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By Vaidah Mashangwa
The social, economic and political development of any country rests on the ability of families to interact, co-ordinate and communicate effectively.
In Zimbabwe and indeed in other parts of the world there is a lot of value attached to family structures and systems.
Lack of funding for cadetship scheme drawback for students
By Sukulwenkosi Dube
FOR Tapiwa Ncube, a third year student at Lupane State University, failure by the Government to pay his fees as a cadetship student might mean he will not complete his final year.
Residents fume over water prepaid meter system
Chronicle Reporter
BITTER Cowdray Park residents had to be restrained from assaulting Bulawayo City Council officials who were conducting water demand management campaigns and advocating a pilot pre-paid water meter system yesterday.
Houses flooded as water pipes burst
Chronicle Reporter
MAKOKOBA residents spent the early hours of yesterday on their feet after their houses were flooded by water gushing from a burst main water pipe in the area.
Boy dies trying to retrieve container
Beitbridge Correspondent
A 15-year-old boy from Fort Rixon drowned in Zimbili Dam while trying to retrieve his plastic container which had fallen into the dam on Sunday morning.
Khaya Moyo hails Nicaragua’s Ortega
Harare Bureau
ZANU-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has hailed Nicaragua President Cde Daniel Ortega as a living legend in the fight against neo-colonialism.
Govt repeats warning on bottled water
Harare Bureau
Government has repeated the warning that all bottled water brands that are not registered will be removed from shelves and destroyed without prior notice.
Tsvangirai accuser in love triangle dies
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo man who last year made headlines accusing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of having an affair with his wife has died.
Constitution drafters resume duties
Harare Bureau
CONSTITUTION drafters resumed their duties yesterday after political parties’ representatives in Copac agreed to move the process forward.
Copac members and their technical committee are at a retreat in Mutare where they are trying to come up with a common position on the drafting of the country’s supreme law.
Rental madness
Peter Matambanadzo and Wenceslaus Murape
RENTALS in Harare and its satellite towns have gone up by over 30 percent, with tenants in high-density suburbs worst affected.
This comes as most workers are still negotiating increments with their emp-loyers.
Some tenants are, however, still paying last year’s rates.
In Warren Park, charges per room went up to between US$85 and US$120 from US$50. Glen View tenants now pay US$85, up from US$40 per room.
In Marlborough, rentals shot up to US$150, from US$70 per room.
A bed-sitter in the Avenues now co-sts US$300, from US$200, while a one-bedroomed flat now costs over US$360, up from US$300.
A two-bedroomed flat now costs US$500 from US$350 and US$400 per month.
In Marondera, Norton and Chitungwiza rentals went up to around US$65 per room, up from between US$30 and US40 per month.