adminHealth hazard looms at RG’s office
Midlands Correspondent
A health hazard is looming at the Gweru Government Complex as hundreds of people who throng the provincial Registrar General’s Office on a daily basis seeking passports and other identification documents are resorting to the bush to relieve themselves.Copper cables thieves nabbed
Victoria Falls Reporter
THREE men from Hwange have been arrested for allegedly possessing more than 160 kilogrammes of copper cables and rods.
Solly, Keke date Bulawayo fans
Bongani Ndlovu
Entertainment Reporter
SOUTH African gospel artistes, Solly Mahlangu and Keke, will on Sunday perform in Bulawayo at Queens Sports Club at the grand finale of the annual Harvest House International Church Apostolic/Prophetic Conference.
11 000ha to be given to urban farmers: Chombo
Pamela Shumba
Vic Falls Hotel set for massive renovation
Oliver Kazunga
Business Reporter
Victoria Falls Hotel is set to undergo massive renovation before year end in preparation for next year’s United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly.
US-Cuba ties unlikely to change after presidential polls
HAVANA — Testy relations between Cuba and the United States are unlikely to change regardless of who wins the 6 November US presidential election, Cuban analysts say.
Garbage collection, disposal is important
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
There is a public outcry throughout Zimbabwe about the dirty conditions of most of the country’s urban centres, a situation that worsens daily as garbage accumulates in so-called sanitary lanes.
Education stakeholders blame mother tongue use for poor exam grades
NAIROBI — As Kenya’s national examinations draw near, a section of professionals and stakeholders in the education sector from Murang’a have proposed elimination of vernacular teaching in lower classes in public schools, claiming it has been affecting children performance in the exams.
Zifa to present paper at match-fixing workshop
Lovemore Dube
THE Sport and Recreation Commission director-general Charles Nhemachena has been invited to present a paper on ethics and match-fixing, the Zimbabwe experience, at the Cosafa/Interpol Workshop in Johannesburg this weekend.
Closure of ethanol plant blamed on political bickering
From Sydney Kawadza in Chisumbanje
VILLAGERS here have blamed the closure of the Chisumbanje Ethanol Plant on political bickering and underhand moves to sabotage project.