adminChina’s missing VP fuels online rumour frenzy
Chinese micro-bloggers and overseas websites are agog with all kinds of speculation as to why Xi Jinping, the current vice-president and president-in-waiting, has gone unseen for more than a week.
Aussie investors eye Zimbabwe
Australian investors are showing a huge appetite for Zimbabwe’s abundant mineral resources despite sanctions imposed on the country by Canberra, a senior government official has said.
Job seekers throng United Refineries
Business ReporterHUNDREDS of job seekers thronged United Refineries Limited in Bulawayo on Monday in search of employment amid revelations that demand for work is exceedingly high.
Man sets parents’ bedroom alight
Thandeka Moyo
Chronicle Reporter
A 19-year-old Tsholotsho man reportedly went berserk and set alight his parents’ bedroom and went on to commit suicide following a misunderstanding with his father.
Khaya Moyo launches monthly newsletter
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Family voices to hold first concert
Bongani Ndlovu
RENOWNED Bulawayo a capella group, Family Voices, will this week hold their first concert after 13 years of existence at the Family of God Church.
Stop commercialising lobola
THE recent incident of two families from Gobadema, Gwanda South, who were locked in a burial wrangle with one demanding 10 head of cattle from their in-laws is not an isolated case but a fairly widespread practice.
Musician plans to give away CDs
Paul Nkala
BULAWAYO-born hip-hop musician-cum-songwriter and producer, Matthew “Slay” Moodie has not forgotten his roots and is back in the country to record a free CD.
Council overbills residents by $2,7m
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council overcharged residents by $2,7 million in water penalties for March and April when it used estimated water meter readings, a council report has revealed.
Council’s latest finance and development report shows that consumers were overbilled and then charged penalties for exceeding the limited use based on estimated bills in March and April.
The local authority has blamed the error on a computer generated moving average.
It has also cited a penalty rate increase from $0,84 to $2,63 as a contributing factor to the subsequent abnormal bills that sparked an outcry from residents.
Gwanda share trust prioritises health sector
Chronicle Reporter
THE Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust (CSOS/T) is inviting companies to supply equipment for the construction of health and irrigation facilities in the district as it moves to implement the Government indigenisation and empowerment programme.
The trust flighted an advert in the Press where it identified three clinics which need completion and two irrigation schemes that need rehabilitation.
In an interview yesterday, the chairperson of the community development fund, Chief Khulumani Mathema, said they had prioritised the health sector because the facilities in the sector needed attention.