Sunday News makes new appintements
In an move aimed at strengthening the editorial team and giving readers a competitive product, Sunday News editor, Paul Mambo, has promoted some of the paper’s hard-working senior journalists and also injected new blood into the staff.

Dabengwa elected ZAPU president
FORMER home affairs minister, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, was yesterday evening unanimously elected as the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) president by the party’s provinces at its on-going congress held at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo.

Man murders wife
A 26-YEAR-OLD Bikita man assaulted his wife to death with a cooking stick after she denied him his conjugal rights a few days after she had delivered through a caesarian section, police in Masvingo have confirmed.

Govt to augument BEAM beneficiaries
GOVERNMENT has undertaken to augment the number of beneficiaries of the Basic Education Assistance Module due to the increase in the number of children who are dropping out of school.

Desecration of Old Bulawayo condemned
By Stanford Chiwanga BULAWAYO residents have expressed their anguish and outrightly condemned criminal elements who caused a veld fire that razed the city’s cultural home — Old Bulawayo, and urged the Department of National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) to embark on the reconstruction of the historic site as a matter of urgency.

300 orphans benefit from garden project
VILLAGERS of Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province have set up a 3 500 square metres nutritional garden aimed at assisting over 300 orphans, after Zimbabwe Orphan Through Extended Hands (ZOE), a Non-Governmental Organisation donated materials to kick-start the project.

Drought forces villagers batter livestock
SOME villagers in the Matabeleland South capital of Gwanda are allegedly stealing livestock from their neighbours for barter trade with grain dealers, a situation that is said to be influenced by severe hunger in the district, Sunday News can reveal.

Govt to structure parastal salaries
HARARE — Government will soon structure new standardised salaries for parastatals’ executives amid revelations that some of them are getting hefty salaries while lowranking employees get very little, which at times comes late.

Teachers give Govt ultimatum
TEACHERS have given Government an ultimatum of up to mid September to express its commitment to paying them from the proceeds of diamond sales, saying they will engage in industrial action if their demands are not met.

NUST delays opening
THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has deferred the commencement of the 2010-2011 academic year by a month owing to delays in examination marking in the just ended academic year.

Robbery suspects released
NINE Criminal Investigation department officers, who were arrested in connection with the arms robbery case at Nkulumane Police Station, have been released without charge.

RBZ to lay off 2 000 workers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is set to lay off more than 2 000 workers as it moves to streamline its operations in line with the new Reserve Bank Act that was enacted in March this year, Finance Minister Tendai Biti, said yesterday.

8 die in accident
EIGHT people died yesterday, five on the spot and three others on their way to hospital, after a commuter omnibus they were travelling in burst a tyre, overturned twice and landed on its side at the 96-kilometre peg along the Bulawayo-Gweru road.

Traffic Safety Council conducts instructor courses
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe is conducting a driving school instructors’ course in Bulawayo in a bid to uphold road safety regulations that have been ignored by many.

Police launch manhunt for robbers
HARARE — Police have launched a manhunt for a gang of 12 armed robbers, reportedly led by two rogue soldiers, who are believed to be behind a spate of robberies committed around Kadoma and Chegutu.

Gwanda villagers hit water shortages
PARTS of Gwanda District have been hit by a critical shortage of water as it has emerged that over 70 households are relying on a single well, a situation villagers claim has remained unattended for the past 15 years.

Somali pirate admits attacking US warship
A SOMALI man has admitted attacking a US warship in April after mistaking it for a merchant vessel.

‘Gibson, I am sorry’ — Tsvangirai
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday apologised to the late MDC vice-president, Mr Gibson Sibanda, for the party’s split in 2005 saying he betrayed the man he regards as his mentor, Sunday News can reveal.

Military parade for Cde Marufu
Harare — The First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe, yesterday described her late brother, Cde Reward Simbarashe Marufu, as a hardworking, peace-loving, humble and protective brother.

Coca-Cola launches new marketing campaign
THE Coca-Cola Company has launched its new global integrated marketing campaign, “Open Happiness’’ which follows the award-winning “Coke side of life’’ campaign.

Man begs to be jailed
IN an incident that left a court in stitches, a 24-year-old man from Old Pumula in Bulawayo who had been found guilty of robbery, begged the court to jail him because he was homeless.

Blood stock reserves continue to drop
THE migration of Zimbabweans to other countries in search of greener pastures, has had ripple effects on blood stocks, National Blood Transfusion Services Zimbabwe (NBTSZ), has said.