adminAgreement with banks good but . . .
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Since the advent of the multiple currencies in 2009, depositors have been complaining about the level of charges levied by commercial banks and building societies for various services.
Do not dilute education quality
Stephen Mpofu
After a phenomenal growth which started shortly after independence and has continued over the years, some people with inverted mindsets now want Zimbabwe to lower its flag of triumph in education for reasons best known to themselves.
Suicides a symptom of social ills
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
One of the symptoms of social ills of any nation is the incidence of suicide. Although the author of this opinion article does not have official statistics about that frightening occurrence, it would appear that suicide is now more common in Zimbabwe than four or so decades ago.
Pupils ‘rapist’ in court
Court Reporter
A Pumula South man who was on Monday assaulted by schoolchildren after being caught red handed raping a 12-year-old girl has appeared in court.
Beggar jailed four years for attempted murder
Court Reporter
A beggar in Bulawayo has been sentenced to five years in prison for beating up a would-be “Good Samaritan” and leaving him for the dead.
Grenade explodes outside Istanbul police station
A suicide bomber threw a grenade into a police station in a suburb of Turkey’s largest city Istanbul and then blew himself up, killing one police officer and wounding at least seven other people, officials say.
A leftist armed group group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack in a statement published on a website close to the group, a senior security official said.
The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), which has carried out at least one suicide attack in Istanbul before, said in the statement that one of its members had carried out the attack in the suburb of Sultangazi.
Thousands of Iraqi protesters say no to Maliki
FALLUJA (Iraq) — Chanting “No” to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims protested after Friday prayers in huge rallies against the Shi’ite premier that are raising the spectre of renewed sectarian unrest.
Nigeria anti-graft lawmaker charged with $3 million bribe
ABUJA— A lawmaker who led a corruption probe into Nigeria’s fuel subsidy last year was charged yesterday with accepting a $3 million bribe from a billionaire oil tycoon to remove his company from the list of fraudsters.
Communities risk water shortage due to loss of wetlands
Chronicle Reporter
COMMUNITIES risk facing severe water shortages because of loss of wetlands due to the
Work on capital projects at standstill
Prosper Ndlovu
Chronicle Reporter
Work on capital projects across the country has come to a standstill as Treasury is yet to release funding, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.
In an interview, Public Works Minister Gabbuza Joel Gabuza said contractors were still waiting for payment of millions of dollars in outstanding bills accrued last year.