adminCop on extortion charge granted bail
Court ReporterA policeman based at Bulawayo Central Police Station tried to extort money from a security guard employed by a supermarket in the city.
Council gets $1m fire-fighting equipment
Chronicle Reporter
OPERATION Florian, a United Kingdom fire and humanitarian organisation, has donated two fire engines
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China’s huge cotton reserves stabilise prices
Harare BureauCOTTON Outlook director Mr Michael Edwards has said China’s huge state reserves of cotton would this year bring stability to prices on the international markets.
Mr Edwards told delegates attending the 10th African Cotton Association Annual Congress held recently in the resort town of Victoria Falls that by the end of February this year China had purchased 2 700 000 tonnes of cotton in the 2011/12 season and had an additional 1 000 000 tonnes of foreign cotton.
“China’s intervention price of 19 800 yuan per tonne in the 2011/12 season has also guaranteed markets of the availability of cotton so there is no reason to effect changes in the prices,” he said.
Mat South farmers to benefit from goat sale pens project
Business ReportersFARMERS in Matabeleland South Province are set to benefit from goat sale pens to be built by Practical Action Southern Africa and Hlekweni Training Centre, said an official.
Governments, cotton ginners urged to jointly fight external forces
Harare BureauAFRICAN Cotton Association (ACA) president Mr Iya Mohammed has challenged African governments and cotton ginners to work jointly in fighting external forces that set unfair cotton prices which do not encompass the farmers’ high costs of production.
Lobel’s to install second production line
Business Reporter
A LEADING confectionery and bread producer, Lobel’s, will at the end of next month install a second production line at its Belmont factory in Bulawayo to increase production capacity.
Council tariffs probe report complete
Business Reporter
THE Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) has compiled a report on the alleged abuse of monopoly by local authorities with the document sent to lawyers for legal views before a determination is passed.
Mutasa left a mark in media history
By Walter Mswazie
On Tuesday, a sombre cloud hung over the local media fraternity as news filtered through social utility platform, Facebook, that three veteran journalists had died, among them Salatiel Mutasa.
Div One clubs risk losing franchises
By Ricky ZililoZIFA Southern Region Division One Soccer League clubs that fail to pay their affiliation fees by the end of business today risk losing their franchises.
Old clubs have to pay $1 500 while league debutantes have to fork out $2 000.