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At some point most of us have lost days of our lives to chores, illness, travel or even (seemingly) in queues — but the population of an entire country is about to lose one at once.
Why? Well the South Pacific island nation of Samoa is skipping forwards a day from midnight on Thursday.
Things that have happened on 25 December
For most, Christmas Day is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ or at least a holiday to get cosy with all the family and tuck into a juicy turkey with all the trimmings. But the world doesn’t stop because people are on holiday — as well as present giving, 25 December has seen the dissolution of a massive communist nation and the death of a well-loved silent movie star.
For those looking for a break from traditional Christmas pastimes, we look back through history at some of the most significant events to occur on Christmas Day.
1. William I was crowned (25 December 1066)
Lions, hyenas kill 19 cattle in 9 days
Victoria Falls Reporter
ABOUT 10 marauding lions and hyenas, which are terrorising villagers in Hwange West District, have killed 19 cattle in nine days,
Bulawayo water supplies safe — Zinwa
Chronicle Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) yesterday said Bulawayo’s water supplies are safe, as the city’s five supply dams have recorded increases in water volumes since the onset of rains in November.
In an interview yesterday, Umzingwane catchment area operations manager Mr Stanley Nazombe said safe water supplies were guaranteed despite the dams having received insignificant inflows.
The city’s supply dams are Upper Ncema, Lower Ncema, Inyankuni, Umzingwane and Insiza.
Four suspected fraudsters nabbed
Court Reporter
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four men on suspicion of being part of a gang of the most wanted criminals who have been moving around the country defrauding businesses using fake Real Time Gross Settlement Forms.
Heart patient seeks funds to undergo surgery
Chronicle Reporter
A BULAWAYO woman is seeking assistance of R50 000 for her daughter who is suffering from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) to undergo surgery in South Africa.
Eight convicted of defrauding shops using fake notes
Court Reporter
EIGHT people who were arrested two months ago for going on a shopping spree using fake notes have been convicted of fraud.
Pastor fined for bedding injiva’s wife
Midlands Correspondent
THE Lower Gweru Baptist Church pastor, Mr Christopher Zinomwe Ndebele, who on Thursday was dragged to Chief Bunina’s court for bedding an injiva’s wife, has been fined seven head of cattle for the offence.
Pastor Ndebele who was found guilty of having been caught being intimate with Mr Sikhosana Khumbulani’s wife, Ms Nomazulu Mathonsi, suffered a double blow after the church also demoted him from heading Insukamini congregation and gave him seven days to vacate the church house.
‘The future of football is feminine’
Fifa president Sepp Blatter once distinctively said: “The future of football is feminine.”
Castle Lager PSL format remains unchanged
Sports Reporter
THE Castle Lager Premier Soccer League say they stand guided by the Harare Declaration of 2009 that four teams should be relegated and four promoted.