adminBosso to name 2012 squad next week
Sports ReporterFADING Bulawayo giants Highlanders will next week announce their squad which will be made up of experienced and junior players amid reports that seven new players from Harare started training with the black and white striped side last week.
NGO embarks on goat project
Chronicle ReporterZimbabwe Project Trust (ZimPro), a local NGO has started a goat-rearing project in Insiza with a vision to alleviate poverty in marginalised communities in the country.
In an interview at the launch of a book Against all odds recently, Mr Edwin Murwira, the chairman of board of trustees, said they had identified 50 families in Insiza district which will benefit from the goat project. The book traces the history of the NGO.
Anju Prison Farm comes tops
Chronicle ReporterANJU Prison Farm has been named the best maize crop producer in Matabeleland North province.
Energy conference on the cards
Chronicle ReporterZIMBABWE has the potential to save more than 20 percent of electricity if it is used in a proper and efficient manner, an official said.
In a statement on Thursday, Mr Tidings Chaitezvi, the spokesperson for Innotec, a communications organisation focusing on socio-economic challenges facing public and private organisations, said energy management was a feasible solution.
War of words erupts over $40 million fund
By Prosper NdlovuA war of words has erupted over the disbursement of the $40 million for ailing Bulawayo companies with the Zanu-PF senior leadership saying the issue had turned into a political gimmick.
Zinara gets tough on municipalities
By Temba DubeSIX municipalities, three from Matabeleland region, will not receive Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) funding this year because they failed to account for allocations they received in the last two years.
SA deports over 14 000 Zimbos
From Mashudu Netsianda in BeitbridgeSOUTH Africa has so far deported a total of 14 932 Zimbabweans through Beitbridge Border Post since the neighbouring country resumed the exercise in October last year.
The assistant regional manager-in-charge of Beitbridge Border Post, Mr Charles Gwede, said between 7 October and December last year, they handled 7 755 deportees.
Ten condom commandments
NAIROBI — Condoms are widely promoted as one of the most effective ways of preventing the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, but a recent study has found that incorrect use of condoms is common and affects their effectiveness.Not every church is a true church
By Jonah NyoniThere has been a lot of talk about today’s church, with the main thrust being on miracles, prophecies and doctrinal matters.
Many people have been made to believe that some churches have become cults. The truth of God has been tainted, tarnished just to suit individualist motives, which in most cases have little to fulfill God’s mandate.
Farmers tackle water problems fuelled by climate change
Plumtree — Beauty Moyo’s desire for access to water has finally been met. The rains that fell in the past week after a long dry patch have awakened this small-holder farmer deep in rural Plumtree, on the border with Botswana to the reality of sparse rainfall, climate change and how she and her fellow villagers can respond.Plumtree, like most parts of southwestern Zimbabwe, is characterised for low rainfall. But millions of farmers in the country rely on rain-fed agriculture and food they grow themselves, which presents villagers like Moyo with tough choices.