adminParlour, assurance firm clarify row over stranded mourners
Chronicle Reporter
MASAKHE Funeral Parlour and Sunset Funeral Assurance yesterday issued a joint statement clarifying the incident in which mourners were left stranded for several hours at Kelvin Industrial sites.
Egyptian army arrests ‘terrorists’ in Sinai
Six people accused of being “terrorists” have been arrested by Egyptian armed forces in Sinai, after an attack on a police station earlier this week killed 16 border guards, state television reports.
Mat’land thirsty standing in water
Stephen Mpofu
IF truth — a value which is infallible and self-validating — be told then Minister Francis Nhema said it as it is regarding the underdevelopment of Matabeleland in comparison with social and economic advancement in other provinces in Zimbabwe.
Quelaton seek Mambas’ head
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
EMBARRASSED Quelaton, pummelled 7-1 by Highlanders last Sunday, say they will vent their anger on visiting Black Mambas whom they meet in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer league match at Luveve Stadium in Bulawayo tomorrow.
Mupandawana to host 2012 Heroes Gala
Walter Mswazie
Masvingo Correspondent
THIS year’s Heroes gala will be held at Gutu’s Mupandawana Growth Point, Masvingo Province, on 17 August and the event is likely to invigorate the entertainment starved but busy service centre.
‘Group causes stir at Matopo’
Prosper Ndlovu
A GROUP of about 568 people, some of them war veterans, yesterday visited the Matopos National Park and performed rituals.
‘Census to go ahead as planned’
Makhosi Sibanda
Chronicle Correspondent
THE Government yesterday said it had suspended the training of enumerators for the 2012 population census until further notice but the census itself will proceed as planned from 17-28 August.
Tobacco sales rake in $189,6m
Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE has earned $189,6 million from the export of 43,5 million kilogrammes of flue-cured tobacco this year.
GMO agriculture in Zim would be a blunder
Elliott Siamonga
WITH climate change fast altering weather patterns, causing floods and droughts, the issue of food security has become a global concern that has seen some countries resorting to genetically modified (GM) agriculture in an effort to produce enough to feed their people.
Parly to probe Gono over farm implements
Harare Bureau
PARLIAMENT has resolved to investigate the manner in which the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono distributed farm equipment and inputs under the Farm Mechanisation