adminBosso, DeMbare in tricky encounters
Ricky Zililo
THE country’s most followed soccer clubs and Castle Lager Premiership championship contenders Dynamos and Highlanders will have to prove their mental strength when they play away tricky encounters against Chicken Inn and Hwange respectively tomorrow.
High Court orders Gono to pay $1,2m bank loan
Harare Bureau
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono and his company Lunar Chickens have been ordered to pay Renaissance Merchant Bank $1,2 million in settlement of a loan extended to the firm in 2010.
Dr Gono, a director in Lunar Chickens, was cited as a co-principal debtor and surety together with four other companies.
High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu ordered the execution of the six immovable properties that had been tendered as surety bond.
Masvingo MP hides in furniture shop in row over lover
George Maponga
MDC-T Masvingo West legislator Mr Tachiona Mharadza had to hide in a furniture shop
Sex scandal rocks Inyathi High
Leonard Ncube
NINE pupils have been suspended and others punished at Inyathi High School in Bubi District for allegedly engaging in sexual activities at the school.
The nine pupils are four boys and five girls, eight of them in Form Four and one in Upper Six at the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) run school, situated 68km from Bulawayo.
The alleged sex encounters between the pupils occurred on several occasions between 26 August and 9 September when Form Fours and Upper Six pupils had gone for holiday crash lessons.
Sources at the school said there were 16 boys and an unknown number of girls who would leave their hostels and engage in sex in Form Two hostels’ which were not occupied during that time.
The provincial education director for Matabeleland North Province, Mrs Boithatelo Mnguni, confirmed the case and said her office would soon serve parents of the affected pupils with letters informing them of their suspension.
Hwange trio killed in car crash
Victoria Falls Reporter
THREE people from Hwange Town died when a car they were travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree before catching fire.
The driver and a passenger who was seated in the front seat were burnt beyond recognition while the other person died on admission to Victoria Falls District Hospital.
Manhunt for armed robbers
Victoria Falls Reporter
POLICE in Inyathi have launched a manhunt for two suspected armed robbers who stole from two vendors $101 cash and some of their belongings at gunpoint.
Matabeleland North provincial police spokesperson Inspector Billie Dube, confirmed the incident, which he said happened on Sunday last week at about 8.53pm at Inyathi Mine Compound.
He said the vendors were at the compound selling their goods.
Let the better team win the championship
FAIR play is the cornerstone of every organised sport competition. It enables teams and individuals to compete on equal footing with the winner being the better prepared or resourced party.
The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League race has reached the last straight stage. Expectations are high from players, coaches, administrators, sponsors and the owners of the game — the fans.
Rape cases decline in Mat South
Beitbridge Reporter.
MATABELELAND South has recorded 165 rape cases between January and August, a decline compared to 190 cases during the same period last year.
In an interview on Friday, the provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Christopher Ngwenya, attributed the decline to their intensified awareness campaigns.
Council mulls using Khami Dam water
Temba Dube
THE Bulawayo City Council is seriously considering harnessing water from Khami Dam despite the controversy that has erupted over the issue in recent years.
Speaking during a water crisis meeting last week, the Town Clerk, Mr Middleton Nyoni, said the city was conducting a cost benefit analysis with a view to purifying the water.
He said the project was long term as it was dependent on a number of factors.
“As you are aware, Nust (the National University of Science and Technology) is conducting a study on the water. The results will point the way forward. We also need to resuscitate SAST (Southern Areas Treatment) Works,” said Mr Nyoni.
Amangwe celebrations in SA officially open
Bongani Ndlovu in South Africa
KING Ntshosho Zwane II officially opened the Annual Amangwe Celebrations here in Entshenteka Area in the Ehlobani district of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa with a call for their ancestor King Mangete to bless the ceremony.