adminZanu-PF adjusts conference programme
Harare Bureau
THE Zanu-PF Politburo met in Harare yesterday to discuss the agenda of the 12th annual National People’s Conference to be held in Bulawayo next week.
Public-sector workers begin strike in UK
Nearly two million British public-sector workers opposed to government pension cuts, are set to embark on a 24-hour general strike.
Banks slated for funding coal plants
Durban — Leading banks around the world lent euro 232bn to the coal industry, one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gases, from 2005 to 2010, campaigners said on Tuesday.
EU monetary chief: 10 days to rescue eurozone
Brussels/London — Europe faces a crucial 10 days to save the eurozone after agreeing to ramp up the firepower of its bailout fund but acknowledging it may have to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for more help to avert financial disaster.
Father sues son for squandering money on booze
Court Reporter
A Bulawayo man has dragged his 24-year-old son to court for allegedly squandering some money he had given him for safekeeping while the two went on a drinking spree at a bar in the city centre.
Drafting of new constitution deferred
Chronicle Reporter
THE drafting of the new constitution, which was expected to begin on Monday, has been deferred to next week amid revelations that the drafters are still receiving final instructions on how to do the job.
Head fingered in rustling activities suspended
Chronicle Reporter
THE headmistress of David Livingstone Secondary School in Ntabazinduna has been suspended on allegations of embezzling school funds and for being implicated in rustling activities.
Teacher on four counts of sodomy granted $50 bail
Midlands Correspondent
THE 38-year-old teacher from Masase Primary School in Mberengwa who was arrested about two weeks ago for allegedly sodomising 18 pupils yesterday appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Ms Mildred Matuvi.
Council employees down tools
Midlands Correspondent
BUSINESS came to a halt at the Gweru Town house yesterday when city council workers besieged offices singing and chanting anti-management slogans in protest over unpaid bonuses.
Councillors now greedy: Ex-Mayor
Chronicle Reporter
COUNCILLORS are now more concerned with lining their pockets instead of providing service to the people who elected them into office, the first black Bulawayo Mayor, Cde Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu, said.