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From Ricky Zililo in BeitbridgeFORMER Warriors and Highlanders midfielder Willard Kumalo is in Beitbridge
Tripple B budget for Dulibadzimu Stadium revamp
Sports Reporter
AMBITIOUS Beitbridge soccer club Tripple B has set aside $40 000 to refurbish Dulibadzimu Stadium so that it meets Zifa standards.Chisora loses boxing licence
The British Boxing Board of Control have withdrawn Dereck Chisora’s licence following his behaviour in Munich last month, deeming him “not a fit and proper person” to hold one.
Spot fines to go
GOVERNMENT is working on a new policy that will abolish spot fines being paid by traffic offenders and replace them with a new penalty system.
Co-Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi on Wednesday told Parliament that the matter was discussed in Cabinet on Tuesday.
“Yesterday (Tuesday), we debated thoroughly in Cabinet whether there is any merit in spot fines or whether people must be given tickets and go to pay at a nearest police station or court,” he said.
Minister Mohadi said the Government wanted to ensure the Road Traffic Act was convenient to the motoring public. There has been an outcry of late, especially among commuter omnibus operators that the police were demanding bribes at roadblocks.
Spot fines have been cited as a major contributor to corruption.
The police have urged the public to report any police officer who demands bribes, but said they will continue enforcing road traffic regulations.
Some traffic police officers have reportedly been taking bribes from motorists caught exceeding speed limits or driving defective vehicles.
Those who failed to pay spot fines were asked to leave their vehicles at nearest police stations and only collect
Governor bribed chief, court told
Court Reporter
MASHONALAND East Governor Aeneas Chigwedere bribed former Acting Chief Svosve with a cow and a goat to facilitate his nomination as headman Mubaiwa, the High Court heard yesterday.
Concluding his cross-examination of 93-year-old Mr Zindoga Chibonore who was acting chief when Cde Chigwedere was nominated, Harare lawyer Mr Maxwell Mavhunga said the elderly traditional leader had received an inducement.
Mr Mavhunga said Mr Chibonore had to disregard tradition and customs of the Mubaiwa people to an extent of holding the traditional installation ceremony at a country club.
In disregard of the tradition, Mr Mavhunga said, the nomination and appointment was done before the kurova guva ritual in respect of the former headman were conducted.
He said Mr Chibonore knew nothing about the Mubaiwa family tree and Cde Chigwedere influenced the nomination without consultation.
“I put it to you that the fourth defendant (Cde Chigwedere) bribed you in the form of beasts and you rushed into appointing him as headman Mubaiwa.
“You do not have any knowledge of the Mubaiwa history and family tree and you only listened to the fourth defendant. You even agreed to hold the ceremony at a country club instead of the headman’s area of
Zim-style indigenisation policy for Indonesia
INDONESIA has adopted a policy similar to Zimbabwe’s indigenisation model, compelling foreign-owned mining companies to cede 51 percent of their share ownership to Indonesians.
International media reports said under the new ownership structure, foreign mining companies operating in the Asian country would be limited to 49 percent share ownership.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reportedly signed the decree on February 21, but the announcement was made on Wednesday.
The ruling states that a foreign-controlled mining company has an obligation to divest 51 percent of its share to Indonesian parties — including the central government, regional government, state enterprise or other domestic investors — by the time it completes 10 years of production.
The divestment should reach 20 percent in the sixth year of production, 30 percent in seventh year, 37 percent in the eighth year, 44 percent in the ninth year and 51 percent in the tenth year, according to the regula-tion.
This ruling is said to apply to companies mining coal, minerals and metals.
“The government aims for domestic mining companies to grow and be able to be as good as foreign companies, therefore we are increasing the divestment obligation [of foreign companies] to 51 percent,”
MDC-T’s regime change agenda exposed
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
MDC-T is covertly working with some non-governmental organisations to prepare for foreign
We weren’t cut off — Zesa
Herald Reporter
Zesa Holdings has dismissed reports that Mozambique’s Hydro Cahora Bassa has cut off supplies saying
ZACC, AG row: Legal experts speak out
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
ATTORNEY-General Mr Johannes Tomana has a right to refuse prosecuting legislators accused of abusing the Constituency Development Fund if the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission defies his
Ministry to verify grain deliveries to GMB
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT will not pay farmers for grain delivered in 2008 to the Grain Marketing Board before clarifying the authenticity of the claims, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said yesterday. Appearing before