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Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterTWO days after the Warriors cruelly crashed out of the 2013 African Cup Nations Cup, the Zifa board is today expected to receive the Asiagate report compiled by their Independent Ethics Committee. Zifa suspended some 97 players and officials from all national team activities although about 40
Malema in Zimbabwe on private visit
Harare Bureau
Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, who was ousted by the ANC leadership early this year, says he will never run away from problems he is facing in South Africa and is in Zimbabwe to gain strength to double his fight against imperialists back home.
Malema is facing corruption charges, which his supporters have said are politically motivated.
The outspoken Malema said when he came to Harare last Friday to attend the wedding of Zanu-PF Youth League members Mike Gava and Tendai Wenyika, some people in South Africa speculated that he was running away to seek political asylum in Zimbabwe.
“We are here to support Cde Mike and Cde Tendai. We are here to celebrate a beautiful wedding so we left our political vocabulary at home. Today we are at a wedding and so we don’t want to be talking a lot of politics. We want to dance and enjoy Zimbabwe and we want to see what Harare will offer us.
Uproar over pre-paid meter installations
Pamela Shumba and Whichone Gwaindepi
BULAWAYO residents have resolved to block Zesa workers from installing pre-paid meters in their houses, saying the power utility is shortchanging them by insisting that they pay the outstanding balances before new accounts are activated.
Some residents from Makokoba are also against the move to install bulk meters.
This came out during separate meetings held in Makokoba and Nkulumane suburbs yesterday.
The power utility started installing pre-paid meters in Makokoba about three weeks ago, while the programme is yet to be rolled out in Nkulumane.
There was an uproar, however, in Makokoba after the power utility installed bulk pre-paid meters for consumers who were using bulk electricity meters.
Speaking during the meeting in Nkulumane’s Ward 23 where the meeting was organised by the Bulawayo United Residents Association (Bura), residents expressed disappointment at Zesa’s plan to replace the fixed billing system with pre-paid meters.
2013 ZITF marketing campaign launched
Business Reporter
THE 2013 Zimbabwe International Trade Fair marketing campaign has been launched with more than 2 000 square metres of exhibition space booked so far.
Ghana’s ex-first lady to run for president
ACCRA — Former Ghanaian first lady Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings announced on Saturday she has split from the ruling party that her husband founded to run for president under a new banner.
Bulawayo hit by shortage of tomatoes
Business Reporter
Frost which hit farming areas near Bulawayo last winter has resulted in shortage of tomatoes in the city, vegetable traders have said.
Nobel committee urged to reflect on booing sounds
BEIJING — When the Norway-based Nobel committee announced granting this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union (EU) on Friday, some of the press and media audience started booing.
Pharmacies urged to make medicines more accessible
Victoria Falls Reporter
THE pharmaceutical industry should make medicines more accessible to the people through fair and reasonable charges, Vice-President Joice Mujuru has said.
Gunmen kill 20 at mosque in northern Nigeria
KADUNA — Gunmen opened fire on Muslim worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in northern Nigeria yesterday, killing at least 20 people, a local official said.
Farmers appeal for assistance to get inputs early
Business Reporter
Farmers in Matabeleland have started preparations for the summer cropping season although many are facing a shortage of resources, Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) Matabeleland North chairperson Mrs Irene Maphenduka has said.