Attempted murder suspect granted bail

Court Reporter
A man from a resettlement area in Bubi District who is facing a charge of attempted murder was yesterday granted $50 bail pending trial.

Runyoka causes a stir in Rujeko Township

Masvingo Correspondent
THERE was drama in Masvingo’s Rujeko suburb on Wednesday night when more than 500 residents besieged the local police station demanding to see a couple that had become“stuck” to each after having sex, in an act of suspected runyoka/ulunyoka.

Educationists launch Maths Association

Chronicle Reporter
EDUCATIONISTS from the Matabeleland region yesterday launched the Matabeleland Mathematics Association (Matma)

Locardia, PM strike deal

Harare Bureau

MS Locardia Karimatsenga Tembo has withdrawn her $15 000 maintenance suit against her estranged husband Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Leaders should preach the gospel of peace

The President Cde Mugabe on Tuesday officially opened the Fifth Session of the Seventh Parliament of Zimbabwe and once again urged Zimbabweans to shun violence. Cde Mugabe has on many fora called on the people to refrain from engaging in violence. It is time the nation embraces Cde Mugabe’s anti-violence crusade.

UN’s Syria envoy seeks China’s ‘active role’

Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League envoy, has expressed hope, after holding talks in Beijing with Yang Jiechi, Chinese foreign minister, that China will play an active role in helping end the violence in Syria.

US clean-up begins after Sandy havoc

Millions in the United States remain without power or transportation in the wake of Sandy, which caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of damage along the country’s East Coast.

IMF eases restrictions on technical support

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it had eased restrictions on its technical assistance to Zimbabwe.
While Zimbabwe is still not able to tap IMF funding, easing of technical restrictions is often the first step in resumption of normal relations.

Study groups helpful during exams

Leonard Ncube

THE final time of reckoning has come. On Monday, 286 343 candidates who are registered for the Zimsec Ordinary Level examinations started writing their final year examinations.

Gunmen shoot policeman, wound another in Kenya

GARISSA (Kenya) — Unknown gunmen shot dead a police officer and injured another in Garissa town of northern Kenya near the border with Somalia on Tuesday night. Divisional police commander, Gorge Losku said the two policemen were on normal security patrol in the town at around 20:00 local time when they were shot at by the attackers as they were having coffee at a kiosk less than a kilometre.