adminGovt closing rural, urban gap: Vice President Nkomo
Chinhoyi Bureau
GOVERNMENT is committed to narrowing the gap between rural and urban areas through interventions such as the setting up of wholesalers at growth points and business service centres, Vice President Cde John Landa Nkomo has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Zanu-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo in
Kodzwa declared liberation war hero
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter
PUBLIC Service Commission technical advisor Engineer Paul Mavunga Kodzwa, who died last month, has been declared a liberation war hero. Eng Kodzwa, who was also former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, died of cancer at the age of 70 while in the United Kingdom and his body arrived
War vets besiege DA’s offices
Masvingo BureauScores of war veterans in Mwenezi allegedly locked the District Administrator’s Offices last week demanding to be allocated sugarcane plots at Mwenezana Sugar Estates in the area. The war veterans besieged the offices after reportedly failing to get audience with DA Mr Stanley Chamisa. Mr Chamisa had scheduled a meeting
Nac buys US$15m ARVs
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health ReporterThe National Aids Council has this year procured anti-retroviral drugs worth nearly US$15 million following depletion of national stocks. Speaking at an HIV and Aids review meeting with provincial medical directors and other stakeholders involved in HIV and Aids response in Kwekwe last week, Nac chief executive officer Dr Tapuwa
Farmers in the dark
Senior Agriculture ReporterMOST farmers have not yet received the interpreted versions of the 2012/13 weather forecast amid reports that Agritex officers are incapacitated to reach out to them. The Meteorological Department recently forecast that Zimbabwe would have a normal to below normal rainy season. The forecast has a lot of technical terms
Kutama receives books
Herald ReportersTeachers have been urged to persevere despite the unfavourable conditions they are working under. Zvimba Ward 26 councilor Cde Francis Mukwangwariwa said during a price giving day ceremony at Kutama Day High School last week that the teachers played an important role in the nation. “Yes, there are challenges on
Copac conference set to roll
Chronicle Reporter
Hundreds of delegates to the Second All-Stakeholders Conference had yesterday evening arrived at the venue of the conference, which starts today.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Residents should act now to reduce water consumption
The Bulawayo City Council has been forced to increase water-shedding from three to four days a week with effect from today amid reports that water consumption remains high despite the shedding. The council is trying to push the little water remaining in the city’s supply dams until the rainy season.
Dynamos through to semis
From Eddie Chikamhi in Kwekwe
Dynamos …..… (2) 3
Gunners ……..…….. 0
Manyuchi wins by knockout in Zambia
Sports Reporter
TALENTED Zimbabwean boxer Charles Manyuchi’s star continued to shine when he knocked out Zambian Dyson Mwisa in the fourth round at Lusaka’s Government Complex in Zambia on Saturday.