adminCSC operating below 10pc capacity
Herald ReporterThe Cold Storage Company is operating at less than 10 percent capacity and slaughters very few cattle owing to capacity constraints. In its report tabled in Parliament recently, CSC board chairperson Professor Lindela Ndlovu said the company incurred a net loss of US$6,2 million in 2010.
MDC-T fails to launch blueprint
Herald ReporterMDC-T yesterday indefinitely postponed the launch of its economic blueprint meant to rival Zanu-PF’s indigenisation and economic empowerment initiatives. Party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai was expected to officiate at the ceremony. MDC-T organising secretary Mr Nelson Chamisa said the
Develop domestic tourism
Herald ReporterIt is the duty of every Zimbabwean to contribute towards the development of the tourism industry, Zimbabwe National Army Commander Lieutenant General Philip Valerio Sibanda has said. Speaking during the 2012 edition of the Executive Interaction Initiative in Vumba on Saturday, Lt-Gen
HIV focal person
Herald ReporterMinistries must have a focal person to co-ordinate HIV and Aids workplace activities, an official has said. Deputy chief secretary in the office of the President and Cabinet Dr Ray Ndhlukula said this recently when he addressed permanent secretaries and principal directors at the HIV and Aids
Khaya Moyo seeks to divorce wife
ZANU-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo is seeking to divorce his wife of 32 years on the grounds that the marriage had irretrievably broken down.
Driver collapses, dies at Egodini
Chronicle ReporterA 42-year-old commuter omnibus driver from Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park collapsed and died while queueing for passengers at Basch Street terminus popularly known as Egodini. He had reportedly complained of…
Network organises investment conference for Bulawayo
Business Reporter
BULAWAYO will next month hold a one-day stakeholders’ investment conference aimed at creating synergies among business people to revive the fortunes of the city’s industries.
Cricket team leaves for T20 World Cup
Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Cricket team is leaving for Sri Lanka to take part in the twenty20 World Cup today.
The team has been training at Queens Sports Club.
Tertiary students on cadetship programme stranded
Harare Bureau
STATE universities are refusing to register more than 50 000 students who are on the cadetship programme before Government clears outstanding payments.
Zimbabwe has 10 State universities which are owed close to $100 million by Government.
Students with outstanding payments have been barred from attending lectures and accessing results.
Government introduced a cadetship programme in which it pays fees for those who enrol in different programmes.
CSC broke
Leonard Ncube
LACK of funds is threatening the Government’s national restocking programme amid revelations that the Cold Storage Company to spearhead the programme is broke.
The company last year invited farmers to apply to be considered for the restocking programme meant to increase the national herd.
Addressing farmers at the 72nd Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) Annual Congress in Bulawayo on Thursday, CSC chief executive officer Mr Ngoni Chinogaramombe said the company had received more than 13 000 applications from prospective livestock farmers but had failed to process them.