admin‘Don’t break my heart,’ Cameron begs Scots
EDINBURGH — British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday begged Scots not to rip apart the United Kingdom’s “family of nations”, flying to Scotland to man the barricades against a surge…
Attackers of Rwandan exile jailed for 8 years
JOHANNESBURG — Four men convicted of trying to kill an exiled critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame in South Africa were each jailed for eight years on Monday, though the…
France says ready for air strikes in Iraq ‘if necessary’
PARIS — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said yesterday that France was prepared to take part in air strikes on Islamic extremists in Iraq “if necessary.” “In Iraq… we support the…
R7,6m cigs seized
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau DETECTIVES from the Border Control Unit have intercepted a contraband of export quality cigarettes worth $760,000 which were being smuggled to neighbouring South Africa on a train. The…
Byo man missing after botched kidnap
Chronicle Reporter A FAMILY from Bulawayo’s Matsheumhlophe suburb is looking for their son who went missing after escaping a plot to kidnap him at his home last week on Saturday.…
Copper cable thieves: Daring fools or economic saboteurs?
Yoliswa Dube THE recent electrocution of a suspected copper cable thief in Bulawayo should be a lesson to other thieves on the dangers of stealing copper wire from electricity poles…
Coups out of fashion in Africa
Musaazi Namiti With two key positions under his belt, Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is also the defence minister, seems like a powerful man. But that has done little…
Bosso, How Mine clash at Hartsfield
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter— BULAWAYO football enthusiasts should brace for a potentially explosive Chibuku Super Cup How Mine and Highlanders derby after the Premiership management fixtured the game for Hartsfield…
Mudyambanje challenges Highlanders players
Lovemore Dube Senior Sports Editor FORMER Highlanders FC goalscoring sensation Tobias Mudyambanje has challenged the team’s players to pick themselves up and restore the glory days to the Bulawayo giants. Mudyambanje, nicknamed…
Region Five Games mascot to be unveiled on Saturday
Ngqabutho Moyo Sports Reporter THE African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region V Youth Games mascot will be unveiled in Bulawayo on Saturday. The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Andrew Langa, will…