adminByo Police ordered to weed out pirate taxis
Chronicle Reporter
POLICE in Bulawayo have been ordered to weed out pirate taxis or face the wrath of the force’s anti-corruption drive.
Firewood vendor embroiled in juju row
Chronicle Reporter
A firewood vendor was found half-naked in New Lobengula in Bulawayo early yesterday morning allegedly sprinkling water at a market place in what residents suspect is an act of juju (magical powers) to enhance her business.
Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops
FALLUJA —Thousands of mourners rallied on Saturday for the funerals of Sunni Muslims shot dead by troops as they rallied to demonstrate against Iraq’s Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Sunnis have taken to the streets since December to protest against what they call mistreatment of their minority sect, increasing fears Iraq could slide back into the kind of Shi’ite-Sunni bloodletting that killed tens of thousands in 2006-2007.
Tobacco farmers start deliveries
Business Reporter
SOME tobacco farmers have started delivering their crop to auction floors ahead of the 2013 marketing season that starts mid next month.
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board announced on Friday that the 2013 auction tobacco marketing season opens on 13 February with contract sales starting the following day.
Company cedes claims to locals
Marvelous Moyo
Gwanda Correspondent
A local wholly indigenous mining company, Gurus Holdings, has decided to complete the Government’s economic empowerment programme by ceding some of its gold claims to local communities.
Bosso board survives ouster
Ricky Zililo
Sports Reporter
THE Highlanders FC board survived ouster by a whisker after members blasted them over the way they handled the issue of former treasurer Odiel Nkomo who was alleged to have embezzled club funds.
Highlanders’ bona fide members had been eagerly awaiting the outcome of the forensic audit carried out by Grant Thornton auditors which revealed that there were financial irregularities at the club which were caused by lack of proper accounting systems at the club.
Vumbachikwe threaten to pull out of Central league
Lovemore Zigara
Midlands Correspondent
A storm is brewing in the Zifa Central Region Division One Soccer League as Gwanda-based side, Vumbachikwe are threatening to pull out of the league after being slapped with a $1500 fine by the league’s executive committee over their match against Blanket Mine.
‘Butcheries endangering customers’ lives’
Temba Dube
Chronicle Reporter
POLICE destroyed about four tonnes of unwholesome and uninspected meat while 1 122 butcheries were shut down for operating illegally last year.
Speaking at a police crime awareness campaign in Bulawayo on Friday, National Anti-Stock theft national coordinator Assistant Commissioner Bernard Dumbura said eight abattoirs and 800 food outlets were also shut down for unhealthy practices that endangered the lives of customers.
Taxi drivers arrested for operating without licences
Plumtree Correspondent
THREE pirate taxi drivers from Bulawayo that were operating along Bulawayo- Plumtree Road have been arrested for working without operators’ licences.
BCC has declared war on me: Chombo
Leonard Ncube
Chronicle Reporter
Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development, Dr Ignatius Chombo yesterday said the Bulawayo City Council has declared war on him by refusing to swear in Mr Fidelis Fengu as a special interest councillor.
Minister Chombo gave the council a directive on 22 November last year to swear in Mr Fengu as a special interest councillor for people with disabilities, but the local authority barred him from assuming office.