adminParents, teachers urged to work together
Chronicle Reporter
PARENTS and teachers need to work together in order to improve pupils’ learning environment and the quality of results, Bulawayo and Gwanda’s leading businessman, Mr Dumisani Kodzai, said on Friday.
Rainbow Arts Festival brings Gwanda to life
Entertainment Reporter
THE usually quiet and entertainment starved small town of Gwanda on Friday reverberated with song and dance as arts groups celebrated the province’s talent at the Rainbow Arts Festival.
The two-day festival running under the theme “Talent Identification and Development, Taking the Arts to the People” roared into life as artistes from all corners of the province thronged the provincial capital to showcase their best acts.
Ibumba fest scaled down
By Auxilia Katongomara
THE previously week-long Ibumba Festival has been reduced to four days due to lack of support and funding.
Siyaya Arts, the organisers of the festival which has become a major event on the Bulawayo entertainment calender, said the fete would run for only four days.
The festival will run from the 15 to 18 December.
Rocky named best sports film
Rocky has been named favourite sports film beating Cool Runnings and Million Dollar Baby.
Catherine Middleton destroyed Pippa, Loudon relationship
Pippa Middleton’s boyfriend Alex Loudon dumped her because he became sick of coming second to her sister Duchess Catherine.
Member states owe Retosa $860m
Business Reporter
Member states of the Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (Retosa) collectively owe the organisation more than US$863,9 million.
ICT sector can turn around economy — Makusha
Business Reporter
The country’s Information and Communication Technology sector must contribute to the quick recovery of the economy, the Computer Society of Zimbabwe president Mr Artwell Makusha said.
Opening the Bulawayo ICT Expo and business conference held last week, he said Zimbabwe was ranked among the top 10 countries on the continent that are ahead in terms of information and technology.
Textile industry salaries ‘modern day slavery’
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has described the salary structure in the textiles industry as a reflection of modern day slavery amid revelations that workers are receiving a paltry US$150 per month as salaries.
Stabbed head released fom hospital
Chronicle Reporter
THE headmistress of Siganda Secondary School, Mrs Concillia Ngwenya, who was recently brutally stabbed by a male teacher at the school, has been discharged from hospital.
Mrs Ngwenya was admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after the male teacher, Nhlonipho Nyathi, allegedly attacked her during a disciplinary hearing over his alleged affair with a 16-year-old Form Three pupil.
City, Liverpool draw
City, Liverpool drawJoe Hart made a stunning injury time save to maintain 10-man Manchester City’s unbeaten Premier League record in a 1-1 draw at Liverpool yesterday.The England goalkeeper produced an…