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Midlands Bureau Chief
Plans to honour parastatals shelved
Business Reporter
THE Ministry of State Enterprises and Parastatals has shelved plans to introduce awards for performing public entities because most state enterprises were yet to improve their viability.
Zibawu conducts research on Biti’s proposals
Business Reporter
Five perish in another traffic mishap
Patrick Chitumba in Victoria Falls
Sable Chemicals to refurbish plant
Lovemore Zigara Kwekwe-based fertilizer company Sable Chemicals, which is seeking $5 million in the short-term, says prospects are bright that it will soon get funding to refurbish its plant. Sable…
Baby born with multiple deformities dies
Midlands Correspondent
The baby that was abandoned by its mother at Mnene Mission Hospital in Mberengwa soon after delivery when she discovered that it had multiple deformities, has died.
Injiva invade Beitbridge
Mashudu Netsianda
BEITBRIDGE Border Post was yesterday a hive of activity as travellers, mostly Zimbabweans working in South Africa commonly known as injiva, started trickling into the country for the festive season.
Bosso should not fret over Champions League yet
The year 2012 will undoubtedly go down in history as one season that Highlanders followers would love to remember.
Despite failing to win the championship, the team roared back into contention for the title and narrowly lost out on goal difference to Dynamos, a clear indication that the Bulawayo giants had arisen from their deep slumber.
After a seventh finish and a fourth finish in the previous two years, Highlanders players finally remembered what it means to play for a big institution and gave it all, thanks to a new culture brought in by new coach Kelvin Kaindu and chairman, Peter Dube.
The team also benefited much from the sponsorship from their principal partners BancABC who also take care of the key financial issues at Dynamos, leaving the clubs to worry about player incentives and other costs, with the bulk of costs of monthly salaries for players and coaches as well as camping costs being taken care of by BancABC.
Bleak year for Bulawayo film industry
Bruce Ndlovu
Bulawayo has a long-standing tradition of film making that over the years has strengthened the city’s status as the country’s cultural hub.
Very often the country has had to turn to Bulawayo for screenplays that tackle head-on hot issues of the day. Films from Bulawayo have thus become a mirror where ordinary Zimbabweans have an opportunity to see realistic renditions of their lives on the small screen.
Madhuku blasts MDC-T
Innocent Madonko recently in Kadoma
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly chairman Professor Lovemore Madhuku has launched a blistering attack on the MDC-T led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, describing its leadership as lacking principles and out to enrich themselves at the expense of the masses.
Addressing editors and senior political reporters at an election reporting workshop in Kadoma on Thursday, Prof Madhuku took a swipe at the MDC-T top brass and singled out Mr Tsvangirai and secretary general Mr Tendai Biti, saying “they are out there to make money for themselves” and are “liars”.