adminUmguza River water heavily polluted
Temba Dube
Chronicle Reporter
VILLAGERS in Umguza District could be slowly getting poisoned by pollution at Umguza River amid reports that some vegetables irrigated by water from the river cannot be exported due to high toxin levels.
The river, in Matabeleland North, is heavily polluted by raw sewage discharged by the Bulawayo City Council as well as dangerous chemicals like lead, mercury, cyanide and chromium 6 from industrial activities in the city.
Highlanders determined to maintain top spot
Ricky Zililo
RESURGENT Bulawayo soccer giants Highlanders’ captain Innocent Mapuranga said his team was more than determined to remain on top of the log
Bosso bring out begging bowl
Ricky Zililo
RESURGENT Bulawayo soccer giants Highlanders are in serious financial challenges amid revelations by club chairman Peter Dube that the club is being forced to forgo camping ahead of matches.
Man fatally strikes father with axe
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Court Reporter
A MAN from the Silikwe area of Gwanda under Chief Masuku struck his father twice on the head with an axe believing that he was part of a group of goblins that wanted to attack him.
Big Brother StarGame: Zainab dreams of bearing Keitta’s surname
ONE of Sierra Leone’s representatives in the Big Brother Africa StarGame, Zainab, is currently caught in a love web for Ghanaian representative Keitta and is prepared to fight to death for his heart.
30 Marvo workers suspended for going on illegal strike
Paul Nkala
Deputy News Editor
MARVO Stationery Manufacturers (Pvt) Limited in Bulawayo has suspended without pay 30 workers for having participated in an illegal industrial action on 27 April.
Some of the suspended workers told Chronicle that the management had taken the disciplinary action after they held two managers hostage for three-and-a-half hours on 4 May.
Girl (17) perishes as house catches fire
Makhosi Sibanda
TRAGEDY befell an Esigodini family when its 17-year-old daughter was burnt beyond recognition when a grass-thatched hut kitchen she was in caught fire.
Mat Warriors, OMs rivalry resumes at Hartsfield
Ricky Zililo
BULAWAYO’S top clubs Matabeleland Warriors and Old Miltonians resume their rivalry when they clash in a National Rugby League encounter at Hartsfield Stadium tomorrow.
‘Going down’ solution to water problems
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
The 2011-2012 rainy season in Zimbabwe was certainly below average especially in Matabeleland South, parts of Masvingo and large regions of Matabeleland North and Manicaland provinces.
Zim-EU sanctions talks delegation meets EU boss
Chronicle Reporter
ZIMBABWE’s delegation of ministers yesterday met the European Union (EU) chief of foreign affairs and vice president Mrs Catherine Ashton in Brussels, Belgium,