adminZesa boss defends high power tariff scheme
Herald Reporter
INDUSTRY and other electricity users stand to benefit more by paying increased power tariffs than using generators when Zesa fails to supply electricity, the power utility’s chief executive officer, Engineer Josh Chifamba said yesterday.
He said if the approved tariff increases were blocked, the power utility would find it hard to provide electricity.
Eng Chifamba said half-year results for this year have shown that Zesa suffered a loss of over US$100 million.
This comes at a time when the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries has threatened to take the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company to court over the increase.
Addressing journalists on electricity tariff hikes yesterday,
Makusha wins bronze at World Champs
Collin Matiza Sports Editor
NGONIDZASHE MAKUSHA (24) yesterday added another chapter to the phenomenal performance of Zimbabwean athletes on the grand stage when he won a bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
Makusha wrote his own piece of history as he became the first Zimbabwean athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships when he mined a bronze in the men’s long jump final.
It marked the first time a Zimbabwean athlete had won a medal at the World Athletics Championships.
The United States-based Zimbabwean track and field star athlete came third in the 12-man long jump final behind Dwight Phillips of the US and Australia’s Mitchell Watt.
Insight into Shangani values
By Tawanda Mudimu
After spending a whole month away from home in the bush near a river were boys are moulded into manhood by senior people in the community, four hundred and sixty four
Price hikes: Indiscipline invites Govt regulation
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti now says he regrets restoring duty on selected basic commodities in his mid-term fiscal review. Predictably, the local manufacturers who had lobbied
Harmonise education, health policies: Govt urged
Walter Nyamukondiwa recently in KADOMA
GOVERNMENT and other stakeholders involved in reproductive health issues have been urged to harmonise the country’s education and health policies to ensure that adolescents
Dad fatally strikes baby, flees
Chinhoyi Bureau
A 32-year-old Kadoma man struck and killed his 10-month-old baby with a log after allegedly missing the mother during an altercation. Obert Julius of Pixie Combe Farm in Kadoma is
Four suspected armed robbers arrested
Beitbridge Bureau
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested four suspects linked to the US$200 000 armed robbery at Beitbridge Rural District Council. The suspects include a security guard and three workers
Salary dispute tears Tuku’s band apart
Entertainment Reporters
OLIVER Mtukudzi’s backing group, the Black Spirits, has been rocked by an exodus of senior members amid revelations of a salary dispute. Four band members have confirmed that
Karibe tips Chokwenda, Knowledge to reach semi-finals
Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE Taekwondo Federation secretary-general Patrick Karibe is tipping two seasoned fighters – Langton Chokwenda and Knowledge Muchakata – to reach the semi-finals at the
Thousands mourn Evangelist Chiweshe
Felex Share Herald Reporter
THOUSANDS of mourners thronged Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare yesterday for the burial of Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe pastor and evangelist, Phanuel Dzangare