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Corporate Social Responsibility has been part and parcel of Zimra’s operations since its inception. Its purpose is to give back
Veteran educationist Shumba dies
Herald Reporters
FORMER Deputy Minister of Education, Sport and Culture and Mwenezi legislator Cde Isaiah Masvayamwando Shumba, who
Russia slams Clinton over election remarks
MOSCOW. – The Russian Foreign Ministry shot back at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her criticism that Russia’s
Zanu-PF conference roars into life
From Hebert Zharare in BULAWAYO
ZANU-PF’s 12th Annual National People’s Conference begins here today with President Mugabe steering the meeting in
HIV epidemic on the rise in Middle East, North Africa
BEIRUT. – In an Arab world rife with social stigma, government inaction and often limited access to education and medical
President urges farmers to harness rains
Sydney Kawadza in Bulawayo
Zimbabweans should double their efforts and plant more trees while adopting conservation practices that ensure maximum
Fibre connectivity to boost Internet
Tonderai Rutsito Business Correspondent
Zimbabweans, for a long time, have been patiently waiting for the advent of real fast connectivity speeds but with most fibre
ICT Ministry to hold second Achievers Awards
Business Reporter
THE Ministry of Information and Communication Technology will on Saturday host the second annual ICT Achievers Awards.
Schools auction fees defaulters’ property
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
SCHOOLS in Karoi have started auctioning property belonging to fees defaulters. This follows a High Court ruling which empowered schools to sue parents who default paying fees instead of turning away pupils.
The move is expected to have ripple effects as other schools are likely to follow suit.
It is also expected to trigger debate in the education sector as many schools have long used expulsion or exclusion of pupils as a way of enforcing payment.
In the past, schools turned away pupils who failed to pay fees and levies, but with the High Court judgment, a new strategy will have to be used in dealing with defaulters.
According to a statement published in the media yesterday, the Deputy Sheriff is expected to auction property belonging to parents from three schools together with other defaulters.
Chief summons Tsvangirai
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
CHIEF Negomo, Mr Luscious Chitsinde, yesterday summoned Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to appear before his traditional court in Chiweshe on Saturday for paying lobola during the sacred month of November.
PM Tsvangirai has confirmed that he married Ms Locadia Karimatsenga Tembo last month.
The Karimatsenga family is from Chiweshe.
Chief Negomo last week summoned the family to his court and found it guilty of violating the customary rule which stipulates that no traditional rituals should be performed in November.
The chief delivered the summons at the PM’s Charter House offices in Harare in the company of his aides, Mr Watson Baziwell and Mr Cairo Mhandu.
An official at the PM’s offices only identified as Ms Zigomo received the summons on behalf of her boss. Initially, Chief Negomo