adminChinamasa, Mumbengegwi ‘travel ban’ lift temporary
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
THE European Union has not completely removed Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa
Kombi crews, traffic cops bury the hatchet
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter
COMMUTER omnibus operators and traffic police have resolved to work together to curb corruption
Copac’s first draft review complete
COPAC co-chairpersons and technical experts have completed reviewing the first draft of the proposed new Constitution.
They are expected to handover the draft to the management committee anytime this week.
The draft contains 18 chapters.
The three Copac co-chairpersons confirmed the development yesterday, saying they will table the draft before a full Constitution Select Committee today.
Copac co-chairperson Cde Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana (Zanu-PF) yesterday said they will today table a “corrected document” before handing it over to the Global Political Agreement negotiators.
This comes amid reports that Copac last week made a raft of changes to the draft Constitution after principal drafters inserted information not solicited from the people.
Principals to the GPA last week gave Copac a two-week ultimatum to complete the process.
“We completed the review of all the chapters yesterday (Monday) and we are left with discussing with other Copac members,” he said. “We will pass it on to the management committee before it is published. That is when those who were making wrong analysis would see what is in.”
Cde Mangwana said outstanding issues will be resolved by the management committee, which was expected to meet yesterday.
Top O, A-Level schools named
LAST year’s pass rates for Zimsec Ordinary and Advanced Levels improved significantly compared to 2010.
The pass rate for the November results for O-Level improved by four percent, while that for A-Level improved by over 10 percent.
The 2011 national percentage pass rate for O and A-Level stands at 19,50, from 16,50 for the 2010 results.
The pass rate for A-Level increased to 85,25, up from 75,99 in 2010.
St Faith’s High School in Manicaland had the best results for A-Level, followed by Shungu in Midlands and Nyanga high schools in Manicaland respectively.
For O-Level, Nyanga High School was the best-placed school, followed by St Dominics (Chishawasha) and ZRP High School respectively.
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council board chairman Professor Norman Maphosa yesterday said the Grade Seven performance improved by close to four percent, from 25 percent in 2010 to 28,9 percent last year.
He said registered candidates for O-Level went up from 229 522 in 2010 to 241 512 last year. Candidates who sat for A-Level dropped from 27 782 in 2010 to 25 136 last year.
A total of 288 365 candidates registered for Grade Seven examinations last year, down from 303 978 in 2010.
“The O-Level pass rate stands at 19,50 percent last year and the criterion for passing is five subjects or
Reconnecting electricity illegally earns man jail term
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau
A CHEGUTU man has been jailed 10 years for illegally reconnecting electricity after he was switched off by Zesa for not paying bills.
Obvious Muposiwa (31) of House Number 2890 ZMDC House, was arrested after two acts of defiance.
Power to his house was disconnected on February 8 and he went on to reconnect as soon as the Zesa worker had left.
Several days later, another Zesa employee discovered that Muposiwa had illegally reconnected electricity supplies.
This prompted the power utility to remove the Miniature Circuit Breaker to ensure power would not be available.
However, this did not deter Muposiwa. He went on to use wires to restore the supplies.
He was arrested and brought before Chegutu magistrate Mr Fabian Feshete who convicted him of destroying or interfering
with Zesa equipment for distributing electricity without authority.
He was convicted on his own plea to the charge.
Mr Feshete slapped Muposiwa with a 10-year mandatory term of imprisonment.
The court could not find special circumstances to warrant the reduction of sentence.
Prosecutor Mr Solomon Kanyoka appeared for the State.
Anyone arrested for possession, stealing or vandalising Zesa Holdings infrastructure can be jailed for not less
China’s defence budget to grow in 2012
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AU must assert itself on Libya
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