admin‘Budget should address water woes’
Oliver Kazunga
THE 2013 national budget should be anchored on addressing water challenges in Bulawayo as well as focusing on socio-economic projects that foster development in Matabeleland region.
UN envoy warns spillover of Syrian crisis
Syria’s 19-month conflict can set the entire region ablaze, international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi tells reporters in Lebanon.
“This crisis cannot remain confined within Syrian territory,” Brahimi said yesterday. “Either it is solved, or it gets worse . . . and sets the region ablaze. A truce for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha would be a microscopic step on the road to solving the Syria crisis.”
Tobacco seed uptake increases by 25,4pc
Business Reporter
THE 2013 tobacco seed uptake has increased by 25,4 percent to 813,7 kilogrammes from 649kg sold in the last farming season.
Zimsec withdraws exam papers
Pamela Shumba, Chronicle Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has withdrawn
EMA to assist in addressing local authorities’ challenges
Beitbridge Reporter
THE Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) have resolved to complement each other in addressing pollution and solid waste management challenges facing local authorities in the country’s urban centres.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting held in Beitbridge on Tuesday, UCAZ president Councillor Femias Chakabuda, said EMA has agreed to assist local authorities to access financial resources under the Environment Fund facility for the upgrading and rehabilitation programmes of sewer treatment plants.
Govt puts final touches to Mtshabezi pipeline project
Prosper Ndlovu, Chronicle ReporterTHE Government is putting final touches to the Mtshabezi pipeline project and will in the next few days do a test run of the pumping system before releasing the water to Bulawayo.
Health hazard looms at Sidojiwe
Nokuthaba Mathema
HUNDREDS of residents living at Sidojiwe Flats in Bulawayo are sitting on a health time bomb as the council has failed to fix the malfunctioning sewer system and collect refuse.
The residents said the sewer system has been down for more than seven years.
Peter Ndlovu apologises to nation
Harare Bureau
WARRIORS legend Peter Ndlovu has issued a passionate public apology to the nation for the way the team was bundled out of the 2013 African Cup of Nations at the final hurdle.
Venus easily wins first match
Luxembourg — Venus Williams cruised through her first match since the US Open, beating 15-year-old WTA rookie Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday in the first round of the Luxembourg Open.Williams broke her opponent five times, losing her own serve once in the first set.
Preps for Miss Curvy on course
Entertainment Correspondent
PREPARATIONS for this year’s Miss Curvy beauty pageant finals are at an advanced stage as models have trooped into boot camp ahead of the finals tomorrow.