McIlroy eight behind in Abu Dhabi

Germany’s Martin Kaymer is on the verge of winning a fourth Abu Dhabi Championship title, having opened a six-shot lead after three rounds. The US Open champion had seven birdies…

Malawi faces ‘unprecedented’ flood disaster

MALAWI struggles to cope with devastating floods that killed 176 people and displaced 200 000 others. The waters may be receding and the rainfall subsiding but Malawi is only now…

UK: Gada funeral visa appeal rejected

A FAMILY whose relatives have been denied visas to attend the funeral of their daughter have been told their applications have been rejected again. Five-year-old Andrea Gada, of Downland Close…

Birth control pill shortage looms

Tinomuda Chakanyuka  Sunday News Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) is anticipating a shortage of birth control pills in the country’s health institutions and has moved to introduce…

Africa’s health sector faces worker deficit

Robin Muchetu in Victoria Falls A shortage of health personnel in Sub-Saharan Africa has exposed gross inequality between the public and private sectors, with the latter having more specialists that…

Town Clerk reflects on BCC’s past year

Vusumuzi Dube Municipal Reporter THURSDAY 1 January saw people celebrate the dawn of the new year; a year with its own challenges and goals. Some set about planning and jotting…

Military parade held for Col Donga

Vusumuzi Dube Sunday News Reporter THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) yesterday held a military parade in honour of the late liberation war hero, Colonel Kuthandakwenkosi Donga, at the Headquarters Bulawayo…

Pig producers eye Angola market

Dumisani Nsingo Senior Business Reporter PIG producers in consultation with Government and other agencies are putting final touches to meet pork export standards following a preliminary agreement to export to…

Hospital officials face suspension over tender scandals

Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent GOVERNMENT could soon descend on United Bulawayo Hospitals, Masvingo and Gwanda provincial hospitals in ongoing investigations that will see the suspension of four officials at Mnene…

Council left with three months burial space

Vusumuzi Dube  Municipal Reporter IT’S hard to get a residential stand in Bulawayo during one’s lifetime but soon it will be even harder to find space to rest during the…