adminChief Njelele worries over bogus son
Midlands Correspondent
CHIEF Njelele has expressed concern on the growing reports of an unidentified man who is going around in Gokwe masquerading as his son while duping villagers using his name. An unknown man identifying himself as Emmanuel Njelele last
Businesses demand names of Dimaf beneficiaries
Chronicle Reporter
BUSINESSES in Bulawayo yesterday demanded the publication of names of companies that will benefit from the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) to promote transparency and avoid abuse of the funds. Last week the
Five MDC-T activists in court over violence
Midlands Correspondent
FIVE MDC-T activists were yesterday arraigned before Gweru magistrate Ms Florence Nago facing charges of inciting public violence. The five, Tendai Nhamo (32), Edmore Masepa (31), Livingstone Chiminya (31) Hanani Makava (32) and Silas Mhere
Villagers’ livelihood under threat as Zesa switches off power to irrigation scheme
Chronicle Reporter
THE livelihood of hundreds of villagers is under threat after one of the largest irrigation schemes in the drought prone Matabeleland South province stopped functioning three months ago following the disconnection of electricity by Zesa over an
Schools urged to care for the environment
Chronicle Reporter
FIVE Bulawayo schools yesterday received 100 trees as part of commemorations to mark National Tree Planting Day amid calls to take care of the environment for future generations. The five schools are Ingubo, Inzwananzi, Josiah Chinamano,
Council commissions water chemical plant
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday commissioned water chemical dosing equipment valued at more than $8 million at Ncema Water Works in Esigodini. The project is expected to ensure that the city’s residents have access to clean water.
Ncema Water Works purifies water for about one third of the city’s residents.
The project was undertaken under phase one of the Bulawayo Water and Sanitation Emergency Response (Bowser), with funding coming from Australian Aid (AUSAID) and World Vision Australia.
Catholics mark Bishop Karlen’s birthday
Chronicle Reporter
MEMBERS of the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Bulawayo on Thursday converged at St Andrew’s Parish in Queens Park East suburb to celebrate the 90th birthday of former Archbishop Henry Karlen. He was the Archbishop of the
Zimbabwe: Creating a formidable zeitgeist
Each time I am low, I have this vivifying habit of raking and harassing the cradle of my credo, Marxism. It must give me answers. Or at the very least give me questions the search for answers of which must lead to new insights.
After a very disheartening week at the African Union Summit, I found myself in one such hideous mood whose nourishing
14 kids, single mum and on welfare
Squeezed into a four-bedroom council house in Guernsey lives a woman branded the UK’s most prolific single mother.
Joanne Watson (40) has 14 children, ranging in age from three to 22 and survives largely on state benefits after the breakdown of her marriage in 2010. Once celebrated in endless articles in the Press for her clan of immaculately turned-out
Joys of motherhood!
Isdore Guvamombe recently in Chimanimani
WITH twice as many dirty nappies and double the number of feeds, it is easy for mothers of twins to envy those who just have one baby to bring up at a time. In Chimanimani, right at the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique is a farm compound,