adminBata on recovery path
Freedom Mupanedemo
GIANT Gweru-based shoe manufacturing company, Bata, is fast recovering and is now working towards producing about 75 000 pairs of shoes per week from the present 50 000, an official has said.
Western Panthers beat Gweru Sports Club
Mehluli Sibanda
Matabeleland Warriors.(43) 80
Airforce………………..(0) 0
Western Panthers….(17) 32
Gweru Sports Club….(20) 25
WESTERN Panthers recorded their third win of the season when they sailed past visiting Gweru Sports Club in a tightly contested Lion Lager National Rugby League tie played at Hartsfield Rugby Ground in Bulawayo on Saturday.
‘Egypt’s Mubarak in critical condition’
CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak is slipping in and out of consciousness eight days after the ousted Egyptian leader was sent to prison to begin serving a life sentence, a security official said yesterday.
Kenyan minister killed in air crash
NAIROBI — Kenya’s internal security minister, who was closely involved in the fight against Somali militant group al Shabaab, was killed when the police helicopter he was travelling in crashed into a forest yesterday.
George Saitoti, his deputy Orwa Ojode, two pilots and two bodyguards were killed when the aircraft came down outside the capital Nairobi and burst into flames, the government said.
$30m conference centre to be built in Victoria Falls
Business Reporters
A $30 million conference centre will be built to accommodate delegates to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly instead of a convention centre because of time constraints, an official has said.
Al Qaeda group says Obama, Clinton worth only chickens, camels
WASHINGTON — A Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of chickens and camels for information on the whereabouts of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, mocking the millions of dollars the United States has offered for leaders of the al Qaeda affiliate.
Mines still face safety challenges
Yoliswa Dube
ON the morning of 6 June 1972, 427 coal miners were killed following what is suspected to have been a gas explosion. The disaster cast a dark shadow over not only the mining town of Hwange but also the entire nation and beyond. Miners from South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Costa Rica among others died at the then Wankie Coal Mine Number Two Colliery, today known as Kamandama Mine.
Council workers call off strikes
Chronicle Reporters
Gwanda and Victoria Falls municipalities workers have called off their strike after the two local authorities signed agreements to pay outstanding salaries.
Bosso fans get free transport to Barbourfields
Sikhumbuzo Moyo,
A cigarette manufacturing company will from this weekend provide free transport to Barbourfields Stadium for Highlanders supporters, a move that the club said will greatly improve their financial position.
700 schoolgirls stage demo over food, water
Masvingo Bureau
Nearly 700 Mukaro High School pupils sneaked out of their dormitories early on Thursday morning and walked to the district education office to protest against water problems and poor food at the school.