‘Give impetus to devolution’
Walter Nyamukondiwa Mashonaland West Bureau PROVINCIAL and district agricultural show societies should play an important role in the transformation of provincial economies and subsequent growth of their Gross Domestic Product.…
Siyalima voted best irrigation scheme
Mash Central Bureau SIYALIMA Irrigation Scheme in Guruve, which was launched by President Mnangagwa in February, was named the best irrigation scheme in Mashonaland Central. It beat 24 other irrigation…
Kombi driver runs over 2 cops on duty
Midlands Bureau TWO police officers from Gweru are battling for their lives in separate hospitals after suffering broken limbs when they were allegedly run over by a commuter omnibus while…
Daggers out for Kwekwe mayor
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Kwekwe residents have blasted city mayor Councillor Angeline Kasipo for sowing seeds of division among residents after recently ordering people who attended her victory celebrations to…
Fuel supplies, schools hit on Week 3 of ‘yellow vest’ protests
MARSEILLE/PARIS. – Dozens of French “yellow vest” demonstrators blocked access to a major fuel depot and several highways on Monday on the third week of anti-government protests which led to…
Cholera outbreak: Govt to source fuel
Lawrence Chitumba Correspondent MINISTER of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs Monica Mavhunga last week visited cholera patients at Mt Darwin Hospital and Manhondo (Mukaradzi) Centre and promised to mobilise…
Zim, Zambia keen to grow ties
Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau The Zambian government is committed in strengthening ties with Zimbabwe especially at Kanyemba Border Post in Mbire district and Luangwa district. Luangwa district mayor Mr…
X-ray machines boost for Kwekwe hospital
Midlands Bureau Kwekwe District Hospital has acquired new X-ray machines, bringing relief to local patients who for long had to seek such services from private institutions. Kwekwe District Hospital has…
Strong winds destroy schools, offices
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent One person was injured while 170 schoolchildren and three families were left stranded when strong winds coupled with the rains destroyed homesteads and blew away roofing…
Mutare to plug water leakages
MUTARE City Council has proposed a $41 million budget for 2019, up from the $28 million budgeted for the current year, as the local authority seeks to curb non-revenue water losses that have haunted it for years. Council has been losing 68 percent of treated water to burst pipes and leakages resulting in millions of dollars worth of revenue being lost.


