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Norton independent legislator Mr Temba Mliswa yesterday tipped zanu-pf to win the Bikita West by-election this Saturday.   Mr Mliswa won the Norton seat as an independent candidate last year.   Addressing a Press conference in Harare, Mr Mliswa said opposition coalitions were not effective on the electoral field.   “You cannot win an election without a component of zanu-pf,” he said. “zanu-pf is the ruling party and for the coalition to think, even if…

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira yesterday told The Chronicle that she would meet the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya on January 25 to discuss the way forward on the issue of bonuses. “The Government doesn’t have money at the moment. This makes it difficult for us to announce dates. We don’t want to make promises that we’ll not be…

  INFORMATION and Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira has filed a $2 million defamation lawsuit against Mabvuku-Tafara MP, James Maridadi, claiming the opposition legislator defamed him in an article published in the Daily News in May last year. This follows the publication of an opinion piece by Maridadi, titled A chip off the old block, which referred to widely-circulating allegations at the time that Mandiwanzira had forced the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of…

  Almost half of Mbare-Sunningdale boreholes in Harare have contaminated water that is not fit for human consumption, a city health official has said. Briefing Minister of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa, and Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere during a tour of Mbare yesterday, to assess the extent of the typhoid outbreak, Harare City Council health director Dr Prosper Chonzi said residents are consuming this contaminated water…

. PUPILS will start learning foreign languages including Portuguese, Mandarin and Swahili from Form One in line with the new curriculum. According to the new curriculum, the development will prepare learners for life and work in a globalised environment. It says some of the languages to be taught at secondary school are Portuguese, Mandarin and Swahili. “The Curriculum Framework sets out the trust of the new curriculum that takes into account the local socio-economic imperatives…

A SECURITY guard at the Seventh Day Adventist church-run Pelandaba Primary School in Bulawayo died after he was savagely attacked by four armed robbers during a raid in which two laptops and cash amounting to $200 were stolen early yesterday morning. Buton Skalongo died on admission to Mpilo Central Hospital while his colleague Mr Vusa Tshuma survived the attack. Four men broke into the school and church, which are located on the same premises, at…

POLICE in Botswana have launched a manhunt for 15 Zimbabwean prisoners, some of them dangerous, who escaped from a jail in Francistown after cutting the security fence.   Three of the inmates have since been arrested following their escape from Gerald Estates Centre for illegal immigrants on Saturday afternoon.   Francistown deputy police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Dipheko Motube confirmed the incident yesterday.   He said they had launched a manhunt for 12 Zimbabweans who remain…

CONTROVERSIAL political activist Acie Lumumba’s claim to be in a relationship with Lerato Hlongwani, daughter to South African business tycoon, Fana Hlongwane, has been met with heated denial by the latter. Lumumba last Thursday revealed to H-Metro that he was in love with Lerato and was ready to settle but she described the claim as “lies! False information.” “Please , I am not dating Acie Lumumba ! Never have and Never will. He is, and…

  Socio-economic development can only be achieved in countries that have peace and total control of their resources, President Mugabe has said. In his submissions during the closed session of the 27th France-Africa Summit that ended in Bamako over the weekend, President Mugabe said peace, security and development could not be separated. The summit, which aims to strengthen ties between France and Africa, drew more than 30 African Heads of State and Government and French…