adminSolar power: Green, clean and silent
THE sun provides a huge amount of energy and this is fully renewable, free and available for six to eight hours per day on average. In Zimbabwe we have an abundance of good quality sunshine throughout most of the year and this can be converted into electrical energy for power and for thermal heating. A correctly designed and installed solar system for both power and
Littering: An environmental menace
What is littering?
Littering means to throw (often man-made) objects onto the ground and leave them, as opposed to disposing of them properly.
Litter can refer to anything from a small crisp packet or sweet wrapper to large bags of rubbish or even an area with many
Internet provider ZOL slashes tariffs
Internet services provider Zimbabwe Online has slashed tariffs to levels being charged in the region. ZOL offers Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) spot where anyone with a Wi-Fi capable device such as a laptop, smartphone and PlayStation portables can connect to the ZOL spot network and the Internet at broadband speed. Mr Rory Evans of ZOL said the recent slashing of prices
Sol Air gets IATA identification code
Newly licensed private airline Sol Air has been issued a code which is used to identify an airline for all commercial purposes globally. Known as the International Air Transport Association Accounting Prefix, it is a prerequisite for all airlines. Sol Air managing director Mr Nkosilathi Sibanda said the code was an integral part of the travel industry, and essential for the
Set trial date for Rushwaya, State told
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
THE State has been given up to a month to set a trial date for former Zifa chief executive officer Henrietta Rushwaya who faces fraud and other match-fixing related charges. Failure to set the date will result in Rushwaya being removed from rema-nd.
Botswana sells FMD vaccine to Egypt
GABORONE. — Botswana Vaccine Institute has for the first time sold Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine to Egypt where an outbreak of the disease has been reported. BVI General Manager Onkabetse Matlho told a media briefing yesterday that they were sending the first batch next Monday. He said they have received an order of 2 million doses, which they will be supplyingNigerian troops raid hideout over church attacks
KANO. — Nigerian troops killed a suspected Boko Haram militant yesterday during a pre-dawn raid in the city of Kano over weekend attacks against church services that left around 20 people dead. A military task force stormed a two-bedroom bungalow in the troubled northern city’s Bubbugaje district, two days after attackers armed with bombs and guns sowed carnageClinton heads to China
WASHINGTON. — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to China yesterday as US officials raced to find a solution to a sensitive row over a top dissident reportedly holed up at the US embassy in Beijing. Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had long planned to go to Beijing for the annual meeting between the world’s two largest economies that now is likely
Low female representation in Malawi’ new cabinet irks NGO
LILONGWE. — Malawi’s NGO Gender Co-ordination Network on Monday expressed concern over low female representation in President Joyce Banda’s cabinet released last Thursday in which out of 30 ministers and deputies, only eight are female.
Chairperson for the organisation Emma Kalia told local radio Zodiak that the low representation of female ministers in the new
May Day celebrated globally
JOHANNESBURG/PARIS. — A majority of countries observed International Workers Day yesterday as a public holiday.
Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, originated within the historical struggles of workers and their trade unions for solidarity between workers and people, and in their struggles to achieve fair employment standards. In a show of unity,