adminMeikles ventures into mining
Business Reporter
SA arms deal witnesses announced
Pretoria—The list of witnesses to be called by the Arms Procurement Commission was announced in Pretoria on Saturday.
Zinwa fails to connect Mtshabezi generators
Chronicle Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) engineers have in the past three weeks reportedly been failing to connect generators that are supposed to start up pumps and bring Mtshabezi Dam water to Bulawayo.
The city’s water crisis is worsening with another supply dam, Upper Ncema, likely to be decommissioned this month.
Bulawayo is banking on Mtshabezi Dam, which is expected to supply about 17 000 cubic metres of water a day to Bulawayo and reduce water shedding period by 24 hours.
At the moment, the city is under a four-day water shedding schedule for all suburbs as it battles to conserve the little water left until the next rains.
An official at the Bulawayo City Council last Friday confirmed that the city was yet to access water from Mtshabezi Dam.Gondo wins Nkomo golf tournament
Harare BureauBRIAN Gondo bagged his third title of the season when he won the Joshua Nkomo invitational golf tournament at the weekend.
62 000 farmers register to grow tobacco
Business ReporterMORE than 62 000 farmers have so far registered to grow tobacco in the 2013 farming season compared to 31 941 during the same period last year.
Gama releases seven-track album
Entertainment Reporter
A MZILIKAZI based afro-pop artiste has released a seven-track album titled Groovy Town with the video of the title song shot last weekend around the township of Mzilikazi and Barbourfields.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Prioritise projects meant to uplift people’s standard of living
The Beitbridge Rural District Council and communities around Zhovhe Dam have expressed concern over delays in completing the construction of the 63-km canal from the dam to Beitbridge town.Chitiyo disappointed after loss
Harare Bureau
MONOMOTAPA influential forward Ronald “Rooney” Chitiyo who had an outstanding season, was left disappointed after losing to Dynamos in the Mbada Diamonds Cup final at Rufaro at the weekend.Residents, Guta Ramwari clash
Chronicle Reporter
TSHABALALA residents are up in arms against Guta Ramwari Church over a stand the church was allocated to build a school.
Zesa declares black festive season
Harare Bureau
ZIMBABWEANS are set to endure a black festive season after Zesa announced that it would from today, embark on massive load shedding until the beginning of next year.
This is likely to dampen the spirits of many going into the festive period.
In an emergency Power Supply Update at the weekend, Zesa spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira said an extensive maintenance programme, which is set to take place at Hwange and Kariba Power Stations, would necessitate the power shedding.
“Zesa Holdings would like to advise all its valued customers countrywide that there will be an increase in load shedding outside the publicised schedules from Monday 26 November due to a maintenance exercise at Unit 2 of Kariba Power Station. The maintenance exercise will be completed within a period of 18 days.”