Dam levels critical Tighter water rationing regime looms

Chronicle Reporters
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to introduce a tighter water-rationing regime for the city as water in the supply dams is at a critical level. The city is reportedly pinning its hopes on the completion of the Mtshabezi-Umzingwane pipeline by the middle of the year to avert a looming disaster that might result in water rationing being introduced.
Dam level statistics released yesterday by the city's director of engineering services, Engineer Simela Dube, showed that the city's ... Read more...

Woman boils her new born baby

By Freedom Mupanedemo
A Gweru woman from Mkoba Village 11 has been arrested after she allegedly killed her newly born baby by boiling it on a stove after the father denied paternity. The incident, which has left tongues wagging in Gweru, occurred on Tuesday. Witnesses said the woman whose name could not be immediately obtained yesterday was reported to the police at Mkoba Police Station by a tenant who allegedly found her boiling the newly born baby.
Police in Mkoba yesterday confirmed the inciden... Read more...

Council commissions water chemical plant

Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday commissioned water chemical dosing equipment valued at more than $8 million at Ncema Water Works in Esigodini. The project is expected to ensure that the city's residents have access to clean water.
Ncema Water Works purifies water for about one third of the city's residents.
The project was undertaken under phase one of the Bulawayo Water and Sanitation Emergency Response (Bowser), with funding coming from Australian Aid (AUSAID) and World Vi... Read more...