Fuel crisis. . . enter the new kings

DESPITE being dressed to kill in the latest addition to my modest wardrobe, thanks to a caring sister overseas, I was chased like a mad dog from a city filling station.

Diamond industry grinds to a halt

When Kenneth Monahan, a financial analyst in New York, got down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend on a Delaware beach at dawn earlier this month, he presented her with a fake diamond ring.

500 more buses in next 12 months

Government will buy 500 additional buses over the next 12 months as it redoubles efforts to revamp the public mass transport system.

The procurement of the coaches will be made through Landela Investments, a local firm.

VAT exemption for domestic tourism

The tourism industry will enjoy Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption on products offered to locals as part of measures to nurse the sector back to health after over two months of Covid-19-induced closure.

Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said the facility ensures a smooth “comeback” for the tourism sector.

Tribute to Francis Shonhayi

I WAS fortunate in my football career to play with and against some of the best that South Africa has ever produced.

I played for AmaZulu between 1992 and 1995 and then moved to Hellenic in Cape Town in a 1997 loan deal after being out for nearly 19 months with a knee injury.

‘Chitungwiza battles worst crisis ever’

BUILT on a sprawling rocky area, Chitungwiza relies on Harare for its water. Due to successive droughts, a receding water table and a growing population, the town has been battling a prolonged water crisis. Our reporter Langton Nyakwenda last week spoke to Chitungwiza Mayor Councillor Lovemore Maiko to find out if the local authority has solutions to the perennial water problems and a myriad of other difficulties. Below we publish excerpts.

‘Wash face masks before dumping them’

Individuals disposing of either face masks or gloves used for Covid-19 prevention are now expected to wash and shred the materials before dumping them as non-recyclable litter, as they are now classified as “hazardous waste”.

Medical institutions will also dispose any waste generated during the screening, treatment or handling of Covid-19 cases on-site.

‘Why I care about Rhodes’

The toppling of Edward Colston’s statue certainly made for a dramatic scene.

The frantic energy of large crowds cheering while the statue plunged into the river in Bristol signalled the release of pent-up tension accumulated during a pandemic and widespread anti-racism protests.

Coping with depression

WHEN you are depressed, you cannot just will yourself to “snap out of it”.

But there are steps that you can take to recover from it.

Boka to open auction floors in Mvurwi

Boka Tobacco Floors will open another auction floor in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central, as efforts to decentralise marketing of the cash crop gather momentum.

Already, Boka, which owns the largest auction floor in the country, runs buying facilities in Rusape and Karoi.

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