admin3 months no pay as council debts outstrip revenue
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
MDC-T-run Chitungwiza Municipality has virtually collapsed with debts, running into millions of dollars, outstripping revenue. This has triggered a strike by workers who have now gone for three months
Zesa slapped with US$2,6m lawsuit
Fidelis Munyoro Assistant News Editor
SIX people from Chiwaridzo Farm in Bindura are claiming over US$2,6 million compensation from the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company for severe burns they sustained when
Minister shares stage with Jah Prayzah
Givemore MuzaririMINISTER of Information and Publicity, Webster Shamu made a surprise appearance at Jah Prayzah’s gig that was held on Saturday night in the city.
ZimTrade to present South Sudan findings
Business Reporter
THE country’s export promotion body, ZimTrade, will this week present to the business community findings of a survey it recently conducted in South Sudan to explore trade and investment opportunities.Dragons Academy karatekas graded
Sikhumbuzo MoyoSEVEN members of the Tsholotsho-based Dragons Karate Academy were on Saturday graded to various belt levels by renowned Bulawayo chief instructor, Elias Mwanaka.
Lightning victims’ relatives suspect foul play
Chronicle Reporter
RELATIVES of the four people who were burnt to death when lightning struck a bedroom hut they were sleeping in have said they suspect foul play and would consult on the issue.
The four, a 22-year-old woman, her two children and a niece were burnt beyond recognition in an incident that occurred in the early hours of Thursday in Sasame Village, Sigangatsha area under Chief Malaba in Matabeleland South Province.
The four were identified as Siphetheni Reason Mathuthu, her children Perseverance (two and a half years) and Zinhle Nyathi (six months) and niece Rosina Chabarika (nine), who was in Grade Three at St Sebastian Primary School.
Chronicle visited the homestead on Friday where relatives and villagers had gathered and everyone appeared devastated by the tragedy.
Mathuthu’s husband, Mr Willard Nyathi, who had returned from South Africa where he works, was said to have gone to Tshelanyemba Hospital as the family prepared for the burial.ZEC not happy with budget allocation
Harare Bureau
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says the $50 million allocated to it in the 2013 National Budget is not sufficient to fund both the referendum and harmonised elections set for next year.
4 000 receive free medical treatment
Chronicle Reporter
Grade Seven examinations marking starts today
Chronicle ReportersTHE marking of the 2012 Grade Seven examinations starts today and is expected to be completed when schools close next week,
Exercise discipline, stay off drugs: Football legends
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
LIVING football legends and former Highlanders and national team stars, Peter Nsukuzonke Ndlovu and Willard Mashinkila-Khumalo have advised young football players to exercise discipline and stay off drugs if they want to prosper in their careers.