Mermaid myth haunts Gokwe town
Midlands Bureau Chief
GOKWE town continues to face serious water challenges despite the completion of the construction of Gwehava Dam amid revelations that authorities are failing to draw water from the dam owing to incensed spirits.
The angry spirits, according to local myth, exist in the form of a mermaid and a large strange snake that dwells within the surroundings of the dam, which is about 12km outside the town.
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) completed Gwehava dam about two years ago but is still to pump water
EU not to assist Zim until after elections
Chronicle Reporter
THE European Union (EU) will not support Zimbabwe until after elections, EU Ambassador to the country, Aldo Dell’ Ariccia, has said.
The ambassador said this during his four-day visit to Bulawayo, where he led an EU delegation on a fact-finding mission on how the bloc could co-operate with the country’s second biggest city.
CSC dragged to court over debts
Court Reporter
THE financially troubled Cold Storage Company has been dragged to the High Court over its failure to service its debts to the Bulawayo City Council.
Resettled farmers stake in mining profits
Chronicle Reporter
RESETTLED farmers in Matabeleland have demanded a 25 percent stake in mining profits from mines situated on their plots.
The farmers last week complained about the law that gives

