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Chronicle Reporter
Free Stars lift Geozing trophy
Lillian Sibanda
FREE STARS ended the Bulawayo Netball Association League season on a high note by winning the last event of the season last weekend.
President declares Monday public holiday
President Mugabe has declared Monday, 24 December, as a public holiday
Nakamba joins French league
Lovemore Dube
ANOTHER Bulawayo soccer kid, Marvellous Nakamba has broken new ground by joining French Division One side AS Nancy on a permanent transfer.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s move towards value addition on minerals
Zimbabwe continues to score against the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by Britain, the United States and their allies much to the chagrin of its detractors.MP fined for beating wife
Masvingo Correspondent
MASVINGO West legislator Tichaona Chiminya Mharadza was yesterday spared the agony of jail after he was fined $50 (or 20 days in prison) for battering his wife.
First Family donates food for Adam’s funeral
Harare Bureau
Coal and methane gas project commissioned
Temba Dube in Gwayi
THE $2 billion coal and methane gas project expected to alleviate the shortage of electricity in the country and create about 4 000 jobs, in the Gwayi area of Lupane will start next month.
The joint venture project between Oldstone Investment and Shan Don Sunlight Energy Company of China will see the companies embarking on coal extraction and power generation projects, which are expected to begin next year.
Ultimately, ailing industry and commerce are expected to be rejuvenated, as about 1 800 megawatts of electricity are set to be generated from thermal power stations that will be set up by the companies.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Minister of Defence, Emmerson Mnangagwa at a ground-breaking ceremony for the venture in Gwayi yesterday, President Mugabe said it was the first time the country had undertaken a project to alleviate power shortages since they became apparent five years ago.
“I consider this project as beneficiary to the Matabeleland North Province and the nation as a whole and a well timed one, for the country has been in short supply of energy since 2007.