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Pamela Shumba
Monetary Policy Statement hailed
Business Reporter
Fidel Castro votes, chats in Cuban election
HAVANA — Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro voted in Cuba’s general election on Sunday and chatted with well wishers and Cuban reporters in Havana for more than an hour, in his first extended public appearance since 2010.S Sudan accuses Sudan of bombing
South Sudan on Sunday accused Sudan of bombing its side of their volatile border, killing one soldier and wounding four others in what it said was the third attack on its northeastern Renk County since November.
Govt to equip Mpilo, UBH hospitals
Chronicle Reporter
THE Government will soon equip Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals in Bulawayo to enable the two institutions to offer training facilities for student doctors, the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Douglas Mombeshora, said.
Speaking in Bulawayo recently, Dr Mombeshora said the equipment would facilitate the training of medical doctors by the National University of Science and Technology’s Faculty of Medicine.
Dr Mombeshora said the Government had already paid a deposit for the equipment from China.
“We want to open the Medical Training School at Nust so that we train locals who will work here in Bulawayo after training. We checked if Mpilo and UBH were equipped to give hands-on training and discovered that there is a need to re-equip the two institutions,” said Dr Mombeshora.FC Platinum maul top Zambian clubs
Paul Mundandi in Lusaka, Zambia
FC PLATINUM president George Mawere is excited about his team’s performance after it registered two important victories in their pre-season preparations against Zambian champions Zanaco and Power Dynamos.
Hundreds of job seekers fall prey to conman
Leonard Ncube
A man, who was masquerading as a recruiting officer from a local non governmental organisation, defrauded hundreds of job seekers in Bulawayo by charging them $12 each to get a job, a Bulawayo magistrate heard yesterday.
Mr Abednico Ndebele heard this at the appearance of Vincent Palma Mpofu (26), of 2099 2nd Street, Makokoba, who was facing a charge of fraud.
Mpofu, who holds a diploma in accounting and auditing, is an ex-worker of Kingdom Bank where he was dismissed for theft.
He was convicted of stealing money from the bank and fined $100 last year.
Zinara plans blitz . . . targeting half a million unlicensed vehicles
Temba Dube
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will at the end of the month conduct a blitz to account for more than 500 000 vehicles that have not been licensed countrywide.
The crackdown, which will be done in conjunction with the police, the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and the Central Vehicle Registry, is set to start in Harare, before sweeping through the rest of the country.
Speaking at a Press conference at Zinara House in Harare yesterday, Zinara chief executive officer, Mr Frank Chitukutuku, said the operation would target motorists who have never registered their vehicles since the new computerised system started operating in April last year and those whose licence discs would have expired.Tuskers, MidWest Rhinos lock horns
Sports Reporter
IT will be a top of the table clash in the Castle Logan Cup when defending champions Matabeleland Tuskers take on MidWest Rhinos in a potentially thrilling four-day cricket game that starts today at Queens Sports Club.
Bosso date DeMbare in Bob 89 Super Cup
Ricky Zililo