admin11 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.
EMA to impose heavy penalties on noisemakers
Temba Dube
Chronicle Reporter
ZIMBABWEANS will soon be paying fines of up to $5 000 or going to jail for a maximum of one year for disturbing neighbours through noise like playing music at high volume.
Calls for stand-alone sports ministry heighten
Lovemore Dube
FORMER National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe secretary-general Denis Sinyolo said the country’s poor showing at the just-ended Olympics emphasised the need for the country to have a fully fledged sports ministry.Evil spirits caused deputy head’s suicide: relatives
Midlands Reporter
RELATIVES of the deputy headmaster who died after allegedly committing suicide by hanging yesterday said his death was caused by evil spirits and had nothing to do with the national population census programme.