adminGovt approves $2,1 billion education plan
Leonard Ncube
Chronicle Reporter
CABINET has approved the Five-Year Education Medium Term Plan, which requires about $2,1 billion to improve the education sector in the country.
The Government last year came up with a short-term stability plan for the education sector, after realisation that most schools countrywide were now without adequate infrastructure and resources, which was affecting the pass rate.
16 years jail for raping girl
Court Reporter
A man from Tsholotsho who raped a Grade Seven pupil twice at knife point will live to regret his actions after he was jailed for an effective 16 years.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Repair recording machines at High Court timeously
When one is accused of a crime, society expects them to be tried expeditiously so that they either are convicted and pay for their deeds or are cleared and carry on with their lives, hence the cliché justice delayed is justice denied.
Curtain comes down on basketball league
Mbonisi Mabhena
TOMORROW the Bulawayo Club of the Disabled (BCD) Courts play host to the last Bulawayo Basketball Association (BBA) league games that will determine the final log standings. Second placed Highlanders (m) take on fourth placed Kings in the first match of the weekend and Bosso’s Michael Zvoushe will be expected to deliver for Bosso.
‘Allow defence forces to participate in politics’
Harare Bureau
Members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces must be allowed to participate in national politics for them to remain loyal and defend national territorial integrity and interests.
Addressing more than 3 000 troops from 2 Brigade undergoing a battlefield training exercise in Mutoko on Tuesday, Chief of Staff General Staff, Major General Martin Chedondo, said soldiers should be involved in national politics as they were part of the politics.
Defiant Dynamos vow to avenge mauling
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Harare Bureau
CHAMPIONS league history and the odds may be heavily stacked against them but Dynamos forward Roderick Mutuma has added his name to the voices of optimism that have been swirling in the Glamour Boys camp that they can perform a Houdini Act against Esperance.
Dynamos host the crack Tunisian giants and Champions League holders at Rufaro on Sunday needing to wipe out a huge 6-0 deficit to progress to the group stage of the tournament.Chamber of Mines annual conference kicks off in Vic Falls
Business Reporter
The Chamber of Mines will hold its annual general meeting in Victoria Falls starting today.
Court defers case of man who exposed manhood to tenant
Midlands Correspondent
GWERU provincial magistrate Mr Sithembinkosi Msipa yesterday deferred the trial of a 55-year-old man who is facing a charge of exposing his erect manhood to his tenant to 14 May.
Zesa makes provisions for winter wheat farmers
Makhosi Sibanda
THE country’s power utility, Zesa, has pledged three days of uninterrupted supplies a week to winter wheat farmers, a move expected to increase productivity.
The winter crop is heavily reliant on electricity to provide constant moderate temperature and stable water supplies to ensure its survival during low temperatures that characterise the season.
Quelaton shocked by $5000 fine
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League outfit, Quelaton have described the $5 000 fine they were handed by the league as shocking.