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Definition
Registers are a form of a language that is appropriate to a given place, condition or state of affairs. Register refers to the type of language you use for a given situation and can cut across language or dialect or accent.
Armed robbers storm Gweru school
Midlands Correspondent
TWO armed robbers stormed Nashville High School in Gweru and got away with about $14 000 stolen from parents and the school authorities.
Suspected money theft ring busted
Court Reporter
DETECTIVES from the Homicide section in Bulawayo have smashed a suspected syndicate of money transfer agency employees who allegedly stole about $107 774 from Easylink.
ANCYL ‘will not stop trying’ to get Malema back
The ANC Youth League has vowed to stop at nothing to have expelled leader Julius Malema, suspended secretary general Sindiso Magaqa and spokesman Floyd Shivambu reinstated.
Railstars top Division One log
Mbonisi Mabhena
RAILSTARS shot to the top of the Southern Region Division One Soccer League log standings courtesy of a 3-0 drubbing of Hwange side Rufaro Rovers at Raylton Sports Club on Saturday.
EDITORIAL COMMENT:Pre-planting producer price can boost maize production
Zimbabwe’s staple food, maize, has not been produced in enough quantities to meet demand in the past few agricultural seasons due to inadequate inputs, poor rainfall and other factors. The 2011/2012 agricultural season saw massive crop failure in many parts of the country and this has led to concerns that the country would be forced to import maize to cover the deficit. The country consumes about 1,8 million tonnes of maize in a year and up to 500 000 tonnes of maize imports was needed urgently to cover a deficit this year and avert hunger.
Ministerial delegation leaves for sanctions talks
Chronicle Reporter
A delegation of ministers from the three political parties in the inclusive Government will today leave for Brussels on a mission to engage the European Union (EU) over sanctions.
Zanu-PF Politburo to hold special meeting
Harare Bureau
ZANU-PF is expected to hold a special Politburo meeting soon to examine the state of the party and address problems reported in some of its provinces.
Copper thieves jailed in SA
Beitbridge Reporter
THREE Zimbabweans who were part of a copper cables theft syndicate operating around Waterpoort farming area in Limpopo Province, South Africa, were yesterday each sentenced to an effective six years in jail.
Zvishavane MDC-T intra-party fighting spills into church
Midlands Correspondent
INTRA-party fighting within the Morgan Tsvangirai-led Movement for Democratic Change in Zvishavane district between main rivals Mrs Lillian Acropol and former Zvishavane Town Council chairman Councillor Alluwis Zhou has now spilled into the church.