admin5 firms seek nod to introduce mass transport system
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
FIVE firms — Pioneer Motors, an Indian company Ashok Leyland, a consortium of banks and two other unnamed companies —have submitted offers to introduce a mass bus transport system in Harare.
Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda confirmed the city was seized with the firms’ offers.
Sources at Zupco indicated that the board had turned down two offers, one with 500 buses and another with 1 500 buses, to partner it in the mass transport system.
When the companies were turned down, they then approached council, which showed interest in the deal.
The first company wanted to bring in 500 buses and strike a shareholding deal with Zupco while the Indian firm wanted a similar arrangement.
Mr Masunda said council was dealing with the two companies’ offers.
“There are two firm offers on the table so far.
I don’t regret leaving Mberikwazvo — Slomo
More Tirivashoma Entertainment CorrespondentProlific dancer Franco Dhaka, popularly known as “Slomo”, has said he does not regret dumping Alick Macheso for Sulumani Chimbetu. Speaking at Romeo Gasa’s album launch at Jazz 105 last week, Slomo said he has since adapted to Sulumani’s
Over 350 000 might fail to access ARVs
Farirai Machivenyika recently in KADOMA
More than 350 000 people living with HIV and Aids might fail to access anti-retroviral drugs as Zimbabwe could face a US$227 million deficit by 2018, it has been revealed.
In an interview at the Zimbabwe Parliamentarians against HIV workshop in Kadoma at the weekend, National Aids Council director for finance Mr Albert Manenji said Zimbabwe should come up with alternative funding to deal with the anticipated deficit caused by the unavailabilty of donors.
“The financial gap for HIV is actually quite huge. This gap is progressing and is expected to get wider. As of 2012, the gap will be US$10 million and by 2018 it will be US$227 million and about 358 000 people who will need treatment will not be able to afford it.
“The gap would be compounded by the withdrawal of Global Fund that has been funding 35 percent of our people on ARVs; they have not committed themselves beyond 2014,” he said.
The Global Fund has been supporting HIV and Aids, tuberculosis and malaria programmes in the past 10 years,
Galaxy of musicians for Byo Music Festival
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US group donates to St Giles
Entertainment Correspondent
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Illegal sanctions a threat to diamond earnings
Oliver Kazunga
THE imposition of illegal sanctions on some of Zimbabwe’s diamond producers is a threat to the country’s projected $600 million diamond earnings
MPs absconding parly shortchange electorate
THE legislature is one of the three pillars of the State.
The other pillars are the executive and the judiciary. Parliament has basically three main functions and these are to legislate, to play a representational role to the people who vote legislators into office and to play an oversight role over the activities of the executive arm of the State.
Derby fever grips Beitbridge
Lovemore Zigara
A rare football treat is in the offing for Beitbridge fans when the first of the derbies explodes into life today when last year’s runners-up Tripple B take on the expensively assembled Strikers FC at Dulibadzimu Stadium in a Zifa Central Soccer League encounter.
Pair gets nine years for robbing taxi driver
Court Reporter
TWO men who robbed a taxi driver of his car valued at $6 000 were yesterday each sentenced to nine years in jail.
‘Al-Qaeda bomber was a British spy’
BRITISH intelligence played a central role in the undercover operation involving a supposed new underwear bomb threat from an al-Qaeda off-shoot in Yemen.