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Chronicle Reporter
FEMALE chiefs in the country have expressed contentment with the respect accorded to them by their communities and male counterparts, saying they had managed to fit in well in the chiefs’ council with only a few problems encountered.
Constable stones, crushes wife’s head
Midlands CorrespondentA police constable stationed at Mashava Police Station has sent shock waves in his rural home in Chiwundura communal lands after he allegedly killed his 18-year-old wife he suspected of having an affair with a neighbour.
Judge calls for zero tolerance to corruption
From Paul Nkala in Hwange
THERE should be zero tolerance to corruption in the country’s courts as some officials are routinely accepting bribes to throw away cases, a Bulawayo High Court judge said yesterday.
Speaking at the official opening of the Hwange High Court Circuit, Justice Martin Makonese said while the country’s judicial system was largely efficient in many respects, there was a disturbing trend of corrupt activities being reported in the lower courts.
“It would appear that some prosecutors, magistrates, clerks and other court officials are routinely accepting bribes to throw away cases. Some criminals even boast that you can never go to jail if you have money. What this means is that it is the poor who have no money who only end up doing jail time,” said Justice Makonese.
“I would like to call upon legal practitioners to shun being used by their clients as couriers of bribe money. Legal practitioners who act as agents for the clients in these corrupt activities are just as equally guilty as the criminals they act for. There should be zero tolerance on corruption and any officer of the law caught on the wrong side of the law must be punished heavily to send a correct message to like-minded persons.”
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England, Germany in fight for survival
England and Germany will be left without any teams in the Champions League quarter-finals unless Chelsea and Bayern Munich can overturn first-leg deficits in this week’s ties.By contrast, Italy’s Serie A, often criticised for its crumbling stadiums, falling attendances and written off as a league in perpetual decline, could end up with all three of its teams in the last eight.
Founders rule basketball roost
By Mbonisi MabhenaFounders High School overcame a stubborn Nkulumane to win 93-76 in the top schools basketball tournament played at the Bulawayo Club of the Disabled (BCD) Courts on Sunday.
Dark cloud hangs over Zvishavane . . . as Caf bans Mandava Stadium
From Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane
PSL in fortunes boom
Harare Bureau
THE 2011 Castle Lager Premiership, spiced by the arrival of a number of sponsors, triggered increased interest among the fans with more supporters paying to watch the championship.
An average 2 500 fans paid to watch every Premiership game last season and almost $2 million was grossed from gate receipts during the season.
The gross revenue from the gates was almost six times more than what the PSL teams grossed in a bleak 2010 when only $323 867 filtered through the turnstiles.
The first Harare Derby between giants Dynamos and CAPS United broke all the records for match attendance as 26 678 people paid to watch the epic encounter.
In reality, there could have been more than 30 000 people at the National Stadium as questionable gate controls, which resulted in many fans forcing their way into the stadium, blighted the accounting process.