adminTeachers’ college honours athletes who excelled
By Sikhumbuzo MoyoHILLSIDE Teachers’ College have rewarded their athletes who did well in the Zimbabwe Teachers’ College Sports Association Games that were held at Belvedere Teachers’ College in Harare last week.
Samsung to invest $7bn in memory chip factory
Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest memory chip maker, has unveiled plans to invest $7billion (£4.4bn) to build its first chip factory in China.Trio gets 10 years each for stocktheft
Court ReporterTHREE men who teamed up and stole two special breed cattle worth $2 600, killed them and hired a taxi to take the meat to Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo, were on Monday each sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Bulawayo ill-equipped for disasters
Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO’S Fire and Emergency Rescue Services department is ill-equipped to deal with a full-scale disaster due to equipment and staff shortages.
Although a recent partnership between the city and the United Kingdom-based Operation Florian voluntary firefighters has resulted in the city being rated the most disaster ready in the country, the city’s emergency response unit is yet to recover from challenges caused by old equipment and a staff exodus that occurred during the hyper-inflation era.
The problem is worsened by the fact that Bulawayo is the backbone of Matabeleland’s emergency disaster response system as it covers other local authorities in the region, a majority of whom do not have fire brigades or stations.
Speaking during a pass-out parade of 111 firefighters and a ceremonial handover of fire equipment donated by Operation Florian yesterday, the city’s chamber secretary, Mrs Sikhangele Zhou, said partnerships with organisations in the country and abroad was the solution to under equipping challenges faced by local authorities countrywide.
She was detailing the city’s state of emergency services in the mitigation of disaster responses.
Operation Florian donated two water tenders and fire fighting equipment valued at more than $1 million, bringing to nearly $2 million, the value of donations they have made to the city in the last two years.
The graduating firefighters were drawn from local authorities in Matabeleland and the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA).
Unsanctioned visit to Njelele irks chiefs
Chronicle Reporters
CHIEFS from Matabeleland South met in Esigodini where they condemned the recent visit to Njelele shrine by people who allegedly performed unsanctioned rituals at the shrine without authority from the traditional leaders.
Suspected rustlers arrested
Beitbridge ReporterTWO suspected notorious cattle rustlers who were nabbed in an ongoing anti-stock theft operation in Beitbridge were on Monday brought before the courts for allegedly stealing three stray animals.…
Distribution of new marriage certificates begins
Court Reporter
THE Registrar-General’s Office in Harare has started sending new marriage certificates to centres throughout the country amid fears that the documents will not meet the demand during the Easter holidays.
A majority of Zimbabweans take advantage of long holidays to hold marriage ceremonies.
The fear of the shortage stems from reports that Bulawayo and Matabeleland North provinces magistrates’ courts had received only five registers with 50 marriage certificates each.
The two provinces have nine marriage centres, which are expected to share the five registers.
In a telephone interview yesterday, a provincial registrar based at the RG’s Office in Harare, Mr Gorden Tsuro, said the office receives consignments of the new marriage certificates on a daily basis.
“We are getting consignments on a daily basis and we distribute them to various centres throughout the country. It is impossible to reach every corner at the same time but we hope that by early next week, the situation would have stabilised,” said Mr Tsuro.
Ministers snub PM’s ‘cabinet’
Harare Bureau
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s bid to chair Cabinet in President Mugabe’s absence yesterday flopped
NRZ gears for holiday
Chronicle Reporter
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has suspended commuter trains and the Botswana train, adding special trains and coaches to cater for the high demand for inter-city transport during the Easter holiday.Mgoqo honoured for winning regional primary schools quiz
Chronicle ReporterMgoqo Primary School has been honoured with the champion’s prize after winning the annual regional primary schools quiz held at the National History Museum in Bulawayo last week on Friday.