adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: Community Share Ownership Scheme a boon for Mat South
ON Friday, the Community Share Ownership Scheme juggernaut moves to Matabeleland South province where President Mugabe is expected to officially launch it.
Combined effort needed to combat veld fires
Factmore Dzobo
MANY farmers have finished harvesting and some are busy clearing land in preparation for the forthcoming winter and summer seasons.
It is also at this time that the country faces the risk of veld fires that have over the past few years ravaged large tracts of forests, burnt down properties, killed animals, and in some cases, people. The veld fire season starts at the end of July and ends on 31 October. Over the past few years, veld fires have become one of the greatest enemies facing communities as they inflict damage on fragile ecosystems, and also result in loss of property.
Zimplats ordered to cede land to other players
The Government has ordered platinum miner Zimplats to release some of the land it is not mining to allow other players to work it, a cabinet Minister has said.
Player agent in Asiagate probe suspended
Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Soccer Player Agents Union has vowed to support Zifa in the fight against match-fixing following the indefinite suspension of its member Kudzi Shabba who was fingered in the Asiagate report.
Chitando retains Chamber of Mines presidency
Business Reporter
Chamber of Mines president Mr Winston Chitando and his two vice-presidents were re-elected for another term at the chamber’s recent Annual General Meeting in Victoria Falls.
Artists to capture Byo culture on video
Entertainment Reporter
NINETEEN Bulawayo artists are set to produce an art video that would capture the culture of Bulawayo and highlight the societal and historical relations in the city.
Hwange Colliery yet to get investor, needs $200m for recapitalisation
Leonard Ncube
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), which requires close to $200 million to recapitalise, is yet to get an investor to inject capital to boost its coal production and exports, managing director Mr Fred Moyo has said.
Residents castigate Zesa, Zinwa over bills
Midlands Correspondent
GOKWE Town residents have blasted service providers, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for allegedly inflating figures and delaying in releasing monthly water and power statements.
Strauss-Kahn counter-sues hotel maid for $1m
NEW YORK — Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a $1 million countersuit against the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, costing him his job and any chance of being elected president of France.
DA, Cosatu in violent clashes
DEMOCRATIC Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille was interrupted while speaking at a protest against Cosatu over the youth wage subsidy when violence erupted in Johannesburg yesterday. Tension was in the…