adminMP fined for beating wife
Masvingo Correspondent
MASVINGO West legislator Tichaona Chiminya Mharadza was yesterday spared the agony of jail after he was fined $50 (or 20 days in prison) for battering his wife.
First Family donates food for Adam’s funeral
Harare Bureau
Coal and methane gas project commissioned
Temba Dube in Gwayi
THE $2 billion coal and methane gas project expected to alleviate the shortage of electricity in the country and create about 4 000 jobs, in the Gwayi area of Lupane will start next month.
The joint venture project between Oldstone Investment and Shan Don Sunlight Energy Company of China will see the companies embarking on coal extraction and power generation projects, which are expected to begin next year.
Ultimately, ailing industry and commerce are expected to be rejuvenated, as about 1 800 megawatts of electricity are set to be generated from thermal power stations that will be set up by the companies.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Minister of Defence, Emmerson Mnangagwa at a ground-breaking ceremony for the venture in Gwayi yesterday, President Mugabe said it was the first time the country had undertaken a project to alleviate power shortages since they became apparent five years ago.
“I consider this project as beneficiary to the Matabeleland North Province and the nation as a whole and a well timed one, for the country has been in short supply of energy since 2007.EDITORIAL COMMENT: No more dilly-dallying on the NewZim Steel project
News that operations at NewZim Steel, formerly Ziscosteel, are expected to resume in January, is a welcome development to the more than 3 000 giant steel company’s workers.‘Malema’s remorse letter too late’
JULIUS Malema’s letter of remorse — “smuggled” into the African National Congress’s Mangaung conference on Sunday — was too little too late, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said yesterday.Strauss-Kahn pimping charges remain
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Victoria Falls Reporter
BULAWAYO-based dance group Girls La Musica will this weekend take their act to Ko Panashe Leisure Centre in the resort town of Victoria Falls.
Tobacco exports rake in $750 million
Business Reporter
Mortalities from cold spell in Ukraine have risen to 61
Ukraine’s freezing winter has taken the lives of 24 more people pushing the overall death toll to 61 in December after temperatures fell below minus 23 degrees Celsius.
Cops arrested for assaulting motorist
Court Reporter