adminProcessing of passports resumes
Harare Bureau
THE Registrar-General’s Office resumed processing passports and temporary travel documents yesterday
War veterans speak out on evictions
Chronicle Reporter
War veterans who allegedly evicted one of their own from Springs Farm in Kensington have said the eviction was legal as Chief Sigola sanctioned it.
Man killed in dispute over girl
Chronicle Reporter
A man from Happy Valley Mine in Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo was fatally struck by his fellow imbibers after an argument over a girl on Christmas Day.
Injiva in trouble
Court Reporter
A 26-year-old Zimbabwean based in South Africa, commonly known as injiva, has been arrested for undermining and insulting the President during a drinking spree on New Year’s Eve.
Community up in arms against ‘child abuser’
Beitbridge Correspondent
THE community of Mayezane area is up in arms against a woman believed to be in her early 30’s who is allegedly in the habit of physically abusing her four-year-old daughter.
The woman, Simangele Ndlovu, of Kraalhead Maduma under Chief Mathema, about 30km west of Gwanda town, risks being jailed after she was convicted of the same offence late last year.
Ndlovu had her three months imprisonment sentence wholly suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: New spirit of peace must cascade to grassroots
Zimbabwe remains the envy of many countries that have failed to rise above post-independence suspicions and ethnic enmities to consolidate their freedom in their journey towards building true peace that is necessary for development.
Beyond the rhetoric, the painful truth about Matabeleland problems
By Qhubani Moyo
Last year this paper and its sister publication, Sunday News, ran a very interesting debate in search of the truth as to what Matabeleland problems are and why their uniqueness in the context of the national governance matrix.
Global food crisis: time to break the vicious cycle
By Masimba Tafirenyika
Once every few years or so, the world goes through a familiar ritual: various factors converge to trigger unusual increases in global food prices.
Rehabilitation of Maitengwe Dam complete
Chronicle Reporter
THE rehabilitation of Maitengwe Dam in Bulilima District in Matabeleland South Province has been completed.
War vets call for parly dissolution, announcement of elections date
Harare Bureau
WAR veterans have called upon President Mugabe to dissolve Parliament and announce a date for elections, saying Copac had failed to produce a constitution in line with what people want.