64 families left homeless by heavy storm
OVER 60 families from Mashobe Village, Chief Nemangwe in Gokwe were left homeless while 12 people were seriously injured when a strong gust of wind destroyed their homes following a…
Pupils’ water queues stretch into midnight
PUPILS at Siansundu Secondary School in Binga, Matabeleland North are being forced to queue for water at the school’s only working borehole until midnight after other water sources in the…
Deputy Minister donates $20 000 to school
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent THE Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Cde Obedingwa Mguni, has donated $20 000 to Valukhalo Secondary School in Mangwe District to help towards construction of two…
Mpilo sees surge in CD4 count tests
THE number of blood samples tested for CD4 count at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo has gone up to an average 2 000 per month against the institution’s capacity of…
Cities dam levels critical…7-month water supply left
Tinomuda Chakanyuka Sunday News Reporter— WATER levels for dams supplying water to cities and towns in the southern parts of the country are now below 50 percent of capacity triggering…
No more pre-paid water meters
Harare Bureau Bulawayo City Council has made a major climb-down on compulsory installation of pre-paid water meters. The city will now install the gadgets on a voluntary basis. The u-turn follows…
UK sees Zim light, warms up to indigenisation laws
Harare Bureau— BRITAIN has endorsed the refined indigenisation regulations in a major sign of thawing relations between London and Harare. The stance could trigger renewed investments from the Europeans that have…
Teenager strays into plot, shot
Tatenda Gapare Sunday News Reporter— A 17-year-old boy from Luveve, Bulawayo is lucky to be alive after he was shot once on the right thigh after being mistaken for a thief…
Land to be allocated on ‘use it or lose it basis’
Harare Bureau Redistribution of land that used to be owned by former commercial white farmers is almost complete with only 900 000 hectares left after the successful allocation of about…
I was used as scapegoat: Mutsvangwa
Lungile Tshuma Sunday News Correspondent THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association Bulawayo chapter yesterday held its inter-district meeting without any incident, a week after the meeting was cancelled over unclear…






