adminEgypt condemns 14 to death for 2011 Sinai attack
ISMAILIA (Egypt) — An Egyptian court sentenced to death on Tuesday 14 people it said were Islamist militants for a deadly attack on a police station in North Sinai last year, a court official said.
China, S Korea demand Japan faces up to war past
China and South Korea yesterday pressed Japan to face up to its wartime past, as festering territorial disputes flared and Asia marked the anniversary of Tokyo’s World War II surrender.
24 killed in Heroes holiday accidents
Leroy Nduwa
Chronicle Reporter
A total of 24 people died in road accidents over the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays compared to 34 last year while the number of accidents went down from 351 to 237 for the same period.
Mapuranga declares PSL title ambition
Lovemore Dube
President Mugabe salutes the nation
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday saluted Zimbabweans and the security forces for successfully resisting efforts by Western powers to cause a revolt through the imposition of illegal economic sanctions.
Govt to float tender for Lupane gas quantification
The Government will shortly float a tender to determine the quantity of gas in Lupane and the type of machinery required to extract it, a cabinet minister has said.
OBITUARY: Liberation struggle icon Ngwenya will be missed
(Continued from yesterday)
Following the formation of Zapu on the 17th of December 1961, its new treasurer was Jason Moyo. He did not, as new treasurer of the party, know about the money that H M Naik kept. It took the honesty and integrity of Amos to let him know about it. As things turned out, that was the money that was used to fund the organisational activities of Zapu.Draft MoU for nurses exportation ready for presentation to Cabinet
Harare Bureau
A draft Memorandum of Understanding seeking to formalise nurses exportation to other countries is complete and now ready for presentation to Cabinet, a senior Government official has said.
Thousands march as mine death toll rises
Marikana (South Africa) — Several thousand miners met on a rocky hillside to protest their work conditions at the Lonmin platinum mine yesterday, as a middle-aged man lay dead less than 100 metres away where violence had already killed nine other people, AP reported yesterday.
Highlanders not going to Botswana invitational tournament
Mbonisi Mabhena
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League pacesetters Highlanders FC will not be going to the invitational Joy Foundation Charity Football Tournament that will start on 1 September in Gaborone, Botswana.