil servants’ bonuses were demoralising health workers.
Strong winds leave trail of destruction
Chronicle Reporter
Strong winds left a trail of destruction in Esigodini recently.
Lifting barriers could unlock Africa food trade: World Bank
WASHINGTON — Africa could avoid food shortages if it reduces the tangled web of rules, fees and high costs strangling regional food trade and by putting large swathes of uncultivated land to productive use, a World Bank report said on Wednesday.
Legendary Sounds promises reggae explosion
Entertainment Reporter
Legendary Sounds, a collection of DJs from Harare’s Red Fox, are set for another show at Club Forty40 today in a move that the owners of the establishment hope will cement their position as the place where reggae fans can get prime entertainment.Obama’s begging can’t get Clinton to stay
Washington — President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would love for Hillary Clinton to stay on as secretary of state after his hoped for re-election, but that “despite my begging” she has decided to move on.
Gen Chiwenga calls for cooperation across borders to combat spread of diseases
Victoria Falls Reporter
SOUTHERN African Development Community Military Health Services (Sadc MHS) should initiate more cooperation across borders to combat diseases that continue to decimate communities, the commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Constantine Chiwenga, said.Bogus prophets jailed for fraud
Court Reporter
TWO women who had problems fell prey to two self-claimed prophets who stole their money and some belongings.