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Isdore Guvamombe in MADRID, Spain
Zimbabwe, Zambia and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation have agreed on the final programme for the 2013 UNWTO general assembly slated for Victoria Falls in August. The general
Term limits for permanent secretaries
Herald ReporterPermanent secretaries in Government ministries will serve for a maximum of two terms if the final draft Constitution agreed to by governing parties is passed into law. The draft constitution gives the mandate
Inspections for auction floors
Agriculture ReportersThe Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board will carry out a final inspection of auction floors next week ahead of the opening of the 2013 tobacco marketing season. The tobacco selling season will start on
Dry spell to continue
Elita Chikwati Senior ReporterThe mid summer dry spell being experienced across Zimbabwe will continue until next week.
Meteorological Services Department Head of Public Weather Service, Mr Tich Zinyemba yesterday said
Tips on armyworm
Senior Agriculture ReporterArmyworms feed on food crops, grass and garden plants at night. When the food supply is gone, they move en masse to a new site, hence the name armyworm. Armyworms can destroy an entire plant in
Cyanide in Gwanda dam
Bulawayo BureauTests have shown that water in Gwanda town’s main supply dam is contaminated with cyanide suspected to be from surrounding mines. Cyanide is used in gold processing and can cause death in humans if
Gweru runs dry again
Midlands ReporterGWERU’S water woes have resurfaced as most sections of the city are receiving erratic supplies.
This follows reports that the city council was installing new water pipes and pumps at its supply dam,
Msipa Trust overwhelmed
Bulawayo BureauThe CG Msipa scholarship Trust Fund is facing serious financial problems with the majority of companies, which pledged cash towards the scholarship still struggling to honour their pledges, founder and patron
Call to amend EMA
Herald ReporterGovernment should amend the Environmental Management Act to curb the rampant allocation of residential and industrial stands on wetlands by local authorities. Environment and Natural Resources
Copac adopts revised draft
Felex Share Herald Reporter
THE 25-member Parliamentary Select Committee has formally adopted the revised draft Constitution, marking the end of the drafting phase of Zimbabwe’s new supreme law. The committee