adminGumede happy with 2012 soccer season
Peter Phiri, Sports Correspondent
Zimbabwean referees that did duty during the 2012 soccer season have been commended for doing their job professionally thereby contributing to the smooth running of the season’s soccer programme.
In an interview, Zifa vice president and also chairman of the referees committee, Ndumiso Gumede said referees had put up a splendid show.
Chasi arrested for murder
Temba Dube, Chronicle Reporter
RENOWNED black empowerment activist Sonny Chasi (72) has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife.
Chasi reportedly found his wife, Dorcas Chasi (41) six months pregnant when he was released from prison about three weeks ago.
10 Binga teams in One love-One enemy tourney
Lillian Sibanda, Sports Reporter
TEN teams from the Binga District Zifa Division Three League will take part in the “One love-One enemy” tournament that will be held at Musanampongo, Binga on Saturday.
Ntengwe Community for Development will sponsor the event which is aimed at using football to mobilise communities to attend HIV/Aids awareness campaign meetings.
PPC complies with indigenisation rules
Business Reporter
CEMENT manufacturer PPC has complied with the country’s Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment law, which requires 51 percent of shareholding to be in the hands of indigenous Zimbabweans.
Opposition alleges fraud in Sierra Leone poll
OPPOSITION leaders in Sierra Leone have alleged poll fraud in the country’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections, even as international observers have hailed the process as being well-organised and peaceful.
Vote for leaders with insight, Mat’land electorate told
Prosper Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter
THE Deputy President of the Senate, Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu, yesterday called on the people of Matabeleland to vote for leaders who will deliver.
Sen Ndlovu, a veteran politician and first black Mayor of Bulawayo after independence, said next year’s elections scheduled for March gave the people of Matabeleland the chance to elect quality councillors, Members of the House of Assembly and Senators.
Call to explore measures to grow economy
Harare Bureau
PARLIAMENTARY Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment chairman Mr Paddy Zhanda has called on Finance Minister Tendai Biti to explore measures to grow the economy in order to increase revenue for State coffers.
Diocese to report Kunonga to police over missing properties
Harare Bureau
THE Anglican Church’s Harare Diocese has said it will file a police report against Dr Nolbert Kunonga’s Province of Zimbabwe after an inventory indicated a number of properties could have gone missing.
Police launch blitz on illegal beer outlets
Chronicle Reporter
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a blitz on beer outlets operating illegally.
The development is meant to stamp out criminal activity during the festive season.
In a recent interview after addressing a crime consultative forum in Bulawayo, the officer commanding Bulawayo Central District, Chief Superintendent Leslie Maninge, said the police had embarked on a verification exercise around beer outlets to establish how many of them were operating without licences.
Mkwasine sugar cane under threat
ILLEGAL water connections upstream are threatening over 6 000 hectares of sugar cane at the Mkwasine resettlement scheme, the chairman of the Commercial Sugar Cane Farmers Association, Mr Edmore Hwarare, has said.