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Chronicle Correspondent
Amakhosi play sparks storm
Auxilia Katongomara
THE Amakhosi Plays on Sunday seems to be paying dividends as last week’s play I want to Fly by Bulawayo playwright Thembelihle Moyo, is promising to be a thriller on the local scene.Syrian refugees top 700 000 as exodus swells: UN
GENEVA — More than 700 000 Syrian refugees have registered in neighbouring countries or await processing there, and aid workers are struggling to keep up with the exodus, the United Nations said yesterday.
Chinamasa, Biti tasked to source money for polls
Harare Bureau
Principals in the inclusive Government have tasked Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Finance Minister Tendai Biti to source money for the referendum and general elections from the donor community.
This comes as the political parties in Government have agreed to campaign for a “yes” vote for the new constitution in the referendum expected in March.
The money to be sourced from donors would come through Treasury for onward transmission to institutions that run the country’s electoral processes.
Minister Chinamasa said yesterday that he would meet Minister Biti today to work on the modalities to source the funds.
“Yes, we are going to do that and I have put up suggestions to Minister Biti which we are going to discuss tomorrow (today),” he said.
Trio nabbed for elephant tusk, rhino horn possession
Chronicle Reporter
French-led troops regain Timbuktu
GAO (Mali) — French and Malian troops retook control of Timbuktu, a Unesco World Heritage site, on Monday after Islamist rebel occupiers fled the ancient Sahara trading town and torched several buildings, including a library holding priceless manuscripts.
Harare fans fall for Chigubhu
Bruce Ndlovu
16 official languages in draft constitution
Harare Bureau
Nightclub owners arrested for tampering with evidence in Brazil fire deadly fire
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police on Monday arrested the Kiss nightclub owners after a fire had killed 231 people, saying they were suspected of tampering with evidence of their negligence.Shurugwi man ‘fatally assaults’ lover
Midlands Reporter
A man in Shurugwi allegedly fatally beat up his girlfriend after reportedly finding her in the company of another man behind her bedroom, police have reported.