adminCouncils told to demand impact assessment reports from investors
Chronicle Reporter
LOCAL authorities should not allow the exploitation of natural resources such as minerals in their areas before an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is carried out.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s heed calls for violence-free elections
Those who choose to resort to violence to coerce people to support their political parties or ideologies will certainly do so at their own peril in the forthcoming elections.Beitbridge water supply situation improves
Tupeyo Muleya
The water supply situation in Beitbridge town has improved after Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) engineers repaired the water treatment pump which had been submerged due to flooding.
Blood shortage looms
Pamela Shumba
A blood shortage is looming at the country’s hospitals amid reports that the National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has stopped supplying them with blood stocks.
This comes after the NBSZ introduced a pre-payment arrangement this month in a bid to recover more than $1 million it is owed by hospitals countrywide.
NBSZ now demands cash upfront from hospitals before blood can be distributed to health institutions.
In an interview yesterday, NBSZ public affairs manager, Ms Ester Massundah, said they were now demanding payment upfront because most Government hospitals are in arrears.
“We communicated with our customers last year that we would introduce a pre-payment arrangement for health institutions at the beginning of this month because hospitals owe us more than $1 million. About 80 percent of our income comes from these institutions,” said Ms Massundah.
Big contingent scares Kaindu
Senior Sports Reporter
Sawu, Ndabambi enter How Mine’s coaching race
Sports Reporter
FORMER Warriors striker Agent Sawu and much travelled gaffer Patson Ndabambi have entered the race for the How Mine FC coaching job.Animals wreak havoc in Hwange
Victoria Falls Reporter
VILLAGERS in Mabale area in Hwange District are living in fear of problem animals that are wreaking havoc in the area.
Residents assault suspected satanists for scattering sweets at school gate
Chronicle Reporter
THERE was pandemonium in Cowdray Park suburb, Bulawayo, on Friday when residents assaulted two men suspected to be satanists after catching them scattering sweets at Tategulu Primary School.
The men are suspected to be the same people who dumped sweets at the school gate last year, resulting in pupils who ate the sweets falling ill.
Residents noticed the two at 9 am scattering sweets at the school and outside the school gate.
Speaking to Chronicle yesterday, residents said they beat up the two men because they feared it was the satanists’ way of recruiting their children into a satanic cult.
“Who on earth can just go scattering sweets secretly? If there is nothing wrong with the sweets they could have gone to the school authorities and asked to distribute them to the pupils. The police must keep the two men in jail until they reveal who they are working for,” said a resident.We are also here to scout for talent: Mosimane
Sports Correspondent
MAMELODI Sundowns head coach, Pitso Mosimane, yesterday revealed that they are not only in the country to intensify their pre-season training but also to identify talented players from Highlanders, Caps United and Dynamos whom they can take on board.
Banking sector told to reform
Mbongeni Ncube