‘Unboiled borehole water not suitable for drinking’
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter Bulawayo residents should not drink borehole water without boiling it as it is susceptible to contamination from burst sewers and soil bacteria. Most Bulawayo residents now…
Digital library launched, pupils to access books online
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has launched a digital library programme that will enable pupils to access books online as part of a key…
Zera warns errant service stations
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has warned service stations not using their own offshore funds against charging fuel in forex only. Zera said it…
Russia registers first Covid-19 vaccine
Health Reporter THE first Covid-19 vaccine has been registered after less than two-month long human trials in Russia which is set to avert new infections of the pandemic which has…
30 ZBC staffers test Covid-19 positive
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THIRTY employees at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority (ZBC) have tested positive for Covid-19. The development follows last month’s incident where the public broadcaster had to suspend…
Call to intensify Covid-19 testing
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Health Reporter WOMEN’s organisations have raised concern over the growing number of local Covid-19 transmission cases and called for intensified community testing to establish the exact number of…
Concern over liquor-related lockdown violations
Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube has taken a swipe at shebeen operators, patrons and other Covid-19 lockdown violators for endangering the lives of others and…
Water crisis looms in Gweru
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief A WATER crisis is looming in Gweru as the city’s two main supply dams are fast drying up and this has forced the council to…
Both male and female condom use in Gweru District decreases
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief MALE and female condom use in Gweru District has decreased gradually from January to June as the biggest users — institutions of higher learning and…
Electrician axes man over radio
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter A 37-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man escaped death by a whisker after he was axed on the forehead for confronting an electrician who had failed to fix his…











