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Ricky Zililo
WESTERN Panthers clung on top of the Zimbo Under-21 Rugby Cup log despite playing to a 14-14 draw with title favourites Busters in a match played at Hartsfield Stadium at the weekend.Youth vote important in next election
Prosper Ndlovu
Pupils concerned over Zimsec’s decision to withhold results
Masvingo Correspondent
Man jailed for assaulting sister-in-law
Plumtree Correspondent
A 30-year-old man from Bulilima District has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for assaulting his sister-in-law accusing her of keeping away information about his wife’s whereabouts.Theatre group appeals for funds
Walter Mswazie
MASVINGO-based arts group, Ziya Cultural Theatre of the Vharazipi fame is appealing for financial assistance to shoot the second piece of their comical video project.
Mpilo engages debt collectors
Chronicle Reporters
ONE of the country’s major referral hospitals, Mpilo Central Hospital is seeking the services of debt collectors in a bid to recover money from defaulters running into millions of United States dollars.
Sources close to the institution say the institution is owed close to $8 million for services it provided including maternity fees.
Mpilo Central Hospital recently flighted an advert in the media inviting tenders from legal firms with debt collection services to collect amounts owed by the hospital clientele.
The hospital would require the winning bidder to maintain a register of debtors, which shall be checked by the institution’s accountant and declare monies paid by the debtors to the hospital.
The bidder would be expected to compile debtors’ monthly reconciliation statements and report to the financial director.Afghan prison probe finds ‘widespread’ abuse
AN official investigation into torture in Afghan prisons has found widespread abuse, President Hamid Karzai says, following a UN report into the problem.Cosatu’s e-toll protest gathers momentum
Pretoria — A convoy of Cosatu protesters brought traffic to a standstill in central Pretoria yesterday as a drive-slow against e-tolls gathered momentum.
Bosso down but not out says Kaindu
Ricky Zililo
Zimbabwe to hold first international carnival
Ruth Butaumocho in Victoria, Seychelles
Zimbabwe will in May this year hold its first international carnival as the country gears itself towards strengthening its cultural and tourism brand through art.