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The wholesale price is the price you can expect to receive from a dealer at trade-in but many times they will offer you less by stressing the flaws in your car.
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Thank you to one and all for your considered responses to the article on New Year’s resolutions flighted recently.
Whip defiant school authorities into line
Schools opened for the first term on Tuesday and as has become the norm, many pupils were sent home for non-payment of school fees. The Government has repeatedly warned school authorities against sending pupils home for non-payment of fees or levies but school authorities have chosen to be defiant.
Year 2012 expected to present better opportunities for Zimbabweans
By Yoliswa Dube
THE economy is rebounding after a decade of decline during which time the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by more than a third and per capita income by 40 percent, combined with hyperinflation.
SA to officially assume Security Council presidency
Johannesburg — President Jacob Zuma arrived in New York on Tuesday ahead of South Africa officially assuming the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for January.
Iranian, Venezuelan leaders rebuff US
Caracas — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez lavished praise on each other on Monday, mocked US disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.
Despite their geographical distance, the fiery anti-US ideologues have forged increasingly close ties between their fellow OPEC nations in recent years, although concrete projects have often lagged behind the rhetoric.
Guinea-Bissau’s Sanha to be buried Sunday
Bissau — The body of Guinea-Bissau’s president Malam Bacai Sanha, who died in a Paris hospital earlier this week, will be flown back on Saturday and buried the following day, a foreign ministry official said.
Ortega starts third term in Nicaragua
Managua — Nicaraguan ex-rebel Daniel Ortega, joined by allies from Iran and Venezuela, started his third term as president Tuesday with a legislative super-majority that has provoked fears of authoritarianism.
The leftist 66-year-old Ortega, who has long since traded guerrilla garb for white shirts and Christian messages of peace, returned to office in an evening ceremony in Managua’s Revolution Square, decked out in thousands of flowers.
Govt drafts inter-parastatals debt strategy
By Oliver Kazunga
THE Government is drafting an inter-parastatals debt strategy to allow the entities clear their debt to each other, State Enterprises and Parastatals Minister Gorden Moyo has said.
In an interview, he said Government was concerned over public entities’ indebtedness to each another.
Power restored at Valley Irrigation Scheme
Chronicle Reporter
VALLEY Irrigation Scheme has reportedly had electricity restored after settling part of the $43 000 debt it owed to Zesa with the development bringing a sigh of relief to farmers.
The villagers reportedly paid $10 0000 to Zesa who had promised to restore power to them if they paid the amount.