adminWeather pattern affects SeedCo’s ZSE listing
Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed firm SeedCo has driven the industrial index down due to slow seed uptake this year as the changing weather pattern takes a toll on farming.
Passengers stranded as train derails
Pamela Shumba
SCORES of passengers were left stranded on Tuesday night when a Bulawayo bound National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train from Victoria Falls derailed.
The passenger train had five economy coaches, two second class coaches and one first class coach with 137 passengers on board.
It derailed between Lobangwe and Zanganja sidings probably due to wet conditions.
Passengers who spoke to Chronicle yesterday said the train, which left Victoria Falls at about 7pm, derailed at about 8.30 pm leaving them stranded until yesterday at about 4pm when NRZ organised another train to take them to Bulawayo.
“We left Victoria Falls at about 7pm on Tuesday and we expected to be in Bulawayo this morning. After travelling for only one hour the train derailed and the railway line was broken, which made it impossible for us to move,” said a passenger who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Zim troops for DRC
Harare Bureau
Zimbabwe will send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a neutral Sadc force pledged by the regional bloc to resolve the armed conflict in the eastern part of that country.
Fighting between the Government of President Joseph Kabila and M23 rebels has been raging for the past few months.
Foreign Affairs permanent secretary Ambassador Joey Bimha confirmed in an interview yesterday that Zimbabwe would deploy in the DRC.
This followed an approval by regional leaders at a Sadc Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Tanzania last Friday to deploy a neutral force in the eastern DRC to ensure peace.
“As such, Zimbabwe will contribute troops to that eastern area of the DRC to work with other countries in the region who will also contribute troops under the Sadc Standby Force,” said Ambassador Bimha.
Inyanga arrested for terminating pregnancy
Court Reporter
A 16-year-old Bulawayo girl narrowly survived death because of excessive bleeding when an inyanga helped her abort when she was four months pregnant.
Chasi murder trial set for early next year
Court Reporter
RENOWNED black empowerment activist Sonny Kuzomunhu Chasi is set to go on trial for murder during the first term of the High Court next year, a Bulawayo High Court judge was told.
Chronicle Reporter
A Tsholotsho man who suspected that his wife was having an extra-marital affair hanged himself in his bedroom hut.Businessman acquitted over R3,1m cigarettes haul
Beitbridge Reporter
A Beitbridge businessman who was last month arrested following the recovery of more than 1 000 boxes of an assortment of export quality cigarettes worth R3,1 million, which were hidden at his uncle’s homestead in Tshapfutshe village, was on Tuesday acquitted.Traditional leaders, defence forces meet
Chronicle Reporter
THE commander of One Brigade, Brigadier-General Thomas Moyo, yesterday commended traditional leaders for their contribution towards safeguarding peace in the country.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Govt must ensure school fees and levies remain affordable
School authorities in Zimbabwe who are reported to have increased fees by between 15 and 20 percent seem to be living in their own world.Poet brings out Ndebele anthology
Entertainment Reporter
Poet Bolsheviks Ndlovu has released a Ndebele language anthology that seeks to alert the youth on the sacrifices of the country’s leadership during the struggle for independence.