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Paidamoyo Chipunza Health ReporterAbout 10 000 more people living with HIV and Aids countrywide will be put on anti-retroviral drugs before the end of the year following the disbursement of US$84 million from Round 8 phase 11 by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The new clients will bring the total number of people on ARVs supported
Suspected human intestines found in Chitungwiza
Herald ReporterSuspected intestines of a child were found in Chitungwiza yesterday in an incident that shocked residents. The incident occurred in Unit L, Seke. A passerby saw some children converging on the intestines and alerted the police. Adjacent to the intestines, a khaki short, shirt which made a full school uniform and a lunch box with
Sell excess livestock, drought-stricken farmers urged
Agriculture ReporterGOVERNMENT is encouraging farmers in drought stricken areas to consider selling some of their unproductive cattle to raise money to buy supplementary feeds.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Mr Seiso Moyo said the exercise was not meant to encourage de-stocking, but preserve only
TM drives cancer awareness campaign
Health ReporterTM Supermarkets has embarked on a campaign to disseminate information on cancer as well as raising money for treatment and care of the patients. Officially launched a fortnight ago, the campaign dubbed: “TM cancer awareness campaign” would involve staff from the retail shop conducting a variety of activities with
No zero percent pass rate
Masvingo BureauSchool heads have come up with new measures to improve the quality of primary education, a development expected to ensure no zero percent pass rate by 2014. National Association of Primary School Heads (NAPH) president Mr Philip Rudanda last week said the primary school heads resolved to introduce preliminary provincial
US$100 000 bail out for cadetship students
EveleneTaadira Herald ReporterStudents learning under the cadetship scheme at the University of Zimbabwe will continue with their studies because Government’s failure to pay is due to sanctions-induced economic hardships, the university’s Vice Chancellor Professor Levy Nyagura said yesterday. He said this during the handover ceremony of scholarships worth
Poison kills 4 people, birds and dogs
Chinhoyi BureauFOUR people died from suspected food poisoning in Kadoma last week, while six others are battling for life at Harare Central Hospital. The poison also claimed birds, goats and dogs. The dogs died after eating goats that died after consuming the food in a chain reaction that has left people at Hezelmare 19 Mine and surrounding
Rainbow Province Arts Festival scheduled for Gwanda
Gwanda Correspondent
THE 4th edition of the Rainbow Province Arts Festival to be held in Gwanda District this month is expected to be bigger and better compared to the previous years.
Council avails 10 000 stands
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council has availed about 10 000 housing stands as it battles to contain the ballooning housing waiting list estimated to be around 98 000.
In an interview on the sidelines of a two-day council strategic planning workshop at a Bulawayo hotel yesterday, the director of housing and social services, Mr Isaiah Magagula, said provision of housing was one of the council’s biggest challenges and cited inadequate funding as a major stumbling block.
“We have availed more than 8 000 stands in Cowdray Park of which 3 000 have already been allocated in trying to correct the double allocations after council took over from the Government’s Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai project,” said Mr Magagula.
Dozens of students ‘shot dead’ in Nigeria
Dozens of college students have been killed by attackers in the northeastern Nigerian town of Mubi in Adamawa state, police say.