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MARRIAGE is a sacred institution ordained by God and should be treated with the reverence it deserves. It forms one of society’s moral pillars and is the foundation upon which families are anchored.
Hospitality industry players under fire
Masvingo Correspondent
PLAYERS in the hospitality and tourism industry have come under fire for allegedly charging high accommodation rates, scaring away visitors.
France keeps up Mali strikes, Ecowas plans advances
BAMAKO — France kept up its air strikes against Islamist rebels in Mali as plans to deploy African troops gathered pace yesterday amid concerns that delays could endanger a wider mission to dislodge al Qaeda and its allies.
France has already poured hundreds of troops into Mali and carried out days of air strikes since Friday in a vast desert area seized last year by an Islamist alliance that combines al Qaeda’s north African wing AQIM with Mali’s home-grown MUJWA and Ansar Dine rebel groups.
Deaf twins granted wish to die
Brussels — Identical Belgian twin brothers, born deaf, becoming blind and unable to bear not being able to see and hear each other, had their wish to die granted in a case testing the boundaries of legal euthanasia.Zimplow takes over Tractive Power Holdings
Harare Bureau
ZIMPLOW Limited has completed the takeover of Tractive Power Holdings after shareholders of both firms approved the acquisition of the remaining 42 percent stake in TPHL.
The approval of the transaction by shareholders means TPHL becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zimplow, which held a 57 percent stake in the firm before the latest transaction.
Sundowns bosses arrive at Bosso
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Senior Sports Reporter
MAMELODI Sundowns’ duo of Trott Moloto and Harris Chueu touched down at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo yesterday and immediately declared that they would be bringing a full strength squad for the friendly with Highlanders at the end of the month.
The crack South African outfit will also play against Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions Dynamos and Caps United as they gear up for the second half of their Absa Premiership league
Zimsec completes marking of A-level examinations
Chronicle Reporter
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has completed marking the Advanced Level 2012
Nurse evicted for selling beer at hospital premises
Midlands Correspondent
A nurse stationed at Mnene Mission Hospital in Mberengwa has been evicted from the hospital quarters for allegedly running a shebeen at her residence.
Heavy rains pound Bulawayo
Chronicle Reporters
HEAVY rains yesterday pounded Bulawayo and parts of Matabeleland North and South provinces, breaking the dry spell that had dominated most
SMEs, Geddes Ltd wrangle over building takes new twist
Chronicle Reporter
THE wrangle between the owner of a Bulawayo building and at least 100 Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs (SMEs) yesterday took a new dimension, with the property owner alleging he had not been paid rent in the past 10 years.