adminCall for Govt to step up preps for UNWTO general assembly
The government should step up preparations to host the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly as the dates are fast drawing close, an official has said.
Editorial Comment: Govt must have two tier fees for miners
After the outcry caused by the government’s decision to increase mining activities and licence fees by as much as 8 000 percent last January to curb speculative holding of claims, the Government has announced it would reduce the fees by 50 percent.
Man rapes neighbour’s wife
Chronicle Reporter
A 26-year Beitbridge man allegedly sneaked into his neighbour’s bedroom and had sex with his wife after pretending to be the husband.
Chavez in ‘delicate’ state
Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s vice president, has said President Hugo Chavez is suffering from “new complications” following his cancer surgery in Cuba. Maduro did not give details on Sunday about…
Merkel warns Germans of tough economic times ahead
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the German economic climate in 2013 will be “even more difficult”.
In her new year message, she also cautioned that the eurozone debt crisis was far from over.
Mharakurwa urges corporate world to support athletes with disabilities
Ricky Zililo
ZIMBABWE’S number one wheelchair tennis ace Nyasha Mharakurwa has called on the corporate world to support athletes with disabilities as the nation stands to produce a number of paralympic medalists.
Sports associations look ahead
Harare Bureau
WITH the year ending, most national sports associations have set their eyes on the New Year with a lot of activities lined up in different disciplines.
Rufaro Rovers seek sponsorship
Lillian Sibanda
HWANGE-based Zifa Southern Region Division One Soccer League outfit Rufaro Rovers is appealing to the corporate world to come to the rescue of their team sinking due to lack of funding.
Nation urged to vote out unity Govt
Plumtree Correspondent
Zanu-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has called on people to vote overwhelmingly in next year’s elections in order to bring the unity Government to an end as it was hindering development in the country.
Speaking during a memorial service for the late liberation hero, Cde Chilisi Bhuka Ngwenya, in Dombodema, Plumtree on Sunday, Cde Moyo said the unity Government had overstayed its welcome.
He said it had only given individuals who professed to be leaders an
Parties pessimistic on EU sanctions removal
Harare Bureau
The European Union might not remove the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe when the 27-member bloc meets in Brussels next month to review its stance on the embargoes, parties in the inclusive Government hinted yesterday.
Although Zanu-PF and MDC-T were unanimous that the embargoes would be extended to February 2014, the reasons the two parties gave were miles apart.
Zanu-PF argued the sanctions would not be removed as long as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was not in power, while the MDC-T claims they would remain in place as long as Global Political Agreement issues were not fully implemented.