adminZPS applauded for recruiting female officers
Chronicle ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) has a constitutional mandate to provide services to the nation through incarceration, rehabilitation and integration of offenders back to society in a safe and humane manner, an officer said.
Sexually abused school girls get help
Midlands CorrespondentTHE Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture is giving psycho-social support to 13 Form One Guinea Fowl High School pupils who allegedly were nearly sexually abused by two unknown burglars, an official said.
Hunger stalks Mat South
By Hillary MarizaniTHE erratic rains experienced this season have left villagers and their livestock in southern Zimbabwe hungry.
Farmers are convinced that climate change is taking its toll. The change in the rainfall pattern has caused farmers to lose a great deal of money and even livelihoods because of crop failure and death of livestock.
Four Tuskers players to ply trade overseas
By Ricky ZililoFOUR Matabeleland Tuskers Cricket Franchise players will soon be heading overseas to play there during the off-season.
Matabeleland Tuskers, Zimbabwe’s first class cricket champions, have given their players — Keegan Meth, Charles Coventry, Craig Ervine and Bradley Staddon — the green light to join overseas teams during the off-season.
Highlanders basketball teams in good outing
Sports ReporterHIGHLANDERS’ women and men basketball teams had a good weekend in the Bulawayo Basketball League as both teams recorded important wins.
Man caught pants down in raid
Midlands CorrespondentA 36-year-old man from Gweru’s Mkoba Village 9 suburb is battling for life at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after he was allegedly struck with a brick on the head by his wife after she allegedly caught him being intimate with his lover.
Ziscosteel, Lancashire merge
By Noel MunzabwaFORMER Premier Soccer League clubs Ziscosteel and Lancashire Steel Football Club have merged to form New Zimsteel Football Club which will vie for a promotion ticket in the Division One Central Soccer League this season.
Volleyball tourney mired in controversy
Sports ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Volleyball Open tournament held at Raylton Sports Club over the weekend was marred by accusations of financial enrichments by some administrators.
Brics move to unseat dollar
SOUTH Africa will this week take some initial steps to unseat the US dollar as the preferred worldwide currency for trade and investment in emerging economies.Thus, the nation is expected to become party to endorsing the Chinese currency, the renminbi, as the currency of trade in emerging markets.
This means getting a renminbi-denominated bank account, in addition to a dollar account, could be an advantage for African businesses that seek to do business in the emerging markets.
Skirmishes mar MDC-T meeting
Midlands CorrespondentVIOLENCE reared its ugly head again at an MDC-T Midlands South provincial meeting at the weekend, resulting in the arrest of two youths.
Ironically, the meeting, which was later abandoned due to the violence, was meant to address intra-party violence and also fill vacant provincial executive posts.