admin$5m set aside for HIV/Aids mitigation
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE National Aids Council (NAC) has set aside $5 million to improve community based HIV and Aids response programmes. Each of the country’s 10 provinces will receive…
1,000 evicted resettled farmers get land
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief The government has identified land to resettle part of a group of 1,000 landless farmers who were ordered off Chemagora farms in Gokwe South. The farmers were…
Batoka Gorge environmental impact study complete
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter Consultants engaged by the Zimbabwe River Authority have completed an Environmental Impact Assessment for a $6 billion hydropower plant at the Batoka Gorge. The proposed 1,600 megawatt…
Zim/Botswana ties unbreakable, says envoy
Bongani Ndlovu Chronicle Correspondent The Botswana ambassador to Zimbabwe Kenny Kapinga has said the two countries have unbreakable ties due to the socio-economic development Zimbabweans have contributed to his country over…
Zim to hold second local diamonds auction
Harare Bureau Zimbabwe will next month hold a second local auction of diamonds as it steps up efforts to maximise earnings from its natural resources, Mines and Mining Development Permanent…
Supermarket loses $1,500 goods to robbers
Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter A SUPERMARKET in Old Magwegwe lost goods worth about $1,500 in a suspected inside job as thieves used duplicate keys to gain entry into the shop. Shop owner…
Army aims to plant 500k trees
Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe National Army is targeting to plant more than 500,000 trees as it joins other players to counter the damaging impact of deforestation in the country. Speaking during…
‘Mutodi has case to answer’
Harare Bureau A prosecutor believes flamboyant businessman Energy Mutodi, accused of fleecing desperate home seekers of more than $500,000, has a case to answer. Prosecutor Michael Reza told the court that…
Zambia’s Edgar Lungu takes early lead in vote
LUSAKA — Zambia’s ruling party presidential candidate Edgar Lungu took a slim lead over his rival Hakainde Hichilema after votes from half of constituencies were counted, the electoral commission said…
Fresh violence in DRC as senate votes on election law
KINSHASA — Riot police opened fire on protesters in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday in a new bout of violence as the senate was set to vote on a…