adminSchool heads warned over fees exclusions
Leonard Ncube
EDUCATION authorities in Bulawayo will charge headmasters who send away pupils for non-payment of fees as this is in breach of Government policy, an official said yesterday.
In an interview yesterday, the Bulawayo provincial education director (PED), Mr Dan Moyo, said they would charge headmasters who failed to abide by the policy.
However, it emerged that there was laxity in terms of enforcement of the policy as authorities in those schools that sent away pupils on Tuesday told the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture officials who were going around schools checking the situation that no pupils had been barred from lessons.
“Sometimes we wonder whether we are getting different versions of the situations. We dispatched teams around schools and heads said schools had opened well,” said Mr Moyo.
SA farmworkers’ strike turns violent
De Doorns — At least 50 people were arrested in the Western Cape yesterday when renewed farmworker strikes for better wages turned violent.
Plans to build additional supply dam for Byo ruled out
Temba Dube
THE Government has no plans to build an additional supply dam for Bulawayo despite the crippling water shortage that has forced the city to adopt a stringent water shedding regime, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
In an interview, the Minister of Water Resources Management and Development, Dr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, said the city would have to make do with stopgap measures until the completion of the National Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (NMZWP).
Bulawayo is said to be operating with a deficit of about four supply dams and its population has outgrown the five dams that supply the city.
Two of the dams have been decommissioned and two more are on the brink of being cut off from the supply chain due to low levels.
Kaindu bemoans lack of training ground
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
HIGHLANDERS head coach Kelvin Kaindu has bemoaned the unavailability of Bulawayo city council stadia for his pre-season training.
MDC-T factions in near fight over inputs
Chronicle Reporter
WARRING factions within the MDC-T almost came to blows during the party’s input distribution scheme in Bulawayo on Sunday.Govt to set up Special Economic Zones
Oliver Kazunga
The Government will establish Special Economic Zones (SEZs) before the end of the year
Caledonia to invest $37m in Blanket Mine
Business Reporter
Caledonia Mining Corporation has said it will invest $37 million at its Blanket Mine over the next four years to increase gold production.Nurse training to continue — Madzorera
Edmore Mhangami
GOVERNMENT will continue recruiting students for nurse training programmes despite the challenge of absorbing new graduates into the systemRaw Vibe to release debut album
Entertainment Reporter
BULAWAYO tribal house group Raw Vibe are set to release their debut offering titled Mekeleni next month.
Civil servants demand answers on their salaries
Pamela Shumba
Chronicle Reporter
CIVIL servants have summoned Minister of Public Service Lucia Matibenga to explain why the Government is silent on their salaries and to state the reasons why they did not get the inflation-related increment promised by Treasury.
The Apex Council and civil servants’ representatives held a meeting in Harare yesterday to map the