Murder suspect begs to be hanged

Leonard Ncube

A 25-year-old destitute man, who allegedly killed a woman, who had employed him as a domestic worker yesterday begged the court to hang him, saying he killed the woman so that he could be sentenced to death.

Saints embark on ambitious revival programme

Lovemore Dube

ZIMBABWE Saints steering committee chairman Charles Chiponda is confident that they will reach their target of 50 fully subscribed members before the season kicks off.

Entertainment galore in the city

 

Entertainment Editor

It’s not every day that people of Bulawayo are bombarded with a glut of entertainment gigs.

Mali troops hunt for rebel holdouts in Gao

Malian troops have hunted house-to-house in the northern city of Gao for rebels involved in a brazen raid on the city.

Top refs fail fitness test

Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Fifa panel referees Norman Matemera and Brighton Nyika were among four referees who failed a fitness test held at the National University of Science and Technology on Sunday.

Great Zim varsity acquires properties in Masvingo

Walter Mswazie

GREAT Zimbabwe University (GZU) in Masvingo has bought a number of buildings in and around Masvingo City to address shortage of teaching space, staff and student accommodation, an official has said.

Mahachi gets new wheels

Sports Reporter

EXCITING young Chicken Inn winger Kudakwashe Mahachi’s decision to stay with the Bulawayo side has paid dividends after a leading mining and medical equipment supplier, Neeraf Investments, yesterday gave him a brand new car.

City hospitals in deplorable state

Prosper Ndlovu

BULAWAYO’S main referral hospitals, Mpilo Central and the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), are in a deplorable state that requires urgent intervention from the Government and development partners.

This emerged during a tour of the two institutions by the Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial leadership yesterday.

Briefing the delegation, senior officials from the two hospitals said their institutions were struggling to provide efficient health services, as they are facing many operational challenges.

“We are facing many challenges that are impacting on the quality of service we offer. Buildings are falling apart and most of our equipment is old,” said Mrs Nonhlanhla Ndlovu, the chief executive officer for UBH.

“This also affects the morale of our staff. We always attend workshops and learn about the new treatment methods, but we are unable to implement most of that knowledge because of operational constraints.

Leadership squabbles continue within civil servants’ unions

Pamela Shumba

NO solution seems to be in sight in the leadership squabbles within the civil servants’ unions, as the Public Service Association (PSA) says it needs an independent mediator to map the way forward while the Apex Council says a mediator will cause more problems among the unions.

Combined Matabeleland Early Childhood Development project to be launched next week

Gwanda Correspondent

THE Gwanda District has started preparations for the combined launch of the Matabeleland South and North Provinces’ Improving Local Authority Provision of Services in Education (ILAPSE) Early Childhood Development (ECD) project to be held in the district next week.

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