adminArtistes lobby for control of mechanical rights
Entertainment Editor
Artistes are lobbying to have Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) administer their mechanical rights saying old players in the industry had not done much to protect them from piracy.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Jealously guard children’s welfare
Matters of children’s welfare should be close to everyone’s heart always. This is because children are generally a vulnerable lot and need protection and proper guidance from adults since improper socialisation produces unbalanced individuals that could later on turn out to be social misfits.The girl child has turned out to be an almost endangered species due to her vulnerability and susceptibility to abuse.
Talent search show on next month
Entertainment ReporterThe second edition of the variety show previously dubbed Bulawayo’s Got Talent, now Bulawayo’s Amazing Talent, kicks off next month with an audition show at the Bulawayo Theatre on 28 April.
Gweru to introduce water rationing
Midlands CorrespondentGWERU City Council will soon introduce water rationing schedules in all areas to allow water to reach all high-lying places, the city’s deputy mayor, Councillor Taurai Demo has said.
Russian plane crash kills 31
MOSCOW — A total of 31 out of 43 people died when a passenger plane crashed in Russia’s Siberia region early yesterday and the 12 injured remained in critical condition, emergency authorities said.Universal Components on recovery path
Business ReporterA LOCAL supplier of shoe caps which was faced with possible closure last year due to financial constraints, Universal Components, is on the recovery path as orders have started coming in.
Coltart condemns virginity testing
Chronicle Reporter
VIRGINITY testing in schools is contrary to the Government policy and heads that do that will be subjected to disciplinary procedure, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said yesterday.
Responding to reports of virginity testing at Tsetse Primary School in West Acre, Minister Coltart said schools had no right to unilaterally sanction such tests.
The minister’s remarks come at a time when villagers and school officials are already at each other’s throats over the matter.
“We certainly do not condone genetic testing in schools as that is contrary to Government policy. Any teacher who does that would be subjected to disciplinary procedure.
“Headmasters do not have a right to make decisions of that nature. Matters of health about the child should be handled with the full consent of the parents,” said Minister Coltart in a telephone interview.
“In matters like these, no matter how well intentioned the school heads might be, they should not do it on their own. It is fundamentally wrong to do so.
Hwange miss flight
By Sikhumbuzo MoyoCAF Confederation Cup representatives Hwange missed their flight to Sudan yesterday after some of their players’ visas came late.
Hwange play Al Amal Atbara on Friday evening due to the scorching heat in Sudan.
US justice is not blind
By Mbuso Ndlovu“Another death another funeral,” observed one of Zimbabwe’s internationally acclaimed artistes, Albert Nyathi, referring to people of colour who have been haunted by their pigmentation worldwide.
Zanu-PF chairman’s saga takes new twist
Chronicle ReporterTHE case of the suspended Zanu-PF chairman for Bulawayo Province, Cde Isaac Dakamela, has deepened amid allegations by members that he was insubordinate and allegedly abused party funds.