adminEVERYTHING in place for Mwaruwari testimonial match
ALL is set for the Benjani Mwaruwari testimonial match at the National Sports Stadium on Saturday with the Immigration Department saying paperwork for all the players and officials to visit the country was almost complete.
Assistant Regional Immigration Officer, Mr Francis Mabika, yesterday confirmed the development.
Diagnostic machine a new, welcome innovation in practice of medicine
Hillary Marizani
THE 2012 annual Health Expo held at Old Miltonians in Bulawayo recently brought along a unique feel.
It unveiled the latest diagnostic technology with a cutting edge ability to conduct several, concurrent tests in a matter of 56 seconds.
The Seventh Day Adventist church conducted the health showcase between 6 and 11 May, driven by the theme, “Making Decisions For Today For A Healthier Tomorrow.” The state-of-the-art diagnostic machine, the Quantum Magnetic Resonance Analyser, replaced the need for ultrasonic or radiography system used to identify different health conditions. By simply holding sensors in your palm, health data will be collected within seconds from the body.
DeMbare, Bulls share spoils
Harare Bureau
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A DYNAMOS side without in-form Denver Mukamba put up a poor show in a Castle Lager Premiership match at Rufaro yesterday and were lucky to escape with a draw as the Mighty Bulls also fluffed their lines in that drab affair.
Pakistani gets 33 years for assisting CIA find bin Laden
Peshawar — A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was jailed yesterday for 33 years for treason, officials said.
Tobacco export sales rake in $73m
Oliver Kazunga
TOBACCO exports have raked in about $73 million from the sale of 19,64 million kilogrammes since the beginning of the marketing season mid-February, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board show.
Hlalani Kuhle housing beneficiaries turn to wood poaching
Factmore Dzobo
TO many people living in Cowdray Park’s Hlalani Kuhle section, Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo and other residential areas in the city, selling firewood has become a lucrative business.
Taking advantage of the sharp increase in the demand for firewood that has been triggered by the cold weather and massive load shedding, many residents are turning to wood poaching.
A wood poacher who was brave enough to open up on her illegal activities, said that it was her only source of income, noting that recurrent and longer periods of power cuts forced them to poach wood.Byo-born Joyous celebration member goes solo
Bongani Ndlovu
BULAWAYO-born musician, Mkhululi Bhebhe, who is part of South African gospel group Joyous Celebration, is set to record his first solo album.
O’Jays Newa dies
Chronicle Reporter
PROMINENT Bulawayo writer of letters to the editor in the Chronicle Aureen “O’ Jays” Newa has died.
Egyptians vote in historic poll
Egyptians voted yesterday in the country’s first free presidential elections, with Islamists and secularists vying for power with competing visions of an Egypt liberated of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s iron grip.
Mimosa halts operations
Freedom Mupanedemo
Midlands Correspondent
SOME of the 178 Mimosa Mining Company workers who cheated death when they were trapped underground after a section of the mineshaft accidentally caught fire on Monday evening yesterday said they need to undergo psychological counselling for the “traumatic” experience they had before they could report for duty.
The development comes amid revelations that the platinum mining company would lose 75 000 tonnes of platinum ore worth thousands of dollars due to work stoppage.