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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.
Govt transfers iron ore claims to Essar
Business Reporter
THE Government has transferred iron ore claims in Mwenezi and Ripple Creek to Essar Global, effectively breaking the impasse that had stalled progress to revive operations at NewZim Steel.
Byo drivers dominate drag race
Sports Reporter
THE drag race that was held on Saturday at the Breedon Everard Race Course was well supported by both competitors and members of the public.
Postpone all fixtures: PSL club
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
EYEBROWS have been raised over the postponement of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between FC Platinum and Quelaton with some clubs calling for the cancellation of all league matches.
‘We must win at home’
Harare Bureau
FORMER Warriors captain Tinashe Nengomasha says Zimbabwe should aim to utilise home advantage and avoid repeating mistakes of the past when they open their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign against Guinea at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday.