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BISSAU — Guinea Bissau’s former head of military intelligence was shot dead at a bar in the capital Bissau overnight just hours after a peaceful presidential vote, witnesses and a security source said yesterday.ANC behaving as if ‘bewitched’
Johannesburg — An adviser in the presidency said if former Cabinet minister Steve Tshwete saw the political infighting and rifts in the ANC he would say the party was bewitched, the Times reported yesterday.Muamba ‘stable but critical’
London — Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba was in a stable but critical condition yesterday, two days after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a match, a statement from the hospital treating him said.Berbatov to leave United
Manchester United’s Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov will leave the club at the end of this season to play elsewhere in Europe, his agent Emil Danchev said on Sunday.
Tevez to boost City’s hopes
London — Two months after writing off Carlos Tevez’s career at Manchester City, manager Roberto Mancini could welcome back the Argentina forward in Wednesday’s Premier League match against Chelsea in a bid to give his team’s faltering title challenge a lift.
Massive irregularities exposed at GMB
Harare Bureau
THE Comptroller and Auditor General has unearthed massive irregularities at the Grain Marketing Board that include irregular board remuneration, poor accounting systems, incompetence and poor business decisions by the board.
Family loses property over $150 debt
Chronicle ReporterA family from Bulawayo’s Tshabalala suburb had its property worth over $1 000 attached by the city council over a $150 debt before being forced to pay another $231 as a “punishment”.
Zimra manager killed in traffic accident
Midlands Bureau ChiefTHE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) station manager for Midlands, Mr Leavita Masotsha, was killed on the spot together with a passenger when the Nissan Hardbody he was driving collided with a haulage truck near Mvuma, police said.
Patients forced to clean clinic grounds before treatment
Chronicle ReporterNDIWENI Clinic in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South, has come under the spotlight as villagers allege that the clinic’s personnel is forcing patients to first clear the clinic’s grounds before they can receive treatment.
Chiefs to receive solar-powered chargers
Masvingo CorrespondentABOUT 270 traditional leaders in the country will soon each receive solar-powered mobile phone chargers from a leading Zimbabwean mobile phone operator to assist villagers in remote rural communities without access to electricity to charge their phones.