adminMalawian fined for smuggling
Beitbridge ReporterA 28-year-old Malawian truck driver has been fined US$300 or two months in jail for attempting to smuggle 133 boxes of cigarettes worth $12 200 out of the country through Beitbridge Border Post.
Chisora in bid to save boxing career
A prominent sports barrister who has previously represented former drug-cheat sprinter Dwain Chambers will try to dissuade the British Boxing Board of Control from putting a virtual end to Dereck Chisora’s turbulent career.
Load-shedding to intensify
Chronicle Reporter
CONSUMERS should brace for a further increase in load-shedding due to depressed capacity
Laying of fibre optic cable delayed
Limited funding is slowing down laying of the fibre optic cable linking Harare and Beitbridge through Bulawayo to the undersea cable in South Africa, a senior government official said yesterday.Zimplats submits fresh plan
Harare BureauSouth Africa’s Implats has submitted a fresh indigenisation plan for its Zimbabwean subsidiary, Zimplats, which complies with requirements of indigenisation and empowerment laws, bringing to an end protracted discussions on the issue.
Alarm rung late, as food runs out in Chad
MAO — Late Chadian government recognition of a food crisis, a slow build-up from aid agencies, and severe pipeline constraints due to closed Libyan and Nigerian borders mean food aid has not yet arrived in Chad, despite many thousands of people having already run out of food.Joy for Kapini, agony for Billiat
WARRIORS’ new skipper Tapuwa Kapini and his suspended teammate Khama Billiat put up vintage performances for their sides in the last 16 of the Nedbank Cup played at Princess Magogo Stadium in South Africa on a wet Tuesday night.Government to pay farmers for 2008 grain
Herald ReporterGOVERNMENT will not pay farmers for grain delivered in 2008 to the Grain Marketing Board before clarifying the authenticity of the claims, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said yesterday.
Zifa ponder Gumbo’s fate
By Lovemore Dube recently in HarareZIFA will discuss the Warriors technical team at their next board meeting set for the month-end where a way forward regarding the team’s next assignment, a return leg against Burundi, will be charted.
Mauritius’ gender quota law: A small but positive step forward
By Kizito SikukaA new gender law in Mauritius that requires one-third of candidates in local elections to be women represents another small step towards parity in decision-making.
The gender quota is contained in the new Local Government Act that came into force on 1 January 2012 and compels all political parties to field more women to contest in local elections due in April this year.