adminZTA rescues Miss Zim Trust
Entertainment Editor
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has come to the rescue of the Miss Zimbabwe Trust and will now assist in hosting this year’s national beauty pageant. The sudden change of heart by the authority, which has
High Court reserves judgment on AMI, Trauma Centre case
Court ReporterA HIGH Court judge has reserved judgment in the case in which African Medical Investments are seeking to have Trauma Centre owner Dr Vivek Solanki run the hospital together with the Medical and Dental
African Sun sued over US$38 000 debt
Court ReporterA tissue manufacturing firm is suing African Sun Limited over failure to pay a US$38 573 outstanding debt. The company, Squidol Enterprises, trading as Velvetter Tissues, supplied Crown Plaza
CABS to pay dismissed workers in Zimdollars
Wencelou Murape Labour ReporterTHE Central African Building Society has offered to pay in Zimbabwe dollars 10 workers it was ordered to reinstate by the Labour Court. The institution’s lawyers, Gill, Gondlonton and Gerrans, have written to the
Nigerian trafficker faces deportation
Crime Reporter
A NIGERIAN businessman believed to have facilitated the illegal entry of hundreds of people from his country into Zimbabwe has been fined US$500 and now awaits deportation. Emeka Clement Emewusiem
Binga set for facelift with irrigation scheme
Felex Share in Binga
ZANU-PF national political commissar Cde Webster Shamu has hailed progress made in setting up
Repossess Willowvale flats: Legislators
Herald Reporter
LEGISLATORS have called for the repossession of subsidised Willowvale flats allocated to people who did
Zupco recalls over 400 ex-workers
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
ZUPCO is recalling over 400 former workers to operate its new fleet of buses as the firm begins to operate viably.
The bus company has ordered 100 buses from China at a cost of US$7 million to increase its fleet to 214.
Acting chief executive Mr Nelson Kangausaru last Friday said the buses were expected in the country soon.
“We are in the process of recalling some of the retrenched and experienced employees who have a clean record.
“The recalled employees will be attached to the new buses,” he said.
The company plans to buy 100 new buses every year.
Last year, Zupco bought 104 buses from FAW.
At its peak, Zupco had more than 400 buses, which crumbled because of economic sanctions and
DeMbare clinch maiden 2012 trophy
Senior Sports Editor
DYNAMOS opened the new 2012 Premiership football season in the same manner they closed the last one, by winning a trophy, after capturing the NetOne Charity Shield at the National Sports Stadium yesterday.
The Glamour Boys edged Motor Action 2-1 to successfully defend the trophy they also won last seasonwhen they beat the same opponents in the penalty shootout lottery with the match having ended 2-2 after extra-time.
Rodreck Mutuma, who won the Golden Boot as the Premiership’s top goal-scorer last year, opened the scoring for Dynamos before striker Ishamel Lawe equalised for the Mighty Bulls in the first half.
New DeMbare signing Takesure Chinyama, voted the man-of-the-match in his first competitive game back home after a spell in Poland, struck the winning goal for the Glamour Boys.
Dynamos have now won five trophies in the past 12 months after winning the Bob ’87 Super Cup, the
Food crisis looms
Elita Chikwati and Shiana Mhizha
ZIMBABWE is facing a food deficit after a third of the current maize crop was declared a write-off following a dry spell in some parts of the country.
Government says out of the 1 689 609 hectares put under maize during the 2011/12 cropping season, about 498 144 ha or 30 percent is now a write-off.
This has prompted the Government to suspend the sale of grain in the Strategic Grain Reserve.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made last Friday said the decision was taken to allow the Government to assess the available grain and what was expected from farmers.
“Government has ordered the sale of grain under the strategic grain reserves to stop while assessing the results of the second crop assessment.
“We want to take into account what we have in the reserve and what we anticipate from farmers in