Government subsidises mealie-meal prices

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has stepped in to subsidise mealie-meal production and pricing so as to ensure the commodity is accessible to every household. Essentially, Treasury is paying about…

Mat’land women shun bank loans

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter  MATABELELAND region has the least number of women accessing loans from the Women’s Bank since the financial institution was launched last year, a Cabinet Minister has said.…

Mutanga UK deportation details emerge

Sports Reporter GORY details have emerged about how former Highlanders and Hwange goalkeeper Luckson Mutanga, who tried to resuscitate his career at Bosso, was deported from the United Kingdom after…

Zera raids 2 000+ illegal fuel dealers

Natasha Chamba, Business Reporter  THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has raided over 2 000 illegal fuel dealers countrywide in the last seven months as part of an ongoing operation to…

Gweru roads rehab shelved

Midlands Bureau Chief THE rehabilitation of roads in Gweru has been shelved after the contractor, Bitumen World, requested for a revised budget citing high operational costs. Gweru City Council public…

African Ministers discuss future of sport

Robson Sharuko in Cairo, Egypt ACTING Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kazembe Kazembe was one of the 16 African ministers that attended a high-profile indaba here on Sunday to…

Zesa explains demolition of towers

Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter  THE power utility, Zesa, says it will go ahead with demolition of two of the six cooling towers at the Bulawayo Power Station as they have outlived…

Letters to the editor: Parastatals fail to rise to the occasion on gender equality

Ruth Butaumocho Zimbabwe prides itself as one of the leading countries in Southern Africa committed to ensuring gender equality across all sectors of society, the economy and in politics. The…

Notorious armed robber arrested

Courtney Matende, Midlands Reporter POLICE in Gweru have arrested a notorious armed robber who teamed up with two accomplices to rob a woman of USD$4 000 and RTGS$800 at gunpoint. Peter…

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