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Plumtree Correspondent VILLAGERS from Makorokoro area in Mangwe District are constructing a dam across Sanzukwi River. In a recent interview, the area’s councillor, Clr Clement Majahana, said the project was…
Rotary International in $25 000 borehole drilling project in Umzingwane
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter ROTARY Foundation International has started drilling four boreholes at a cost of $25 000 in Sigola area, Umzingwane District in a bid to alleviate water problems.…
NGOs, communities urged to complement Govt efforts in improving rural schools
Pamela Shumba Chronicle Reporter STAKEHOLDERS who include parents and non-government organisations have been called upon to complement Government efforts to improve infrastructure and the availability of resources at rural schools.…
AU vows to press on with fight against al-Shabaab
ADDIS ABABA — The African Union vowed yesterday to press on with its fight against Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants in Somalia following a deadly siege in Kenya that is now…
President’s donated computers lie idle
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent COMPUTERS donated by President Mugabe to promote E-learning are still lying idle at some schools in Matabeleland South Province because the institutions do not have computer…
Editorial Comment: Expedite completion of Govt projects in Lupane
The Government’s thrust since independence has been to bring services to the people’s doorsteps hence the many public facilities that have been constructed especially in the previously marginalised rural areas.…
Land reform not the cause of food shortage, drought is
Ian Scoones WITH tedious regularity we hear the narrative that Zimbabwe has turned from “breadbasket”, producing sufficient food for the population and even exporting it, to “basket case”, with near…
Militants say they are ‘holding out’ in Kenya mall
NAIROBI — Kenya said it was in control of a Nairobi shopping mall that was attacked at the weekend but was still searching yesterday for Somali-linked Islamists believed to include…
Stop fuelling Syria bloodshed: Ban
UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW —UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed yesterday to major powers to stop sending weapons to all sides in Syria, as he opened the annual General Assembly summit.“I appeal to…
Heavy death toll feared in Pakistan
QUETTA — Eight people were confirmed killed and many more deaths were feared after a major earthquake hit southwest Pakistan yesterday, demolishing houses and sending people running into the streets…