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PROLONGED drought in the Horn of Africa is the immediate cause of the severe food crisis already affecting around 10 million people in parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. Rains have failed over two seasons, with a strong La Niña event having a dramatic impact across the east coast of Africa. Now this year’s wet season has not done much to aid in the farming activities all across Africa, giving rise to a probable drought.
Patience pays for second princess
Entertainment Reporter
Patience pays!
This is the song that Miss Bulawayo second princess Precious Dube is humming.
Brad Pitt’s thriller birthday party
Brad Pitt celebrated his birthday with a family night out in Las Vegas.
New private gallery opens
Entertainment Reporter
VISUAL art enthusiasts in Bulawayo will be spoilt for choice as a new privately owned art gallery has been officially opened in the city in a bid to promote local up-and-coming artistes.
This makes Empire Arts Gallery in Khumalo the second gallery after National Gallery in Bulawayo.
I thought I was gonna die: Jennifer Lopez
Being a first-time parent can be pretty nerve-racking, but it was particularly so for Jennifer Lopez.
Vic Falls hotels fully booked for Christmas
Victoria Falls Reporter
HOTELS and some lodges in the resort town of Victoria Falls are fully booked for the festive season, it has been established.
At the same time, tour and adventure operators have started recording brisk business as tourists especially locals and those from the region have started trickling in for the festive season and the trend is expected to continue into the New Year.
MLF trio trial set for 2012
Court Reporter
Three members of the Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), who are facing treason charges, will be tried in the first quarter of the High Court in Bulawayo.
Murder cases put damper on festive mood
Midlands Correspondent
THE Midlands Province has recorded four murder cases and an attempted murder case within a space of three days signalling a bloody festive season for the province.
Acting police spokesperson for Midlands, Assistant Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, said the four murder cases occurred in Redcliff, Lower Gweru and Silobela between Wednesday and Friday.
Asst Insp Mahoko said the attempted murder case occurred in Mberengwa on Friday.
Residents invited to Christmas lights switching-on at Centenary Park
Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO’S Mayor and Town Clerk will tomorrow ride in a horse-drawn carriage to the Centenary Park as part of spectacular festivities organised by the city to mark the annual switching-on of Christmas lights at the park.
NGO withdraws services in protest over bureaucracy
Chronicle Reporter
THE future of scores of vulnerable children hangs in the balance after a Bulawayo-based non-governmental organisation stopped paying their school fees in protest over the bureaucracy involved.
Haven Trust Safe Shelter, situated in Bulawayo’s Hillside suburb, provides shelter and security for gender-based violence (GBV) victims and it has since removed its service of paying fees for orphans because of the procedure and paperwork involved.