adminNew tuition fees regulations complete
Harare Bureau
GOVERNMENT has finished working on new education regulations that will ensure compliance with existing procedures in raising fees or levies in schools.
Man U knock out City
London – Manchester United withstood a furious fightback by 10-man Manchester City to beat their local rivals 3-2 in a dramatic FA Cup third-round match at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Council summons defaulters
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council has started
School ‘rips off’ parents over entrance fees
Chronicle Reporter
St Columba’s High School in Bulawayo’s Makokoba suburb is reported to have made a “killing”
Regional airlines take over AirZim clientele
Victoria Falls Reporter
REGIONAL airlines have taken over beleaguered Air Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls clientele amid revelations that some travel agents have started omitting the airline in their air travel information guide.
With Air Zimbabwe having indefinitely suspended servicing its domestic, regional and international routes citing “viability” challenges, its competitors have stepped in to fill the void.
According to sources at the Victoria Falls International Airport, South African Airways (SAA) and British Airways’ Comair are now plying the Johannesburg-Victoria Falls route daily.
Air Namibia lands at Victoria Falls Airport about three times a week.
Some visitors to the resort town are also using One Time Airways, Zambia Airways and other airlines from South Africa that land just across in Livingstone town.
As if that competition is not enough, there are about three airlines that have proposed to fly into Victoria Falls in a development that could see increased traffic and revenue for the tourism sector.
Parents opt to send boarders to school early
Chronicle Reporter
IN a bid to beat congestion on the opening day of schools, most parents with children learning at boarding schools have opted for an early send off of their children.
In an interview with some parents waiting for the departure of their children at the Large City Hall yesterday, some parents said it was convenient to send their children to school early.
“I think it is convenient to send children at least two days before schools open as it will give them some time to rest,” said Mrs Ncube whose daughter learns at Empandeni Girls’ High.
Another parent echoed the same sentiments and said children would be able to move freely because of less traffic volumes along many roads.
“It is convenient because today is a Sunday meaning there will be less volume of traffic on the highway,” he said.
Other parents with children from Thekwane High School also agreed that was less congestion yesterday compared to today.
Community turns to river as water woes persist
Chronicle Reporter
CIVIL servants in Kezi have resorted to bathing in Mwewe River due to water shortages reportedly caused by a power outage that has affected the pumping of water from Kezi Dam.
The power outage occurred on Christmas Eve.
Business people and villagers have not been spared either as the main business area and surrounding areas have also gone without electricity and water.
When a Chronicle newscrew visited the area on Friday, civil servants appealed to Zesa to attend to the problem.
A civil servant in the area who spoke on condition of anonymity said the situation was unacceptable and Zesa should take their job of providing electricity more seriously.
“We all converge at the river to bath and this includes doctors, nurses, magistrate and many other civil servants,” said the civil servant.
He said when they contacted Zesa employees in Gwanda, they were advised to provide fuel so that electricians could drive to the area to fix the fault.
Nurses’ bonding suspended
Harare Bureau
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended the bonding of nurses until it has the capacity to employ them, a senior Government official has said.
Human resources director in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Ms Jane Mudyara, said the suspension would remain in force as long as there is limited absorption capacity within the public health sector.
This will see Government releasing 532 diplomas for registered general nurses (RGNs) and 529 certificates for primary care nurses (PCNs) who were trained since 2009 and are jobless.
The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare yesterday said certificates and diplomas would be issued to nurses that have registered with the ministry that they are not employed.
“Registered general nurses and primary care nurses who graduated between 2009 and 2011 who are still unemployed and registered for the release of their certificates and diplomas with the ministry are requested to collect their diplomas,” the ministry said.
Nurses’ bonding suspended
Harare Bureau
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended the bonding of nurses until it has the capacity to employ them, a senior Government official has said.
Human resources director in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Ms Jane Mudyara, said the suspension would remain in force as long as there is limited absorption capacity within the public health sector.
This will see Government releasing 532 diplomas for registered general nurses (RGNs) and 529 certificates for primary care nurses (PCNs) who were trained since 2009 and are jobless.
The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare yesterday said certificates and diplomas would be issued to nurses that have registered with the ministry that they are not employed.
“Registered general nurses and primary care nurses who graduated between 2009 and 2011 who are still unemployed and registered for the release of their certificates and diplomas with the ministry are requested to collect their diplomas,” the ministry said.
Nkayi bus accident claims two lives
Chronicle Reporter
TWO people died on the spot while 60 others were injured, 10 of them seriously, when a Sihube bus burst its front tyre, veered off the road and overturned at the 23km-peg along Bulawayo-Nkayi Road yesterday.
It took the Bulawayo Fire Brigade nearly three hours to rescue some of the victims due to inadequate equipment.
The bus, which had 74 passengers on board, was coming from Zhombe heading to Bulawayo.
Upon reaching a bridge across Koce River it burst a front tyre and veered off the road before overturning and landing on its roof a few metres from the bridge.
The injured were rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo where some were said to be in a serious condition.
“Some of the injured are in a serious condition while others are stable. I cannot give the figures of those admitted here, you can call the police for more details,” said a senior official from the hospital’s Casualty Department, who declined to be named.