adminPresident granted by-elections extension
Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday had his application seeking an extension of the deadline to proclaim dates for disputed by-elections by a month granted.
Mangoma warns Zesa on disconnections
Temba Dube
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development, Elton Mangoma, yesterday warned Zesa against defying his directive to stop disconnecting consumers with outstanding bills.
Zim-Bots defence commission denounces sanctions
Chronicle Reporter
THE Zimbabwe-Botswana Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security yesterday denounced the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West and its allies and called for the unconditional lifting of the embargo.
‘Civil servants swindled’
Pamela Shumba
THOUSANDS of civil servants in the country were left in the lurch when an organisation that initiated a nationwide grocery scheme allegedly swindled them of their hard earned money.
Busy schedule for boxers
Lovemore DubeSports Editor
THE Zimbabwe Board of Boxing and Wrestling Control is confident that the three tournaments lined up for this year could shape the future of local professional boxing.
Sables conclude training camp
Sports Reporter
A national rugby team select made up of locally based players yesterday concluded a two-day strength and conditioning training camp that was held at Old Hararians Sports Club in Harare.Tutu boycotts seminar in anti-Blair protest
JOHANNESBURG — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has withdrawn from a seminar in South Africa this week in protest against the presence of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his support for war in Iraq.Mkoba councillor runs amok, ‘beats up’ residents
Midlands Correspondent
GWERU’S Ward 19 councillor in Mkoba, Clemence Kwaru, reportedly ran amok and assaulted two female residents who were part of a group which besieged his house accusing him of failing to present their problems to the council.