Tales from the forgotten aviator . . . ‘Celebrate me in my lifetime’

The last time I had seen Captain Alex Makanda was much like the first. When a blundering Air Zimbabwe used to overbook on the Harare Victoria Falls route, we would always leave a seat open for a lucky flyer because the captain would send word and ask me to join him in the cockpit.

Ajax Hotspurs, Bantu Academy clash

Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter A potentially explosive Zifa Bulawayo Province Division Two encounter is on the cards this afternoon when title chasing Ajax Hotspurs visit Bantu Academy at Gifford High…

Serena on a roll, Keys falls to Russian qualifier Rodina

SEVEN-TIME champion Serena Williams moved ominously into the last 16 at Wimbledon when she recovered from a sluggish start to beat France’s Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 7-6(1) yesterday.

Japan hangs doomsday cult members

Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and six of his followers have been executed for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on Tokyo subways and other crimes, closing a…

MDC Alliance member in the dock

A 42-year-old Epworth man appeared in court yesterday for vandalising property belonging to another man whom he accused of supporting Dr Thokozani Khupe’s MDC-T instead of the MDC Alliance.

Mabuza to lead land reform committee

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed an inter-ministerial committee on land reform to expedite land redistribution.

Pompeo in N. Korea to seek ‘details’ on denuclearisation

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang yesterday to press Kim Jong Un for a more detailed commitment to denuclearisation following the North Korean leader’s historic summit with President Donald Trump.

Elections will go ahead: President

Patrick Chitumba in Gokwe Elections will go ahead as scheduled on July 30 and no one has the power to reverse the proclamation scheduling voting on that date, President Mnangagwa…

Nkayi’s Chief Khumalo Madliwa dies

  Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter CHIEF Timothy Khumalo Madliwa of Nkayi District who died on Monday was buried yesterday.

2 500 open accounts with women’s bank

More than 2 500 women have so far opened accounts with the Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank (ZWMB), which was officially opened by President Mnangagwa last week.

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