Government earmarks US$13 million for Bulawayo water projects
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Government has committed to availing US$13 million for Bulawayo’s short-term water projects to avert a disaster in the city. Bulawayo is facing one of the…
7 escapees return to Gweru centre
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief SEVEN of the 18 returnees who escaped from Mkoba Teachers’ College quarantine centre in Gweru two weeks ago, have been taken back to the centre.…
Hunting, safari operators count Covid-19 losses
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter ZIMBABWE’S safari and hunting industry is counting losses due to outbreak of Covid-19 amid fears that the sector might take three years to recover from…
Bulawayo’s Don Williams, Tafi Dube struggling
Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent “IT’S good to be back because without playing music in town, I would die of hunger”. These are the words of visually-impaired musician Tafi Dube, who…
Covid -19 threatens regional food security
The raging deadly coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) and the global lockdowns pose a serious threat to food security across the entire Southern Africa region which is already battling a drought caused by poor rains in the just ended cropping season.
Govt starts designing local radio transmitters for rural communities
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE Government, through its digitisation programme, has started designing local radio transmitters to help rural communities access information on key developmental programmes. The programme is being…
BCC struggles to collect refuse
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Health Reporter BULAWAYO City Council has called on members of the public owning trucks to submit their details and help the local authority collect refuse in high density…
Police boss fights 90-day civil imprisonment
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has approached the High Court seeking condonation for late filing of opposing papers challenging a 90-day civil imprisonment and reinstatement of…
Fire season looms – Farmers urged to prepare
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent FARMERS have been urged to start preparing for the fire season through biomass harvesting, fire guard construction and mobilisation of firefighting teams in order to reduce…











