adminNust demands full fees before admission
Chronicle Reporter
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has demanded that students should pay full fees upon registration, a move that will see thousands of students failing to register before the deadline today.
Workers, creditors own 31pc of BNC
Business Reporter
Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) workers and creditors now own 31,74 percent of the company after a private placement to settle part of a $21 million debt choking the company.
More woes for Bosso treasurer
Lovemore Dube
HIGHLANDERS might have been prejudiced of $37 000 from gate-takings by its treasurer Odiel Nkomo who is now under investigations for allegedly defrauding the club from match day earnings.
The under fire treasurer has been asked by Grant Thornton Auditors to explain discrepancies between what he recorded as Highlanders earnings which seem to differ with figures obtained from the Premier Soccer League.
Campaign peacefully in run up to elections
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The setting of March next year as the date of the harmonised elections makes a lot of organisational and financial sense. President Mugabe had been given until next week on Monday to proclaim dates for by-elections in Nkayi South, Lupane East and Bulilima East. The three seats fell vacant following the expulsion of Abednico Bhebe (Nkayi South), Njabuliso Mguni (Lupane East) and Norman Mpofu (Bulilima East) from the smaller MDC formation led by Professor Welshman Ncube. The three had sought the legal route to compel the President to proclaim dates for the by-elections.
Anti-virus benefits from collaborations
Entertainment Reporter
PROMINENT hip-hop dance group Anti-virus are looking to collaborate with other dance crews while incorporating more traditional dance elements in their act in a bid to lure more fans and gain more recognition within the arts industry.
Zifa, Ethics Commission clash
Goodwill Zunidza
ZIFA, stung by mounting public demand for a swift close of the Asiagate chapter, are now at loggerheads with their own Independent Ethics Commission for failing to release findings of their probe a year after they were constituted for the exercise.
Genesis depositors access funds
Depositors who had their monies locked up in closed Genesis Merchant Bank have started accessing their funds through the Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC), an official said yesterday.
Kee-Tui scoops Yvonne Vera Award
Entertainment Reporter
Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo has announced Violette Kee-Tui as this year’s winner of The Yvonne Vera Award for short story writing.
Tourists fined for stealing boat
Victoria Falls Reporter
THREE foreign tourists have each been fined $500 (or nine months in prison) after they were found guilty of unlawfully borrowing a fishing boat and peddling it at night in the Zambezi River. Appearing before Victoria Falls resident magistrate, Mr Archibald Dingana were Maciej Trzcinski (40) and Artur Krzysztof Dabrowski (41), both from Warszanka, Poland, and Francesco Perini (26), who resides at Via Bollitol East 19 Capri, Italy.
Firm seeks endorsement of cost effective houses
Business Reporter
A Bulawayo company is engaging regulators to approve construction of houses made from prefabricated material in the country.