adminResidents demand compensation from Zesa
Chronicle Reporter
RESIDENTS from Emakhandeni and Luveve suburbs have threatened not to pay their Zesa bills for this month after going for eight days without electricity.
PILLAY calls for suspension of sanctions
Harare Bureau
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Navanethem Pillay yesterday said illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe must be suspended until the conduct and outcome of elections.
Lesotho heads for tense, open election
JOHANNESBURG — Voters in the highland African kingdom of Lesotho go to the polls on Saturday in a wide-open election that analysts say could end up without a clear result, as happened in 1998 when South Africa had to send in troops to quell major civil unrest.
Campaigning has been peaceful but a lack of opinion polls, and Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s decision in February to quit the ruling party and go it alone under the banner of the new Democratic Congress (DC) party, have kept the landlocked nation’s two million people on tenterhooks.
Hwange want replay of DeMbare match
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
HWANGE Football Club want their match against Dynamos replayed at a neutral venue or empty stadium following the assault of their coaches by DeMbare marshals.
MDC-T supporters disrupt prayer meeting
Harare Bureau
MDC-T officials and supporters yesterday disrupted a prayer meeting organised by the Intercessors for Zimbabwe dubbed “National Day of Prayer” at Civic Grounds in Harare.
Awaiting birth of United States of Africa
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
MAY 25 is a Pan-African holiday in commemoration of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on that day in 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The OAU is now called the African Union (AU).
PM Tsvangirai looks east
Harare Bureau
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who will embark on a week-long maiden visit to China will be travelling with a 31-member delegation.
Warriors’ Friends Club cleans up Mpilo
Mbonisi Mabhena
A NEW Warriors fans group, the Warriors Friends Club (WFC) yesterday held a clean up campaign at Mpilo Children’s Hospital as they celebrated the career of Benjani Mwaruwari.
Deadlock broken at UN climate talks, mistrust remains
BONN — More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda for work on a new climate treaty by 2015 at United Nations climate talks yesterday, breaking a deadlock over procedure, but mistrust remains that could threaten progress for the rest of the year.
Benjani relishes goal against Barca
Zimbabwe celebrates Africa Day in style as we play host to the galaxy of international football stars who are in the country for the water mark Benjani Mwaruwari Testimonial Match to be played at the National Sports Stadium today.