Insiza Dam pipeline duplication to displace some villagers

Marvelous Moyo

THE Insiza Rural District Council says the duplication of the Insiza Dam pipeline to Ncema by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to improve water supply to the city will displace some villagers.

Chavez undergoes ‘alternative’ treatments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing “complex” alternative treatments more than two months after having cancer surgery in Cuba, the country’s vice president has said.

Two brothers jailed for robbing money changers

Court Reporter

TWO brothers, who last year targeted money changers popularly known as osiphatheleni, robbing them of their money have been sentenced to jail terms ranging between 12 and 24 years.

Entertainment venues for Valentine’s day celebrations

Entertainment Reporters

Lovebirds in the city of Bulawayo have a lot to look forward to today, as places of entertainment around the city have organized a number of festivities to commemorate the day.

Small-scale mining sector poised for growth

Oliver Kazunga

THE Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation says the small-scale mining sector is poised for phenomenal growth following keen interest by a group of Zimbabwean investors in the Diaspora to venture into diamonds and copper exploration.

State-owned entities remuneration guidelines still to be formulated

Most parastatal bosses are earning between $5 000 and $12 000 after the government reigned in on excessive salaries which many of them were earning, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Parents fume as school treasurer loses $16 000 in SA

Chronicle Reporters

PARENTS and guardians of pupils attending Masuku Primary School in Bulawayo’s Tshabalala suburb are baying for the School Development Committee (SDC) treasurer’s blood

UBH students donate to old people’s home

Chronicle Reporter

A group of student nurses from the United Bulawayo Hospitals last week donated goods worth more than $2 000 to Entembeni Old People’s Home in Luveve, Bulawayo as part of their practical learning.

Dozen hurt in Bangladesh war crimes protest

Clashes have rocked the main commercial district in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, as police battled with opposition protesters demanding a halt to the country’s war crimes trials.

Fired councillors campaign on MDC-T ticket

Midlands Correspondent

MDC-T’s dismissed City of Gweru councillors and their counterparts serving suspension are reportedly going around soliciting for support from party supporters in a bid to retain their seats under the MDC-T ticket.