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Chronicle Reporter
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the discovery of remains suspected to be of a human being after gravediggers stumbled on them while clearing a bush near a cemetery.
Bosso, DeMbare stalemate
Augustine Hwata Dynamos ………………………………..…. (1) 1 Highlanders ………………………………….(0) 1 DYNAMOS goalkeeper George Chigova could still be having nightmares after he presented Highlanders with a gift-wrapped goal from this Castle Lager…
Govt to amend Labour Act
Business Reporter
THE Labour Act should be amended to balance the interests of both workers and employers while promoting productivity, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said.EDITORIAL COMMENT:Denying boys education a violation of their rights
Reports that two Bulawayo boys aged 13 and 14 have been denied places at schools because authorities say they are no longer eligible for primary education are shocking.
Bulawayo gets $500 000 for water projects
Temba Dube
TREASURY has released $500 000 for water projects in Bulawayo amid revelations that a technical glitch is preventing the city from accessing water from Mtshabezi Dam whose pipeline has just been completed.
Addressing residents at a water stakeholders’ meeting organised by Bulawayo Agenda at the Small City Hall yesterday, Minister of Water Resources Management and Development, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, said an expert had been brought in to attend to the problem at Mtshabezi.
Two ‘over-aged’ children denied school places
Leonard Ncube
TWO Bulawayo boys aged 13 and 14 have reportedly been denied places at school as authorities say their ages are no longer eligible for primary education.
The two minors (names withheld for legal reasons) dropped out of school at the ages of 11 and 12 when their parents separated two years ago.
Residents stage demo against council
Chronicle Reporter
HUNDREDS of Emganwini residents under the Millennium Housing Scheme yesterday stormed Nketa
Ndolwane leader ‘not Zimbo’
Givemore Muzariri
LEADER of one of the splinter groups of Ndolwane Super Sounds is in trouble as it it alleged that he is a South African citizen, after renouncing his Zimbabwean one.
A source that spoke to Saturday Leisure last week alleged that it was illegal for Martin Sibanda to work in Zimbabwe since he has not been cleared.
Guatemala trio get life ban for match-fixing
It’s an ugly day for soccer in Guatemala, with three national team players banned for life by FIFA for match-fixing, according to an Associated Press report.
Guillermo Ramirez, Gustavo Cabrera and Yoni Flores were all handed lifetime bans after an investigation found that the three were involved in fixing friendlies against Venezuela in 2011 and Costa Rica in May of this year, plus a CONCACAF Champions League group-stage match in October 2010 between CSD Municipal of Guatemala and Santos Laguna of Mexico.
Guatemalan sides lost all three matches, including a 6-1 defeat to Santos.
Politicians shouldn’t cause alarm and despondency
Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Thursday assured civil servants that they will be paid their annual bonuses as usual. It was a timely announcement by the Finance Minister who civil servants now regard as being insensitive to their plight. Minister Biti had already caused panic among civil servants recently when he indicated that civil servants’ bonuses were in doubt this year citing depressed revenue inflows.