admin14 000 influenza cases recorded in one week
Chronicle Correspondent
THE country recorded more than 14 000 influenza cases in a single week last month, the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare said yesterday.
Draft constitution unacceptable: Zanu-PF
Harare Bureau
THE draft Constitution is organically unacceptable and Zanu-PF will not be pushed to endorse it without amendments, a senior party official has said.
Zim Saints win, Bantu Rovers draw
Mbonisi Mabhena
RESURGENT Zimbabwe Saints recorded a 3-0 win over Hwange’s Projects FC in a Zifa Southern Region Division One match played at Raylton Sports Club on Sunday.
Zanu-PF Women’s League, war vets clash over mine
Midlands Correspondent Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Women’s League and the war veterans provincial leadership are at daggers drawn over the control of a mine believed to be having diamond deposits in…
Mental illness cases increase in Midlands Province
Midlands Bureau Chief
DRUG abuse, especially among boys and men aged below 30 years has resulted in an increase of cases of mental health illness in the Midlands Province, the provincial medical director, Dr Milton Chemhuru, said.
South Africa’s Keagan wins Big Brother StarGame
THE continent’s latest superstar has been born! Africa chose South Africa’s Keagan as the winner of AfricaMagic’s Big Brother StarGame on Sunday.
CBC team upbeat ahead of South Africa tourney
Sports Reporter
CHRISTIAN Brothers College’s (CBC) soccer team on Sunday left for Johannesburg, South Africa, in a bullish mood ahead of the Edmund Rice inter-CBCs tournament at Veritas Springs.
Cost of living drops
Oliver KazungaTHE monthly breadbasket for a family of six in July marginally dropped to $556,47 from $561,13 the previous month, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe has said.
Clinton meets Mandela in rare visit at his home
QUNU (South Africa) — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Nelson Mandela yesterday at his rural homestead where South Africa’s first black president is living out retirement far from the public eye.
ZDF prevented possible unrest — Shiri
Harare Bureau
The economic and political tension in Zimbabwe a few years ago could have easily led to a coup in some countries, but the Zimbabwean armed forces remained professional and loyal, a top army official has said.