adminHighway rehab shrouded in confusion
Harare Bureau
CONFUSION reigns in the dualisation of the Plumtree-Mutare Road amid reports that the road will be partially dualised and rehabilitated.
‘Drug abuse causing mental illness in youths’
Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Anti-Drug and Substance Abuse Day, amid reports many youths were becoming mentally challenged because of the abuse of drugs.
Mtshabezi pipeline deadline missed again
Temba Dube
THE completion of the Mtshabezi pipeline, believed to be the short-term solution to Bulawayo’s water problems, has once again missed the deadline amid revelations that the city will soon further tighten its water rationing.
Cervical cancer — silent killer
AMOLATAR/GULU — In the obstetrics and gynaecology ward of St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in northern Uganda’s Gulu District, Apilli Kilara(not her real name) lies on the floor under a blood-stained sheet, staring at the ceiling.
Majority of Zim deportees take up IOM assistance
Beitbridge Reporter
Most Zimbabweans deported from South Africa through the Beitbridge Border Post are now willing to take up humanitarian assistance offered by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Turkey vows retaliation against Syria
ANKARA — Turkey’s prime minister vowed yesterday to retaliate against Syria for its ‘heinous’ downing of one of its warplanes, as the head of Nato said such an attack on one of its members was unacceptable.
Pair jailed five years for robbery
Chronicle Reporter
TWO Bulawayo men who waylaid, slapped and robbed two women who were going to buy meat from a butchery in Bulawayo have been sentenced to five years in prison.
ANC tackles apartheid’s economic legacy
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling ANC began a key policy conference yesterday urging a “second transition” to give black people more ownership of Africa’s largest economy, two decades on from apartheid.
Chiweshe lands job at Swaziland club
Harare Bureau
Former Dynamos midfielder and coach Elvis “Chuchu” Chiweshe has found a new home in Swaziland after landing a contract with one of that country’s top teams Manzini Wanderers at the weekend.
Maneta delays homecoming
Daisy Jeremani
Disqualified Zimbabwean housemate in DStv reality show Big Brother Stargame, Maneta Mazanhi, is angry with herself for reacting to Rockford “Roki” Josphats’ provocation.