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Shabanie Mine resumes operations

Midlands Correspondent
SHABANIE and Mashaba Mines employees are now back at work amid revelations that the new investor, the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), has secured capital to start operations at the giant asbestos mines.

Shabanie Mine employees have been on unpaid leave since January last year when production was suspended.
A senior official at the giant mine said the company released an urgent notice notifying workers to report for duty with effect from Monday (9 January 2012) following a directive from the new investor.

Prior to the urgent notice, the employees had received their first salary since the introduction of multi-currency.
Chronicle is in possession of the urgent notice signed by the mine’s managing director, a Mr T S Nyagura, advising the employees on the “cancellation of the shut down”.
“Please be advised that all employees who are on unpaid leave should report back to work on Monday 9 January 2012. The first shift to work on the 9th of January will be those that commence at 6am . . .,” reads part of the notice.

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Schools turn away pupils

Chronicle Reporter
HUNDREDS of pupils in Bulawayo were yesterday sent back home for non-payment of school fees in defiance of a Government directive not to do so.
Last year, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Maphios Cheda, with Justice Nicholas Ndou agreeing, made a landmark ruling that school heads who expel, suspend or withhold pupils’ results on the basis of non-payment of fees and levies are committing an offence under Section 7 (1) of the Children’s Act.

Justice Cheda, who was making a ruling on a case involving a head of a school in Gweru, said when a parent or guardian secures a place for a child at a school or institution, a contract is entered between the said institution and the parent with regards to payment of fees. He ruled that it was unlawful and an abuse of authority for a school to institute legal proceedings against a minor, but the parent.
The schools opened for the first term in 2012 with teachers reporting for duty, ignoring calls for a strike by one of their unions.

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Drafters begin work on new constitution

Chronicle Reporter
THE drafting of the new constitution process has made reasonable progress as the three principals involved have ironed out their differences and handed over the work to the drafters, Copac co-chairpersons said yesterday.

In separate interviews yesterday, Copac co-chairpersons, Cde Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana (Zanu-PF), Mr Douglas Mwonzora of MDC-T and Mr Edward Mkhosi (MDC), said the select committee had compiled all the draft instructions for the drafters.
“The process is going on well. We have ironed our differences and we have compiled all the draft instructions for the drafters, together with the material to use,” said Mr Mwonzora.

He said they would be using three sources of information in the drafting of the constitution.
“The first source of information that we are going to be using is the agreed constitutional issues developed by the select committee and approved by the national committee.
“We are also going to use the list of the agreed 26 constitutional principles and the gap filling developed by the select committee. All these documents derive from the national report,” said Mr Mwonzora.

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Dube fumes over Zifa chaos

Harare Bureau
ZIFA president Cuthbert Dube, deeply disappointed by the chaos that marred the Warriors road trip for an international friendly against Botswana in Gaborone, has read the riot act to his association and challenged them to improve their administration of the game.

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Mr Bulawayo Pageant set to bounce back

By Auxilia Katongomara
THE long-forgotten Mr Bulawayo pageant is likely to bounce back this year after a two-year absence.