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By Temba Dube and Nihleli Ngwenya
A Kezi woman allegedly broke her three-year-old step granddaughter’s hands in a case of brutal abuse, while her son allegedly regularly raped her before they reportedly poisoned the child to death.
NSSA garnishes defaulting employers
Victoria Falls Reporter
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is garnishing defaulting employers’ accounts while others have been taken to debt collectors as the authority seeks to recover contributions, general manager Mr James Matiza has said.
Teachers to be charged for strike
By Leonard Ncube
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) has reportedly embarked on a witch-hunting exercise to identify civil servants who participated in the recent strike with the intention of charging them.
Chronicle is in possession of a circular dated 7 February and sent to all provincial education directors requiring them to order school heads to list details of all teachers who participated in the strike.
The names are supposed to be handed to the chief provincial inspector’s office today prior to being sent to the PSC.
ZMF to engage international dealer to buy gold from small miners
Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation is working towards engaging an international gold dealer to buy gold from local small-scale miners.
Thomas Cook says holds market share vs rival TUI
LONDON – Struggling holiday firm Thomas Cook said it was holding on to market share in Britain, dismissing claims by TUI Travel that it had benefited from negative publicity around its arch rival’s financial difficulties.
Service chiefs’ office terms extended
Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe has extended the terms of office of all service chiefs as provided for by the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri’s term of office has been extended to 2014.
The length of the extension of the terms of Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Constantine Chiwenga, Zimbabwe National Army Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda, Air Force of Zimbabwe Air Marshal Perrence Shiri and Commissioner of Prisons Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi, will be announced as and when their current ones expire.
Call for more women in UK boardrooms
LONDON – British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has said there are not enough women in British boardrooms and that the UK can learn from Scandinavian countries.
Sata invited for economic bilateral visit to US
LUSAKA – The United States government has invited Zambian President Michael Sata to pay an economic bilateral visit to that country later this year, Zambian’s official news agency reported yesterday.
Passion for reading sees more libraries
Chronicle Reporters
BULAWAYO has a long standing and strong policy of supporting education and life long learning activities to its residents, the Mayor, Councillor Thaba Moyo, said.
Draft constitution sparks outrage
Harare Bureau
OUTRAGE has followed the release of Copac’s draft constitution that legal experts have equated to an orchestrated attack on the country’s moral, cultural and revolutionary foundational pillars.