adminMahachi 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
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.Track discos worry ministry
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
THE Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture is worried by the increasing tendency by schools to turn sporting events into mini-disco shows amid concerns of wayward behaviour by both teachers and pupils.
Catholic world in shock after pope quits
Vatican City — The Catholic Church faced a tricky transition yesterday as it prepared to elect a new pope, with many faithful still reeling from the shock resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
High Court orders Mzembi to vacate Renco Mine
Harare Bureau
Council reduces water shedding
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday reduced the water shedding scheme from 96 hours to 72 hours per week with effect from yesterday.
In a statement, the city council’s senior public relations officer, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu said the move had been necessitated by some inflows into the city’s dams.
“We have reduced the water shedding schedule from 96 hours per week to 72 hours,” said Mrs Mpofu.
“This has been necessitated by some inflows into the city’s dams, which have brought overall combined percentage total from 37 percent as from the 31 December 2012 to 45 percent as at 7 February 2013.”
Mrs Mpofu, however, said the new water schedule was subject to change in cases of emergency and urged residents to use water sparingly.
Mali rebels launch guerilla attack on Gao
AN armed rebel group, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, has claimed responsibility for an attack on the city of Gao in northern Mali and a suicide bombing the day before.
Matabeleland swimming team upbeat
Peter Phiri
THE Matabeleland senior swimming team is upbeat ahead of the National Swimming Championships which start on Thursday and end on Monday in Harare.