adminKaindu hails player’s call-up for national duty
Lovemore Dube Sports Editor
HIGHLANDERS coach Kelvin Kaindu yesterday hailed the call up to the national team of his star attacking midfielder Masimba Mambare. He was included in a team to travel to Angola next month. In an interview yesterday the gaffer described the move as deserved.
Makokoba residents blast Zesa over bulk pre-paid meters
Pamela Shumba
RESIDENTS of Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo who live in flats have attacked Zesa Holdings for installing bulk pre-paid meters in their houses, saying the move will cause confusion when buying power units.
The ongoing installation of pre-paid meters by Zesa rolled into Makokoba, one of the oldest suburbs in the city, on Tuesday morning.
When Chronicle visited the suburb on Wednesday afternoon, Zesa electricians were all over the suburb installing pre-paid meters while residents were fuming, saying the power utility should have installed a pre-paid meter for each household.
A resident of Enjingeni Flats, Mr Bongani Ncube, blamed the power utility for not consulting the residents or the Bulawayo City Council before conducting the exercise in the suburb.
“An apartment with four rooms in Makokoba is occupied by two families and it was easy for us to pay for electricity when we were using fixed charge meters,” said Mr Ncube.
Firms benefit from Dimaf
Noble Ncube
COMPANIES in Matabeleland have received the bulk of the money released under the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) with 17 firms in the region receiving 80 percent of the $11,4 million disbursed so far, CABS managing director, Mr Kevin Terry, said yesterday.
He said companies in Matabeleland received a total of more than $9 million from the fund meant to revive companies facing financial difficulties.
Dimaf was set up by Government and is administered by the financial institution.
In a response to questions from Chronicle after State Enterprises and Parastatals Minister Gorden Moyo accused the building society of delaying the disbursement of the money to save the city’s industries, Mr Terry said as of last Friday, applications for funding totalling more than $14 million had been approved, while more than $11 million had been disbursed.