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Beijing — Students in central China have resorted to classroom intravenous drips as a study aid to prepare for the nation’s notoriously difficult college entrance exams, state press said yesterday.…
UK press question French voters’ choice
The British press have questioned French voters’ choice accusing France’s President-elect Francios Hollande of creating a “cruel illusion”. After the Socialist leader’s triumph in the French Presidential election on Sunday,…
‘Singing for an audience is the greatest feeling’
Bongani Ndlovu
NOMALANGA Mkhwananzi, a performing artiste with award winning Bulawayo dance group Iyasa, has returned from a two-week tour of Singapore with Mother Africa Circus.
Quelaton heavily fine for using suspended player
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Senior Sports Reporter
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League debutants Quelaton have been fined $5 000 and docked three points for using a suspended player during their 3-0 loss to Motor Action at Luveve Stadium.Self-centred political demagogues ignite secession
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
SEVERAL African states have experienced cases of secessionism since they became independent, most of them in the 1960s.
The latest of these cases is that of Mali whose Tuareg ethnic group recently seized a large part of the country’s northern region and declared it the state of Azawad.
Gumbo to lead Warriors’ Nations Cup, World Cup campaigns
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Sports Reporter
ZIFA has given Warriors caretaker coach Rahman Gumbo the nod to take care of the national team’s qualifying matches for the 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa and the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
It also emerged yesterday that suspended coach Norman Mapeza faces further charges of insubordination and was therefore not likely to return to the fold.‘Bank’s stringent loan conditions a hindrance’
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Chronicle Reporter
YOUTHS in Bulawayo have expressed concern over what they term “stringent” loan conditions by Stanbic Bank.Convict masquerades as court official
Midlands Correspondent
POLICE have arrested a 34-year-old convict who was serving a community service sentence at the Gweru magistrate courts after he posed as a court official and asked for a bribe from a suspect.
Murray & Roberts shares slump
Business ReporterMurray & Roberts shares on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange fell 28 percent to five cents during trade on Friday following the disposal by M&R South Africa of its 47…
Kudus invade suburb
Chronicle Reporter
THERE was pandemonium in Bulawayo’s Southwold suburb when three stray kudus unexpectedly jumped into homesteads, leaving residents scurrying for cover.