adminSwimming championships kick off
Peter Phiri
CITY Pool will be a hive of activity as a strong contingent of swimmers take to the waters in the Matabeleland Championships event starting at 5pm today.EDITORIAL COMMENT: New farmers should invest in value addition
Zimbabwe has since independence covered a lot of ground in its bid to address the problem of skewed land ownership deliberately created by successive settler regimes. When the country gained independence in 1980, about 80 percent of productive land was in the hands of the whites who then constituted about five percent of the country’s population.
Ndebele, Hara praised
Lovemore Dube
‘Tsvangirai represents the West’s interests’
Tinovonga Vunganai
AFTER receiving numerous calls and comments from readers across the country after my first article last week headlined “Tsvangirai: true sales rep of imperialism”, I am compelled to briefly define a few concepts here.
Security forces want closing companies investigated
Chronicle Reporter
SECURITY forces have added their voice on the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) and demanded an inquiry into the ownership structure of the closed companies.
The National Defence College in Zimbabwe is on a tour of the country where it is seeking an appreciation of economic problems and their impact on national security.
On Tuesday they held an indaba with captains of industry at a Bulawayo hotel.
The security officers said the National Defence College was concerned about the economic misfortunes of the city of Bulawayo.
City artistes to perform at Jibilika fest
Entertainment Reporter
A NUMBER of Bulawayo artistes will take part at this year’s Jibilika hip-hop dance festival to be held at Harare Gardens on Saturday.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zifa’s stance on suspended players lauded
ZIFA have finally seen the light and have now opted for corrective punishment to many of the players who were involved in the Asiagate scandal.
According to the story we carried yesterday the Zifa board and assembly have resolved to commute suspensions of players to fines.
The punishment which ranged from six months to life bans meant an end to the careers of many promising youngsters. Many of the players were involved in more than one match which means many of them were aware of the scandal and therefore became willing partners to the powerful Asian betting and match-fixing syndicate.
OPINION: Rural school pupils disadvantaged compared to their urban counterparts
Kudakwashe Mwanza
A RECENT visit to Nkayi in rural Matabeleland North brought to my attention the dire straits tormenting rural pupils in their quest to access education.
The bus I was on picked up hordes of pupils a kilometre away from a secondary school in Skopo.
“Are these kids going for a trip?” I asked the bus conductor. “No,” he replied.
The pupils had finished the day’s studies and were going home, he said. No bus fare was required from them: just a community goodwill gesture from the bus crew, the conductor emphasised.
I alighted from the bus 20 kilometres away from the secondary school but the majority of the pupils were yet to disembark. It surprised me to learn that these pupils, including others who reside in areas away from the main roads, walked the distance to and from the school on a daily basis.
Beitbridge gets Presidential inputs
Mashudu Netsianda
BEITBRIDGE has received 30 tonnes of seed maize and 10,7 tonnes of sorghum under the $20 million Presidential Well-Wishers Special Agricultural Inputs Support Scheme amid calls for beneficiaries to productively utilise the donated inputs to help alleviate starvation in the district.
Speaking during the official launch of the scheme in the district at Zezani Business Centre on Monday, where hundreds of villagers drawn from different wards gathered, Co-Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi urged beneficiaries to capitalise on the availed farming inputs donated by President Mugabe, to boost food production in the district.
“President Mugabe has availed inputs for farmers ahead of the farming season and I therefore urge beneficiaries to utilise the donated seed maize and sorghum in a productive manner so that we increase food production and alleviate starvation in our district.
Moyo new Mat North chairman
Pamela Shumba
CDE Richard Moyo from Umguza District is the substantive Zanu-PF chairman for Matabeleland North Province after garnering 6 689 votes beating Cde Patrick Utete who polled 674 votes.
Announcing the results at the Zanu-PF offices in Lupane yesterday, the party’s National Political Commissar, Cde Webster Shamu, said the elections were conducted in 139 party districts out of 181.
“We have come to the conclusion of the Zanu-PF Matabeleland North Provincial chairman elections race. The elections were held from 24 to 25 November 2012. The voting process was conducted in 139 party districts out of the 181 party districts in the province,” said Cde Shamu who is also Minister of Media, Information and Publicity.