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Chitungwiza ratepayers, pensioners and workers on Monday petitioned the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing over poor governance and service delivery in the dormitory town.
Chikurubi Farm boosts prisons food security
Government has commended the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) farm for contributing to the country’s food security through participating in Government’s Command Agriculture programme.
Gang robs, kills two motorists
A Harare man yesterday appeared in court for allegedly teaming up with his four accomplices who are still at large to rob and kill two motorists on separate occasions after pretending to be genuine passengers.
ZCTU, betrayal of labour’s hopes
As workers commemorate the esteemed May Day, it is much ado about nothing for the Zimbabwean workforce whose interests have been relegated to the terraces by a union that is now embroiled in whole-time politics.
5 000 Masvingo families venture into fish farming
OVER 5 000 families here have been cushioned from effects of successive droughts after the United Nations (UN) helped them to venture into commercial fish farming and bee-keeping.
Harare water safe: Council
Harare City Council says the water it pumps into homes meets World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and is safe to drink, despite the presence of high organic loading of phosphates and nitrates in the raw water it draws from Lake Chivero.
Trust seeks to put 500ha under winter maize
Masvingo Development Trust is this year planning to put 500 hectares under winter maize in the Lowveld, as the organisation moves to ramp up aggregate grain output and boost income to finance various developmental projects across the province.
Witness ‘too sick’ to testify
The trial of former Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma, former Zesa chief executive Joshua Chifamba and managing director of Zesa Enterprises Tererai Mutasa, has been postponed because the State witness, Mr Energy Mundandisi, is too sick to attend court.
US dollar lower
The US dollar edged lower yesterday with investors remaining focused on economic data and trade. The US dollar index is adding to recent losses, down for the third session in a row and thus extending the rejection from last week’s 2019 highs in the 98,30-98,35. The index is losing the grip below the 98,00 handle today, exposing further downside in the near term.
52 000 in need of food aid in Chiredzi
MORE than 50 000 people in Chiredzi District need food urgently following drought in the 2017/18 farming season caused by the El-Nino weather phenomenon, World Food Programme (WFP) Country director, Mr Eddie Rowe, has said.