adminMixed feelings over use of Khami Dam water
Temba Dube
BULAWAYO residents are divided over council’s proposal to use Khami Dam water amid revelations that the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is yet to conclude a study on the suitability of the water for human consumption.
Residents are divided over the issue with some saying council should not even “dream” of embarking on the project while others are saying it would lessen the impact of water shortages.
Parents react to Inyathi sex scandal
Chronicle Reporter
Parents of pupils attending Inyathi High School in Bubi District have expressed disappointment at reports that school pupils have been engaging in sex at the school.
Self-soiling saves woman from abductors
Midlands Correspondent
A 26-year-old Shurugwi woman saved herself from continuous torture at the hands of her male kidnappers by soiling herself in the suspects’ vehicle where she had been locked up while they enjoyed beer at a local bar.
PG Industries to sell non-core assets
Business Reporter
Building materials supplier PG Industries plans to raise more than $9 million in working capital from the sale of non-core assets and disposing of its stake in an associate company.
Lobola: A contributory factor to domestic violence
Nelson Masukume
A CONSTITUTION and its subordinate laws and policies that make women and men equal, eliminates discrimination; oppression and violence against women is one of the demands proclaimed by the National Women’s Charter.
In the charter, women demand that compulsory and quality education be enshrined and guaranteed in the constitution. Essentially, women demand the right to free and compulsory education. Pursuant to their proclamation on the elimination of all forms of discrimination, women demand equal access to education and training institutions. The charter further seeks unconditional protection of women and the girl child from all forms of abuse including sexual abuse in home, learning institutions and communities.
Chronicle gains in readership as other papers lose ground
Chronicle Reporter
Chronicle has recorded a marginal increase in its readership, becoming one of only two daily newspapers to experience such a rise at a time when the readership of almost all newspapers is declining.
‘No money to fund empowerment initiatives’
Treasury has released less than 10 percent of the $6 million it allocated to the National Indigenisation and Empowerment Board in the 2012 national budget, the chairman Mr David Chapfika has said.
Zuma acknowledges progress made on new constitution
From Caesar Zvayi in New York
SADC facilitator to the Global Political Agreement, South African President Jacob Zuma, has acknowledged the tremendous progress made in the constitution-making process and the ongoing interaction among principals on the matter.
This emerged after a meeting between President Mugabe and Mr Zuma on the sidelines of a high level meeting on the rule of law at the UN Headquarters here on Monday.
A source who attended the meeting said President Mugabe briefed Mr Zuma on progress made in the constitution-making process against the backdrop of a letter written to Mr Zuma by the MDC formations asking him to intervene after the two parties declared a premature deadlock.
Zim engineer helps artisanal gold miners in Mongolia
DEVELOPMENT workers do not necessarily have to come from the West.
A mining expert from Zimbabwe is helping to improve the lives of small-scale miners in Mongolia.
Artistes hail Intwasa
Bruce Ndlovu
ART practitioners in Bulawayo have hailed the recently concluded Intwasa Arts festival as a success saying it managed to live up to expectations.