adminCourt adjourns as recording machines break down
Court Reporter
Technical glitches are threatening justice delivery in Bulawayo after a trial at the High Court was stopped yesterday due to the breakdown of recording machines.
The machines’ breakdown saw the trial of a Hillside man, who allegedly chopped his wife into pieces following an argument over a telephone, postponed sine die.
Netanyahu enters surprise coalition
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a unity government yesterday in a surprise move that could give him a freer hand to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and seek…
PSL summons Dynamos over Hwange fracas
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Harare Bureau
HARARE giants Dynamos have been summoned to appear before a Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee following ugly scenes at Rufaro last Sunday where Hwange coaches Nation Dube and his assistant Mamelo Njekwa, were allegedly assaulted by the club’s marshals.
Soccer star Jules-Francois Bocande dies
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THE man who booted out Zimbabwe in the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations finals qualifiers, Senegalese Jules-Francois Bocande has died.
He was 54.
Bocande died in Metz, France, where he played between 1984 and 1986.Armed robbers storm Gweru school
Midlands Correspondent
TWO armed robbers stormed Nashville High School in Gweru and got away with about $14 000 stolen from parents and the school authorities.
Suspected money theft ring busted
Court Reporter
DETECTIVES from the Homicide section in Bulawayo have smashed a suspected syndicate of money transfer agency employees who allegedly stole about $107 774 from Easylink.
ANCYL ‘will not stop trying’ to get Malema back
The ANC Youth League has vowed to stop at nothing to have expelled leader Julius Malema, suspended secretary general Sindiso Magaqa and spokesman Floyd Shivambu reinstated.
Railstars top Division One log
Mbonisi Mabhena
RAILSTARS shot to the top of the Southern Region Division One Soccer League log standings courtesy of a 3-0 drubbing of Hwange side Rufaro Rovers at Raylton Sports Club on Saturday.
EDITORIAL COMMENT:Pre-planting producer price can boost maize production
Zimbabwe’s staple food, maize, has not been produced in enough quantities to meet demand in the past few agricultural seasons due to inadequate inputs, poor rainfall and other factors. The 2011/2012 agricultural season saw massive crop failure in many parts of the country and this has led to concerns that the country would be forced to import maize to cover the deficit. The country consumes about 1,8 million tonnes of maize in a year and up to 500 000 tonnes of maize imports was needed urgently to cover a deficit this year and avert hunger.
Ministerial delegation leaves for sanctions talks
Chronicle Reporter
A delegation of ministers from the three political parties in the inclusive Government will today leave for Brussels on a mission to engage the European Union (EU) over sanctions.