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Smooth start to Grade 7 exams

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By Rutendo Ngara GRADE 7 examinations started smoothly yesterday despite teachers threatening to down tools until the government addresses their remuneration plight. A snap survey by the Daily News in Harare revealed that Grade 7 learners sat for their first English paper one examination and teachers were invigilating.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Progressive Teachers…

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Sales lady spared jail

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A SALES lady narrowly escaped jail after she was convicted of stealing cellphones worth over US$30 000 from her employer. Tsungai Chinodakufa was slapped with 15 months imprisonment before six months were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour. The remaining nine months were set aside on condition that she pays back her…

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Alleged gun smuggling ex-captain in fresh freedom bid

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AN EX-ARMY captain who was nabbed on allegations of trying to influence illegal entry of 31 AK 47 rifles into the country from South Africa has launched a fresh bid for freedom, applying for bail on changed circumstances. Leonard Matambo is alleged to have written a letter to a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority manager at the…

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Government partners international seed org

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CIMMYT, the international maize and wheat improvement centre, has teamed up with the government’s National Agriculture Research and Extension Systems (NARES) Breeding Programme to optimise and modernise crop breeding programmes in the country. The partnership is part of efforts to ensure that local farmers grow climate-smart crops, particularly maize, that can withstand the long dry…

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Drinking binge turns nasty

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A DRINKING binge turned sour, resulting in a 54-year-old man from Aspindale, Harare, shooting a fellow imbiber twice after a misunderstanding in a bar. Leonard Dahwa has since been charged with attempted murder after the alleged attack on the imbiber. He was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before regional magistrate…

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Man caged 8 years for neighbour's death

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A BINDURA man will spend the next eight years behind bars for beating up his neighbour to death on Christmas eve last year after he had tried to burn down his hut in a drunken state. Forward Kichini, who was arrested for murdering Garikai Petro, was last week sentenced to eight years in jail by…

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Bike Addicts shine at African champs

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BIKE Addicts have only been in existence for less than a year but their riders’ performances at the African Continental Championships (Afcon) recently in Bulawayo was a clear testimony of a club on a mission to conquer. Founded at the start of the year, Bike Addicts, took with them 16 riders to Bulawayo, who showed…

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Chirinda inspires Bulawayo Chiefs

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Nash Mkokwayariraat LUVEVE STADIUM Bulawayo Chiefs……….. (0) 1Manica Diamonds……….     0 OBRIEL Chirinda’s solitary second half goal was all Bulawayo Chiefs needed to secure maximum points in a Castle Lager Premiership match against Manica Diamonds here yesterday. It was a match of few opportunities and far between and Chiefs made full use of their rare…

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Youth voting critical

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THE findings of a recent survey by the Afrobarometer are not only startling, but worrying that most of the country’s youth were likely not going to cast ballots in next year’s much anticipated harmonised elections. According to the survey by Afrobarometer, a pan-African research institute, 54 percent of Zimbabweans aged between 18-35 years were likely…

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Zesa implements brutal power cuts. . . after Kariba, Hwange power stations encounter major problems

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By Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE’s relentless power cuts worsened at the weekend after under-pressure power utility Zesa announced intensified load shedding which spooked both ordinary consumers and businesses alike. Responding to the brutal power cuts, a concerned president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), Kurai Matsheza, told the Daily News yesterday that the heavy load…

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