adminArchers shoot to the top in darts league
By Sikhumbuzo MoyoARCHERS darts club dislodged log leaders Fairbridge from the top of the log after stunning the police side 22-17 in a violence marred Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Darts Association league match on Wednesday night while debutants Zimbabwe Saints won their first match of the season.
Hundreds bid farewell to Andy Brown
From Freedom Mupanedemo in MberengwaProminent singer Andy “Muzukuru” Brown was buried at Nkulumo Village in Chavengwa area, in Mberengwa, yesterday afternoon.
Hundreds of mourners, among them politicians and prominent musicians, thronged the late Brown’s homestead to pay their last respects to the legendary musician.
Brown succumbed to pneumonia at Parirenyatwa Hospital last Friday.
Pest control unit accused of stealing chemicals
Chronicle ReporterBULAWAYO councillors have accused members of the city’s pest control unit of stealing chemicals, following reports that the local authority has run out of mosquito spraying chemicals.
Man nabbed for killing $20 pet rat
From Kamangeni Phiri in Gweru
AN unusualLY big domesticated rat, almost the size of a full grown cat, caused a stir in Kwekwe when it popped out of its master’s car before it was killed by a man who was part of a crowd that had gathered to witness the unique pet.
Witnesses said the rat, which was black in colour, had strayed from its master’s car parked within the city’s central business district as it was trying to follow him.
“The man who unleashed the fatal kick was immediately taken to Kwekwe Central Police Station by the owner where a report of the ‘murder’ was made. Police are busy investigating the case as we speak,” said a
witness, Mr Conrad Dube, of Mbizo Section Five.
Police confirmed the incident, which happened on Wednesday near the popular city beer outlet, KwaAmaiguru Bar, along Third Street.
The two men, the suspect and the complainant, could be in trouble with the police as they could be charged under the Parks and Wildlife Act, according to the police.
Lionel Richie sells 20 000 copies of his music in an hour
Grammy winner and best-selling R&B/pop crooner Lionel Richie is returning to the music scene, but it’s a slightly different scene this time.Dynamos get rude awakening in Maputo
From Roy Matiki in Maputo, MozambiqueHARARE giants Dynamos got a rude awakening yesterday afternoon as they jetted into Mozambique for the first round, first leg clash of the Champions League match against Liga Muculmana at the Liga Muculmana Ground tomorrow.
Bosso name 2012 squad
By Sikhumbuzo MoyoHIGHLANDERS have announced a 30-member 2012 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League squad that has only two players from outside Bulawayo while 17 of the players come from the club’s junior structures.
Muamba was ‘dead’ for 78 minutes
LONDON — Bolton Wanderers’ Fabrice Muamba has made a miraculous recovery after being “in effect dead” for 78 minutes following his cardiac arrest in last Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final, doctors said on Wednesday.