adminLest we forget role played by women in armed struggle
Vaidah Mashangwa AS we commemorate the country’s 35th independence anniversary under the theme Zimbabwe @ 35: Consolidating Unity, Peace and Economic Sovereignty, let us not forget the role played by…
3 candidates file nomination papers in Mbizo by-election
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THREE candidates filed their papers to contest the Mbizo parliamentary by-election in Kwekwe at the nomination court on Thursday, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said. Presiding…
Mat’land cattle sales ban…Minister turns heat on errant buyers, abattoirs
Chronicle Reporter THE Deputy Minister of Agriculture responsible for livestock, Paddy Zhanda, has turned the heat on private abattoirs and farmers accusing them of fuelling illegal cattle movement that results…
Tsvangirai ‘star’ rally poorly attended
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s waning fortunes were exposed on Thursday as less than 500 people turned up for his much publicised star rally which was held at…
Xenophobic violence spreads in SA
Arrests have been made in South Africa as anti-immigrant violence spreads to parts of Johannesburg’s commercial heart. In Gauteng province, of which Johannesburg is the capital city, police arrested 18 people…
Zulu King to hold imbizo against xenophobia
Durban – Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini will hold a meeting with traditional leaders in a bid to stop xenophobic attacks. KwaZulu-Natal premier Senzo Mchunu made the announcement in Durban yesterday where…
Germanwings crash victims mourned
Cologne – Germany will hold a memorial service on Friday to mourn the victims of the Germanwings crash, blamed on a depressed co-pilot believed to have deliberately steered the plane…
‘No need for UN military enforcement to battle Boko Haram’
Abuja – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday told the United Nations his country would not need the help of an international force in the fight against Boko Haram. The outgoing…
MK veteran Simelane’s statue vandalised
Mbombela – The R2,3m statue of Umkhonto we Sizwe member Nokuthula Simelane has joined the ranks of public sculptures that have been defaced. The statue of the missing freedom fighter, which…
Thousands of Burundians flee to Rwanda
More than 5,800 Burundian refugees have crossed into Rwanda so far this month amid fears of violence before elections later this year, the UN refugee agency has said. Failure to organise…