Vettel’s record trumps Schumacher
LONDON – Sebastian Vettel’s run of seven Grands Prix wins in a row may be even more impressive than Michael Schumacher’s streak in 2004, according to Red Bull team boss…
ZimParks seeks to raise $10m to fight poaching at Hwange
Patrick Chitumba Victoria Falls Reporter THE newly established Board of Trustees for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA) is looking at raising $10 million between now and April…
Chinese woman sentenced to death for fraud
HOHHOT — A court in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region yesterday rejected the appeal of a woman sentenced to death for cheating investors out of 1,23 billion yuan ($200…
Pakistan to tour South Africa
CRICKET South Africa and the Pakistan Cricket Board have announced a three-match ODI and a two-match T20 series between the two countries which will take place in South Africa later…
Pair jailed for unlawful entry, theft
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent TWO Gwanda men who stole about $2 000 cash from Mkashi Farm in West Nicholson so that they could each attend to pressing problems, were each sentenced…
Headman fined for bribery
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau A BANKET headman, who tried to bribe Minister of State for Provincial Affairs (Mashonaland West) Cde Faber Chidarikire with $5 500 to influence the provincial lands…
Umguza Community Share Ownership Scheme bears fruit
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Chronicle Reporter THE Community Share Ownership Scheme/Trust has started bearing fruits in Umguza District in Matabeleland North province where the community used money from the scheme to…
Farmer loses cattle from poisonous stockfeed
Senior Reporter A RESETTLED farmer in Bubi District who sacrificed to buy supplementary stockfeed for his cattle ended up losing more when five of his beasts immediately died after feeding…
Ex-rebels loot, burn down villages
BANGUI — Armed members of the Central African Republic’s former rebel coalition looted and burned down about 100 houses last week, African military officials said on Monday, the latest unrest…
Cotton production declines 48 percent
Agriculture Reporter As world cotton prices plunge, cotton production has declined by 48 percent in Zimbabwe as traditional growers switch to more lucrative crops, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister…


