adminTsholotsho district football gains new status
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
TSHOLOTSHO District Football Association (Tshodifa) has been awarded Division Three status and will as from next year be competing under the Zifa Matabeleland North provincial structures.
Zesa scam busted
Leonard Ncube
POLICE in Bulawayo have bust a syndicate of people including a Zesa worker that has been going around reconnecting power to residents.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Move with haste in coming up with bankable 99-year lease
After delivering the land to the people under the revolutionary land reform programme, it is now time to move with speed to ensure the new farmers who benefited get the necessary support to make them productive.
Egypt protesters breach palace barricade
Cairo — Several hundred Egyptian protesters breached a concrete and metal barricade outside the presidential palace in Cairo yesterday, forcing back the soldiers manning it, AFP correspondents reported.Tripple B Academy promoted to Division One
Lovemore Zigara
BEITBRIDGE-BASED Tripple B Academy and Gwanda United secured the two promotion tickets from Matabeleland South into the Zifa Central Soccer League after topping the log standings in their respective leagues.
Zuma gets bravery award
Johannesburg — President Jacob Zuma has followed in the footsteps of his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Mugabe, in being awarded the King Hintsa Bravery Award.
Mukusi workers besiege Minister Sipepa Nkomo’s offices
Chronicle Reporters
DISGRUNTLED workers from Mukusi Products in Bulawayo yesterday besieged the offices of the Minister of Water Resources Development and Management Samuel Sipepa Nkomo demanding that he responds to their grievances.
The offices are situated at Zimdef House along Fort Street between 8th and 9th avenues.
By 9am a group of about 50 workers had gathered at the entrance of the building demanding to meet the Minister who was reported not to be in the office.
Four police officers stood on guard to ensure there was peace.
Minister Nkomo, who is believed to be the largest shareholder of Mukusi Products, has been at loggerheads with his workers over outstanding salaries since joining the company sometime last year.Health ministry probes ARVs mix up
Gwanda Correspondent
THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare is investigating the issue of a mix up of anti retroviral drugs that took place at the Opportunistic Clinic at Gwanda Provincial Hospital on Friday last week.Govt secures funds for NRZ locomotives
The Government has secured funds for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to pay off the 14 locomotives being manufactured in China, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Miner, director in court for stealing gold worth over $4m
Midlands Correspondent