adminTuskers resume training
Ricky ZililoREIGNING Castle Logan Cup champions Matabeleland Tuskers Cricket Franchise resume their training on Wednesday after a three-week festive break ahead of their clash against Southern Rocks at Queens Sports Club on Saturday.
The two teams will clash in a Pro-50 One-Day game on Saturday and then square off in a Twenty20 match on the following day.
Winners’ Open tourney to start tomorrow
Lillian SibandaBULAWAYO will send a number of tennis players to the New Winners Open Tournament that will start on Wednesday and end on Sunday in Harare.
Harare Sports Club will be the venue of the event.
Zifa board meets
Harare BureauZIFA will hold their last board meeting today where the troubled state of the national association’s finances is set to top the agenda in light of a busy schedule for the Warriors in 2013.
NewZim Steel owes Kwekwe Council $9 million
Midlands Bureau ChiefNEWZIM Steel, an Essar Holdings (Pvt) Limited subsidiary, still owes Kwekwe City Council $9 million in unpaid water bills as the company is yet to commence operations, Kwekwe Mayor, Councillor Shadreck Tobaiwa has revealed.
The water debt was accrued over the years when the steel company was operating as Ziscosteel.
Nkayi Farmers optimistic
Chronicle ReporterFARMERS in Nkayi District have expressed satisfaction with the rains received in the area so far saying they are hopeful that they will get a bumper harvest if it continued raining.
While most parts of the country are having erratic rains, most parts of Nkayi especially the northern parts received rainfall early and farmers have already planted.
President assists Tsholotsho farmers with tractors
Prosper Ndlovu
PRESIDENT Mugabe has sent five tractors to Tsholotsho District to assist villagers who lost their cattle because of drought in tilling the land during this year’s farming season.
Zanu-PF Politburo member and MP for Umguza Dr Obert Mpofu yesterday also sent two more tractors to the district to complement President’s Mugabe initiative.
College fleeces hundreds
Temba DubeA number of people from Bulawayo were allegedly tricked into signing forms by a distance education college in Harare, which has started deducting money from their salaries before enrolling them.
Complainants said the Certified Commerce and Industry Personnel (CCIP) college has been deducting amounts ranging from $40 to 60 from their salaries since the beginning of the year. They said many efforts to get the college to stop have been unsuccessful.
Govt to assist jobless nurses
Harare BureauTHE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has completed crafting modalities for the export of thousands of jobless nurses to other countries across the world.
Minister of Health and Child Welfare Deputy Minister Douglas Mombeshora on Friday said the document had already been submitted to the Attorney General’s office.
Former mayor faces eviction
Midlands Bureau ChiefKWEKWE City Council has engaged its lawyers as it moves a gear up in its battle to evict former Executive Mayor, Mr Stanford Bonyongwa, out of the controversial mayoral mansion, the incumbent mayor, Councillor Shadreck Tobaiwa has said.
Tourism sector wants elections held before UNWTO assembly
Harare BureauZimbabwe should hold its elections as scheduled so that it prepares for the successful cohosting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly, a Cabinet minister has said.
In an interview, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi dismissed fears that the forthcoming elections would disrupt preparations for the general assembly.