Cellphones at schools: Are they wrong?

A CELLPHONE is a gadget that was originally designed to make communication easier and more efficient but like all inventions made for the good of mankind, it can be abused…

People of little faith: Lessons from Israelites

Meluleki Moyo ARGUABLY the most widely read book in the world, the Bible is a source of inspiration and enlightenment. It teaches one the truth and demonstrates any lack in…

Govt orders increase in science, tech enrolments

UNIVERSITIES will be compelled to have at least 60 percent of their enrolment in science and technology programmes starting next year, a senior education official has said.

New clinic for Shurugwi

THE Tongogara Community Share Ownership Trust (TCSOT) has built a state-of-the-art clinic to service villagers in Zviumwa area, Ward 16 under Chief Nhema in Shurugwi at a cost of $184…

Bulawayo runs out of water treatment chemicals

BULAWAYO residents could be faced with an unexpected water crisis, amid revelations that the local authority is faced with an acute shortage of some key water treatment chemicals, it has…

Troubled CSC property attached

Richard Muponde THE Cold Storage Company suffered a major blow last week after six of its properties were attached by the Sheriff and are due for public auction next month…

Relief for evicted former Shabanie Mine employees

FORMER Shabanie Mine workers who were in April left homeless after being evicted from company houses heaved a sigh of relief after a Bulawayo High Court judge granted an interdict…

‘Zim needs new power source every five years’

ZIMBABWE is running with electricity meant for a population of just three million, amid reports that the country requires a new energy source after every five years.

Egodini upgrade . . . BCC, SA firm sign contract

MORE than three years after the Bulawayo City Council first mooted plans to rehabilitate Basch Street Terminus, the local authority and the South Africa-based contracted company — Terracotta — have…

Ministry to investigate Townsend High School cellphone auction

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said it will assign the Bulawayo provincial education director, Mr Dan Moyo, to investigate the confiscation and auctioning of cellphones belonging to…

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