adminPlans to build additional supply dam for Byo ruled out
Temba Dube
THE Government has no plans to build an additional supply dam for Bulawayo despite the crippling water shortage that has forced the city to adopt a stringent water shedding regime, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
In an interview, the Minister of Water Resources Management and Development, Dr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, said the city would have to make do with stopgap measures until the completion of the National Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (NMZWP).
Bulawayo is said to be operating with a deficit of about four supply dams and its population has outgrown the five dams that supply the city.
Two of the dams have been decommissioned and two more are on the brink of being cut off from the supply chain due to low levels.
Kaindu bemoans lack of training ground
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
HIGHLANDERS head coach Kelvin Kaindu has bemoaned the unavailability of Bulawayo city council stadia for his pre-season training.
MDC-T factions in near fight over inputs
Chronicle Reporter
WARRING factions within the MDC-T almost came to blows during the party’s input distribution scheme in Bulawayo on Sunday.Govt to set up Special Economic Zones
Oliver Kazunga
The Government will establish Special Economic Zones (SEZs) before the end of the year
Nurse training to continue — Madzorera
Edmore Mhangami
GOVERNMENT will continue recruiting students for nurse training programmes despite the challenge of absorbing new graduates into the systemCaledonia to invest $37m in Blanket Mine
Business Reporter
Caledonia Mining Corporation has said it will invest $37 million at its Blanket Mine over the next four years to increase gold production.Raw Vibe to release debut album
Entertainment Reporter
BULAWAYO tribal house group Raw Vibe are set to release their debut offering titled Mekeleni next month.
Beitbridge handles half a million travellers over festive season
Beitbridge Reporter
BEITBRIDGE Border Post recorded a sharp increase in the number of travellers who passed through during the festive season with statistics indicating that 524 511 people passed through the port of entry between 14 December last year and 7 January this year compared to 392 660 during the same period the previous year.
The assistant regional immigration manager in charge of Beitbridge Border Post, Mr Charles Gwede, said they handled 229 023 travellers on the exit side, an 11 percent increase compared to the last festive season when 202 348 people left the country. On the arrivals side, 295 488 travellers entered the country, a 35 percent surge compared to the last festive season when immigration officials handled 190 312 travellers.
Mr Gwede said the highest number of travellers on the entry side was recorded on 23 December when 42 435 people entered the country through the country’s busiest port of entry. On the departure side, the highest number was recorded on 3 January when 22 625 people left the country.
Panic over Mtshabezi pipeline vandalism
Chronicle Reporter
PANIC is spreading after unknown people allegedly vandalised a four-kilometre section of the Mtshabezi pipeline.
Council to avail more housing stands
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon avail more housing stands to residents in a bid to reduce the housing backlog