adminDalglish blasts Suarez report
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish maintains his support of banned striker Luis Suarez, claiming the full facts of the hearing which led to the striker’s suspension have not been made public.
Manchester City recover from Sunderland defeat
Manchester City recovered from their shock defeat at Sunderland and opened up a three-point gap at the top of the Premier League table with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Liverpool.
Take advantage of agric loan facility: farmers urged
Chronicle Reporter
FARMERS have been urged to take advantage of the new $56,2 million agricultural loan facility that was recently launched by the Government and continue planting until the end of January.
Zinwa urged to expedite completion of Nkayi water project
Chronicle Reporter
NKAYI councillors have called on the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to expedite the connection of water to Nkayi old business centre, saying the project was long overdue.
Headman bemoans lack of development
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HEADMAN Mlume of Nkone area in Nkayi South has called on the Government and the private sector to build a clinic in his area in order to improve health care for villagers.
Food crisis looms in Nkayi
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Man axed for refusing to accept sister’s relationship
Chronicle Reporter
A man from Tsholotsho District is allegedly on the run after he fatally axed his estranged 24-year-old would-be brother-in-law who disapproved of his relationship with his sister on New Year’s Day.
NRZ owes workers two months’ salary
By Paul Nkala
THE cash-strapped National Railways of Zimbabwe owes its workforce two months’ salary amid reports that it has negotiated an out-of-court settlement with a British company it owes more than two million pounds.
The parastatal’s public relations manager, Mr Fanuel Masikati, yesterday acknowledged that workers were owed their November and December salaries.
He said the lower grades were paid 100 percent of their October salaries last month while the higher grades were paid 50 percent of the salaries for the same month.
“We are not doing well as business is very low and instead of realising $10 million a month, we are only managing $7 million which is not enough to meet our expenditure.
“The NRZ has already started processing the remaining 50 percent for the higher grades and once everyone has been paid their October salaries, then we will be able to start processing the November salaries for allthe employees,” he said.
Schools warned over tuition fee increases
By Thandeka Moyo
THE Government will deal with all schools that will raise tuition fees for the first term as no new fee structure has been gazetted, an official said yesterday.
This comes amid revelations that many schools have applied to the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture seeking approval for their proposed increases and have since been given the green light to increase tuition fees.
In an interview yesterday, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, said there will be no increase in fee structures for all Government schools.
“The Cabinet has agreed that there will be no increase in tuition fees at all Government schools this term. Parents should stick to last term fee structures because there will be no changes,” said Minister Coltart.
He said his Ministry was aware that parents had been receiving threats from schools even before the closing of the third term last year and was going to work hard to see that all schools stick to the directive.
“I am aware that parents have been threatened with fee hikes from all angles but a decision has been made. We therefore expect all schools to abide by that decision as we will deal with those who will choose to go against this,” said Minister Coltart.
Copac resumes constitution-making process
By Pamela Shumba
THE Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee has agreed to hold a one-week retreat in Mutare, Manicaland Province, to address and iron out differences among the three political parties involved in the constitution-making process.
In separate interviews yesterday, Copac chairpersons, Cde Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana (Zanu-PF), Mr Douglas Mwonzora of MDC-T and Mr Edward Mkhosi, of MDC, said all parties had agreed to move on with the process.
Cde Mangwana said they were trying to make sure that no further delays and misunderstandings would be experienced in the constitution-making process.
“As I speak now we are in a meeting where we have a few issues that we want to resolve before we can write the final draft.
“We have arranged a five-day retreat to work on areas which require research. After the five-day retreat, we would have finished filling in the gaps in all the areas, which need research,” said Cde Mangwana.
He said the draft constitution might be out this month.