adminTeenager killed over fish
Chronicle Reporter
A 16-year-old boy from Kezi fatally stabbed a playmate with a home made knife following a quarrel over the disposal of fish innards.
Referee killed over disallowed goal
Midlands Reporter
AN assistant referee in a social game played in Chief Nemangwe’s area in Gokwe South died on the spot after he was struck with a log on the head by a soccer fan for allegedly ruling that the fan’s team had scored an offside goal.
Poultry feed supplies improve
Business Reporter
THE availability of poultry feed has normalised in retail shops around Bulawayo. Most retail outlets had run out of product in the past weeks due to high market demand.
British protesters demand end to austerity
Several thousand protesters have marched through London calling for an end to public spending cuts and tax rises in Britain launched by a government they accuse of elitism and ignorance about the plight of recession-hit voters.
Cowdray Park residents to pray against satanism
Chronicle Reporter
COWDRAY Park residents will hold a four hour prayer session, starting at an open space used by the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) on Saturday to cleanse the suburb of suspected satanism.
Interest in soya bean grows
The National Soya bean Promotion Taskforce plans to train existing and prospective growers to enhance their knowledge of the crop as part of efforts to increase production, an official has said.
Shangani gold fever quickly spreads
Lungile Tshuma
As many as 300 people — panners, prospectors, buyers and vendors — are still seeking instant riches at the gold claim near Shangani in Insiza District.
They are coming from places like Gokwe, Mhondoro, Masvingo and Zvishavane to the scene of the latest gold rush in mineral-rich Matabeleland South. Some are going there on foot, others by bus and others in expensive cars, hoping to strike it rich. Every beautiful car that a person might think of is on the isolated goldfield. Many of the cars are owned by those well-off enough to buy gold detecting machines.
Beitbridge border failing to cope with influx of travellers
Beitbridge Reporter
BEITBRIDGE border post is failing to cope with the huge influx of travellers and volume of traffic, a Department of Immigration official has said.
War vets lock up DA’s office
Harare Bureau
Scores of war veterans in Mwenezi allegedly locked the District Administrator’s Offices last week demanding to be allocated sugar cane plots at Mwenezana Sugar Estates in the area.