adminZim commissions pilot lithium plant
Zimbabwe’s prospects of becoming a major supplier of lithium, a critical raw material for modern batteries, inched closer yesterday with the commissioning of a pilot plant at Arcadia Lithium Mine near Harare.
10 000 housing units plan gets approval
AT least 10 000 housing units and a building technology plant are set to be constructed under a partnership between the Zimbabwean Government and Shelter Afrique, a pan African finance institution that exclusively supports the development of housing and real estate.
Council demolishes home industries
Harare City Council yesterday demolished part of the famous Glen View 8 home industries complex where some traders had illegally set up shop as it continued to raze down structures.
First Lady leads in prayer week
GOD is worthy of praise because he controls everything under the sun hence the need for the nation to come together in prayer against Covid-19 and other ailments, First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has said.
Work on power units continues
Work continues at Hwange Thermal Power Station to bring up Zimbabwe’s generating capacity with progress on the two new units, seven and eight, that will add 600MW still on course and work being done on the six existing units to ensure they can deliver their designed 920MW, rather than the half output.
Days numbered for copper cable thieves, vandals
THE Government has moved in to clamp vandalism and theft of copper cables, a senior official has said.
Man fakes US$36 000 robbery
Police have arrested three suspected armed robbers who were part of a four-man gang that robbed a man in Lupane of US$200 and a cellphone while armed with machetes and logs while a Bulawayo man has been jailed six-months for lying to police that he had been robbed of over US$36 600 to evade paying a debt.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let us all play our part in fighting crime
The police have been scoring successes against robbers, people who use violence or the threat of violence to steal, although with 477 being convicted and jailed in the first five months of this year, few hear about all the successful arrests and prosecutions.
Sahwira Agric seeks US$20m to expand
Sahwira Agriculture, a company that is chaired by businessman Mr Philip Mataranyika, is in the market to raise US$20 million amid plans to expand its commercial agriculture operations.
Ten years, six Euro clubs . . . Musona’s adventure comes to an end
EXACTLY 10 years after arriving in Europe, for his dream adventure, Knowledge Musona has left the continent, for a romantic fling with the Knights of the North, in Saudi Arabia’s top-flight league.