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This December, activists and world leaders are meeting in Durban, South Africa for the United Nations climate conference.
ZIA approves US$1bn mining projects
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Investment Authority approved US$1 billion worth of investment into the mining sector since January 2009
Mwana Africa to raise stake in BNC
Business Reporter
MWANA Africa will raise its stake in Bindura Nickel Corporation to 74 percent if the US$10 million loan it advanced to the
Afre — Patterson Timba responds
Herald Reporter
Former Afre Corporation executive chairman Mr Patterson Timba has dismissed the forensic audit report prepared by BCA
UZ to set up own water treatment plant at institution
Herald Reporter
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe is set to establish its own water treatment plant to protect the institution from perennial water shortages,
Mozambican generals pay condolences to Mai Mujuru
Herald Reporter
TWO Mozambican Retired Army Generals Tobias Dai and Joaquim Munhepe yesterday visited Vice President Joice Mujuru
Used car import ban to stay
Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT says it will not reverse its ban on used car imports that are over five-years-old and Left Hand Drive vehicles despite legal threats from transport operators.
The ban will be implemented with effect from November 1 while left-hand-drive vehicles will be completely taken off the road by December 31, 2015.
Many importers of vehicles, especially from Japan, are now congesting Beitbridge Border Post to beat the deadline.
The Transport Operators Association of Zimbabwe last week said it was mounting legal action against the Government on the legality of the ban, arguing that LHD vehicles were lawfully permitted in Zimbabwe by virtue of the Road Traffic Act 13:11, section 6 of the third schedule.
Four lawyers struck off roll
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
FOUR lawyers have been delisted from the legal practitioners’ roll while three others are awaiting judgment on various misconduct allegations including misappropriation of trust funds and unprofessional conduct.
Two others are on suspension to allow for investigations into various allegations of improper conduct.
High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu who chairs the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal last week reserved judgment in the cases of three lawyers who appeared before him.
Mrs Margaret Dutiro, who used to operate Chingono-Dutiro and Partners in Zvishavane, Mr Daniel Dindikwa of Dindikwa and Partners, Mr Tichaona Mawere formerly with Ziumbe
Bulawayo conference a ‘congress’: President
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe says the Zanu-PF 12th National People’s Conference slated for Bulawayo in December is the party’s last crucial meeting before national elections.
Speaking to journalists on arrival at the Harare International Airport yesterday from a visit to the Far East, the President said the conference was just as good as the party’s national congress.
“Yes, we are organising for the conference. It is a very important conference as we organise towards national elections. After that conference we will not have another conference before elections so it is an important conference -just as good as a congress.”
At congress, the party either elects new members of the
Thieves steal computers from school
Beitbridge Bureau
THIEVES broke into Vhembe High School laboratory in Beitbridge last week and stole computers worth US$2 500 that were