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The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) also fined a number of leather tanning companies in the Belmont industrial area, for releasing untreated toxic chemicals directly into the environment.
The toxins reportedly end up in Umguza River, via the city’s storm drains, where they can cause
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Mutambara launches programme to raise US$20m for UZ
Tichaona Zindoga Herald Reporter
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China-Zim sign multi-million-dollar deals
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
ZIMBABWE and China yesterday signed four multi-million-dollar deals that will see the emerging super-power funding various projects here.
The agreements were signed at Munhumutapa Government Building following a visit by Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu.
VP Hui is leading a delegation currently in the country.
He also met Acting President John Nkomo at his Munhumutapa Offices.
Said Acting President Nkomo: “Our relationship can be likened to a very long bridge from Beijing to Harare. A firm and strong bridge that can sustain our relationship.”
The first deal was on economic and technical co-operation where Beijing will provide a grant of 80 million yuan to Harare.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti signed the deal on behalf of the Government while China was represented by its Vice Minister of Commerce Mr Chong Quan.
Minister Biti also signed another agreement worth 1, 025 billion yuan on behalf of Zimbabwe for the upgrading of the Victoria Falls Airport.
The third agreement was an exchange of notes between the two countries that would see China providing a grant of 31, 5 million yuan.
Bid to block Zimpapers Talk Radio hits snag
Court Reporter
THE Administrative Court has thrown out an urgent chamber application by Vox Media Productions to bar the operationalisation of broadcasting licences issued to Zimpapers Talk Radio and AB Communications.
Vox Media, popularly known as VOP FM, lost the bid for a licence to the entities at the end of last year.
It has since filed a challenge with the Administrative Court contesting the manner in which the licences were granted.
In the failed urgent chamber application, VOP FM was seeking an order compelling the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe to forward a record for the selection process to the Administrative Court for the main challenge to be heard.
Senior Administrative Court President Herbert Mandeya dismissed the chamber application for lack of urgency.
The lawyers for Zimpapers, AB Communications and BAZ convinced the court that the matter lacked urgency considering that the licences were granted in November last year.
It was also the court’s finding that VOP FM failed to properly cite the parties involved.
The court was satisfied that Zimpapers Talk Radio and AB Communications were not the correct citations for the companies operating the radio stations.
It was also ruled that the Administrative Court had no jurisdiction to grant the order being sought by VOP FM.