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Harare Bureau
PRINCIPALS to the Global Political Agreement are heading for Angola after Sadc made last minute changes to its Friday summit and decided to hold a double troika meeting in Luanda.
Initially, the Angola summit was supposed to be an extraordinary summit for heads of state and government only.
Procurement board under fire
Leonard Ncube
THE State Procurement Board has come under fire from businesspeople and prospective bidders on allegations of corruptly awarding tenders to their “favoured” bidders.
Cracks emerge in MDC-T Byo East
Chronicle Correspondent
CRACKS have emerged in MDC-T’s Bulawayo East amid reports that its Member of the House of Assembly, Ms Thabitha Khumalo, is fighting for the control of the constituency with other party members.
According to sources within the party, factionalism was threatening to tear apart structures as there were two camps, one led by Ms Khumalo and the other by the party’s district youth chairperson, Mr Tinashe Kambarami.
Gwanda university prepares for first intake
Chronicle Reporter
THE Gwanda State University (GSU) has started recruiting senior staff in preparation for its first intake in September.
Boy (12) killed in scotchcart accident
Beitbridge Reporter
A 12-year-old boy from Dombodema resettlement area in Bulilima District died when a donkey-drawn scotchcart he was travelling in hit a stump and overturned along the Dombodema-Plumtree road, police said yesterday.
Extremely cold weather expected
Chronicle Correspondent
Sudan, South Sudan start first talks since conflict
Top negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan met yesterday for their first talks since deadly border fighting last month took them to the brink of war,
Govt becomes sole cotton buyer
Harare Bureau
GOVERNMENT has declared cotton a controlled product making it the sole buyer of the crop.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made confirmed the development yesterday.
President, Sata sign UNWTO pact
Patrick Chitumba in Victoria Falls
PRESIDENT Mugabe, his Zambian counterpart Mr Michael Sata and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) secretary-general, Mr Taleb Rifai yesterday signed the historic Trilateral Host Agreement for the 2013 general assembly.
Somali president escapes rebel ambush
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armoured convoy carrying the country’s president during a rare overland trip outside the capital yesterday, a Reuters witness said.