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The Herald April 1, 1980 THE Minister of Education and Culture, Mr Dzingai Mutumbuka, said it would be unfair to pupils and their parents if changes were made in community schools before they could be justified. “I don’t know why community schools are in existence and I feel that they have taken a retrogressive step […]
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The Herald, 29 March 1980 A NEW definitive series of postage stamps, to be known as the first Zimbabwe definitive issue, will go on sale on April 18, according to a notice in yesterday’s Government Gazette. The issue will comprise 15 denominations. Gemstones will be the theme of the 1c, 3c, 4c, 5c and 7c […]
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WEARING the new Air Zimbabwe livery and looking like new, VP-WGA roared into the air for its first look at Salisbury yesterday morning.
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THE design of the new national flag features a gold Zimbabwe bird on a red five-pointed star.
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26 March 1980 NEW YORK. — A lorry driver who was raped by three assailants when her vehicle broke down on a lonely road has sued her employer for R4 million for dismissing her when she returned to work. Barbara Reed alleges discrimination because male employees who were victims of other crimes kept their jobs, […]
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The Herald, 22 March, 1980 THE independence ceremony will be held at midnight on Thursday April 17 at Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury, and will be followed by public holidays on April 18 and 19. The ceremony will be attended by as many as 1500 dignitaries and invited guests, probably including some heads of state, the secretary […]
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The Herald, March 20, 1980 THE Tobacco Sales group should have even better results this year than 1979, says the chairman, Mr CG Tracey, who forecasts a 31 percent increase in taxed profit to $2,1 million. In his review of the year ended October 31 he says the dividend should rise by 4c to 28c […]
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The Herald, 21 March, 1980 A Government Gazette Extraordinary yesterday smoothed the way for the transition to independence on April 18. The gazette formally fixed the Independence Day and formalised the transition of the 1979 Constitution to the Zimbabwe Constitution as agreed to at the Lancaster House conference. It also provides for a report on […]
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The Herald, 19 March, 1980 AN empty desk, three telephones, a desk lamp and a row of settees and chairs greeted Mr Robert Mugabe when he first set foot in the Prime Minister’s office yesterday. The richly carpeted and curtained office on the first floor of Milton Buildings, once the official office of the former […]
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The Herald, March 18, 1980 TWO top officials of Mr Peter Mandaza’s National Front of Zimbabwe said yesterday they had resigned from the party, and would join Zanu (PF). Mr Christopher Rambanapasi, the party’s election director and economic planning secretary, and Mr Crispen Chitando, the publicity secretary, said in a joint statement their decision had […]
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The Herald, March 15, 1991 ZIMBABWE’S largest bus company, Zupco, has crossed a landmark in its history of passenger transportation by introducing bus drivers. The company has been quietly recruiting women bus drivers for the past few weeks for its fleet of mini and train buses and the 76-seater conventional buses. “Zupco is a dynamic […]
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The Herald, March 14, 1998 LONDON. – A jailed fraudster in Britain is earning more than £30 000 (Z$900 000) a year working for an advertising agency while serving his prison sentence. He drives from the prison in North Yorkshire every day in his own car to work in nearby York, returning to his cell […]
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The Herald, March 13, 1998 PHNOM PEΝΗ. – Three people were killed and more than 10 wounded when a playground dispute between children was settled by their fathers with a hand grenade, police and witnesses said yesterday. Police said the dispute between the children, the origins of which were unclear, but which had been largely […]
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The Herald, March 12, 1991 A ROTTWEILER bit passers-by and police on Paris’ central Champs Elysees, as the French government made plans yesterday to ban breeding and imports of dangerous attack dogs. The animal was shot and wounded by police on Tuesday after its master, a boy of 14, took off its muzzle and set […]
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The Herald, March 8,1980 A MAN who tried to steal cables from a pylon in the Salisbury suburb of Hatfield last September fell from the pylon after being shocked, was shot in the leg and savaged by a dog. And this week, he was jailed by a Salisbury magistrate. He was one of three men […]