Illegal meat vendors go scurrying for cover. . . as police, council crack the whip

SOME unregistered meat shops and meat vendors who were using dangerous chemicals to preserve meat have gone into hiding as the Zimbabwe Republic Police and Harare City Council Department of Public Health are on a blitz to fish them out, The Sunday Mail Society has established.

Oil industry stutters

The viability of Zimbabwe’s edible oil industry is under threat due to a myriad of challenges, chiefy among them, the recurrent shortage of strategic raw materials and an influx of cheap imported substitutes, according to Oil Expressers’ Association of Zimbabwe (OEAZ) chairperson Mr Busisa Moyo.

We believe in ED’s leadership: Manicaland

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s anti-corruption crusade and exemplary leadership is set to take the country forward, Zanu-PF’s Manicaland province chairperson Cde Mike Madiro said yesterday.

Amai Mnangagwa donates in Mhondoro

Chiefs in Mhondoro-Ngezi received she-goats donated by the Angel of Hope Foundation —First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa’s philantrophic arm — to empower surrounding communities.

The donation follows the First Lady’s recent visit to the area. The goats were donated to chiefs Mushava (Fanuel Machokoto), Nyika (Tobaya Marere) and Murambwa (Francis Mutemeri).

ZACC intensifies asset recovery

Corruption Watch Comm John Makamure The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) intensified its asset recovery programme in the past two weeks by impounding several vehicles suspected of being smuggled into the…

Govt considers climate-proofing farmers

An insurance framework that insulates vulnerable farmers from the vagaries of climate change is currently being worked on by the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC), raising hopes the agricultural sector might cut back on losses experienced as a result of unpredictable weather conditions.

Wesley Gwata: Lenny’s reincarnate

FORMER Highlanders and Dynamos star defender Lenny Gwata would have turned 43 on December 13, had he not succumbed to a fever on April 12, 2010.

Gwata’s wife, Beater Mangethe, the popular musician who hailed from the high-density suburb of Makokoba, unfortunately breathed her last exactly two months later, on June 12, 2010.

East Africa struggles with heavy rains

Flash flooding has hit Djibouti, where the government and United Nations said the equivalent of two years’ rain fell in a single day, with several countries in East Africa, including Kenya, struggling after heavy rainfall.

Rainfall from October to mid-November has been up to 300 percent above average in the greater Horn of Africa region, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network.

JCI’s Manyere passionate about youth empowerment

“Old minds have the power to create history, while young minds have the power to change the history,” advised a young Indian scientist, researcher, engineer, philosopher, professor and administrator Dr Jagadeesh Kumar.

Masa turns over a new leaf

AFRO-fusion singer Masa Caroleen’s debut album “Pamusoroi’”appears to have created new waves for the artiste.

The three-month-old production has seen the singer secure more bookings with each passing week since the album was launched in August. Also, she is receiving favourable airplay on national radio stations.

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