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Michael Chideme Senior Reporter
ZANU-PF Politburo member, businessman, philanthropist and nationalist Cde Kantibhai Gordanbhai Patel has died. He was 83.
Zanu-PF Harare Province met on Saturday and recommended that he be declared a national hero.
Provincial chairman Cde Amos Midzi said Harare was convinced Cde Patel deserved national hero status.
“We met yesterday as the provincial co-ordinating committee and recommended that he be declared a national hero. We await the Politburo decision,” he said.
Cde Patel died in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he had been receiving medical attention.
The Politburo member fell and broke a hipbone and sustained
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ZESA Holdings has licensed 13 independent power producers with a combined capacity of 4 546 megawatts expected to be operational in about four years.
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Of the 13 licensed IPPs, four of the smaller ones in outlying areas are already operational with a combined capacity of 83MW, generally lighting up the Lowveld and keeping a sawmill running.
ZERC administrator Mr Peter Mufunda said the independent producers are working hard to complete their projects.
“We are happy with the pace at which the companies we have licensed are moving. They give us regular updates on
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YOUTHS have been urged to embrace Government’s indigenisation
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MAGISTRATES have accused some prosecutors of abusing court processes by invoking Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure
All drivers face retests
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ALL drivers face retests as part of measures to periodically assess their competency and flush out those with fraudulently-
Thieving guard falls to death from ceiling
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau
A 62-YEAR-OLD suspected thief fell from a ceiling of a storeroom he wanted to break into in Raffingora and died on the spot.