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Chronicle Reporter
SCHOOLS in Matabeleland have been challenged to take advantage of investments in education by the Government and its partners to develop science subjects so that pupils have a higher chance of enrolling at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust).
Malawi president agrees to 30% pay cut
Blantyre — Malawian President Joyce Banda will take a 30 percent pay cut as part of a broader effort to get the country’s budget under control, a top government official revealed yesterday.
Mama Betty Kaunda buried
Hundreds of Zambians yesterday attended the requiem mass and burial of former First Lady Mama Betty Kaunda in Lusaka.Juvenile gets suspended jail term
Midlands Bureau ChiefA teenager from Chief Ntabeni’s area in Zhombe who in 2009 fatally struck a 17-year- old boy with an axe was yesterday slapped with a five-year wholly suspended sentence by Senior Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Nicholas Ndou.
Bosso, DeMbare face bogey sides
Ricky Zililo
Bantu Rovers wary of ZPC Hwange
Ricky Zililo
EXCITING fixtures are lined up in the Zifa Southern Region Division One Soccer League with the top four teams clashing in potentially explosive encounters this afternoon.
Pageants lose glamour
Saturday Leisure Correspondent There has been a remarkable increase in beauty pageants in the country leaving many wondering whether it is a sign of growth in the cut-throat modelling industry or just a whirlwind simply sweeping past.
Syria rebels struggle to advance
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels struggled to make headway against government forces yesterday in a battle for Aleppo, the country’s largest city.
Ruling on by-elections set for Monday
Harare Bureau
JUDGE President George Chiweshe will on Monday either confirm or reject President Mugabe’s proposal that harmonised elections be held in March next year.
He will make the decision when he rules on the urgency of a chamber application in which President Mugabe is seeking a further extension of the by-elections deadline from 1 October to 31 March next year.
President Mugabe has since indicated that he wants to call for harmonised elections in the last week of March next year.
The judge is also expected to determine whether it is legally correct for Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa to depose an affidavit in the application on behalf of President Mugabe.
Ex-legislators Abednico Bhebhe (Nkayi South), Njabuliso Mguni (Lupane East) and Norman Mpofu (Bulilima East) approached the courts to enforce the holding of by-elections after they lost their seats when they defected from the MDC.
Representing the three ex-legislators who obtained the order for the proclamation of the by-elections date, Ms Beatrice Mtetwa said Minister Chinamasa was not qualified to depose the affidavit.
Gweru man jailed 20 years for murder
Midlands Bureau ChiefA Gweru man who this year fatally struck his friend with a stone following an argument over a soccer match they were watching has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Nicholas Ndou.