adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: Council budget falls short of addressing housing backlog
BULAWAYO councillors on Tuesday adopted the proposed $156 million budget for 2014, which probably brought relief to thousands of already burdened city residents as service charges would not go up.…
Bid to cheat in exams backfires for Gwanda boys
Gwanda Correspondent A GWANDA boy believed to be an A-Level pupil landed himself in trouble when an attempt to write an O-Level examination for his friend backfired after being caught…
Man commits suicide over radio volume
Midlands Correspondent A MAN has been found hanging after a late night row with neighbours over the volume of his radio. Asel Homerai (26), a farm worker from Mvuma, is…
Legislator crashes into tractor
Chronicle Reporter MANGWE South MP Cde Obedingwa Mguni (Zanu-PF) escaped unhurt on Saturday night after his Ford Ranger rammed into a tractor along the Bulawayo-Plumtree road. The tractor driver and…
75pc local content will be enforced: Moyo
Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has ordered the broadcasting industry to set minimum standards for local artistes to improve the quality of their productions. Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan…
Cowdray Park Queens complete double over Street Set
Sports Reporter COWDRAY Park Queens beat Street Set twice at the weekend in the Bulawayo Division One Women’s Soccer League. In the first match Queens won 1-0 before beating their…
Ceremonial home of basketball shuts down
Ricky Zililo Sports Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has indefinitely closed the ceremonial home of basketball, Bulawayo Club for the Disabled Courts, owing to unpaid bills. The development has seen…
India set for Tendulkar finale
NEW DELHI – Sachin Tendulkar is set for an emotional farewell when he plays his 200th and final Test at home in Mumbai from tomorrow, exactly 24 years after he…
Italy bring out big guns for Nigeria
NIGERIA will get a stiff test when they meet the Italian national team as coach Cesare Prandelli has named a crack 28 man squad to tackle the Super Eagles. Italy,…
Djokovic sinks Nadal
LONDON – Novak Djokovic reigned supreme at the ATP World Tour Finals yet again as the defending champion crushed world number one Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 in Monday’s final. World…