EDITOR — Traditionally, meals in Zimbabwe are prepared three times a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and it is my concern that the Energy and Power Development ministry should encourage the use of gas for cooking and solar power for lighting so as to save on electricity. The ministry should create awareness on the use…
SINCE last week, the media has been awash with shocking details contained in reports presented to the National Assembly by Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri. Some of the details in Chiri’s report make sad reading as they highlight the gross negligence and failure of proper accounting procedures in all key government institutions. Lackadaisical accounting practices by…
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has appealed to government seeking an urgent intervention on the liquidation of the textile giant, National Blankets (Pvt) Limited. The company was early this month placed under liquidation following years of poor performance and failure to find a good investment suitor in yet another blow to Bulawayo’s industrial revival. [GoogleAd]…
THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) is set to install an incubation centre at its Matopos research station just outside the second largest city. Icrisat is a non-profit making organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in the dry lands of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. [GoogleAd] The India-headquartered organisation also helps…
MATABELELAND chiefs who met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House here last week have angrily reacted to claims that chiefs from Midlands Province were smuggled into the engagement on tribal grounds. In his introductory speech during the meeting, Mnangagwa indicated his displeasure at the composition of the traditional leaders from his home province. [GoogleAd] “I…
© VUMBA hoteliers have taken the initiative to improve safety on a black spot along Vumba Road by installing cat eye studs to enhance visibility as the stretch is always misty. [GoogleAd] It all started when Haden Tebb couple Rob and Thea installed reflectors on a two-kilometre section before and after Prince of Wales Views…
© OUTSPOKEN traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni — who has in recent months courted the ire of Zanu PF apparatchiks with his stinging criticism of the government — has praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for holding dialogue with chiefs from the Matabeleland region. [GoogleAd] This comes as the government is working harder to bring closure to…
© DOMBOSHAWA residents, their ward councillor and legislator are at loggerheads over whether to allow a Chinese firm to mine quarry in the area. [GoogleAd] At a meeting held last week, the residents argued that councillor Tapiwa Murima wanted to clandestinely bring in the firm without consulting the residents. According to the residents they do…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s under-pressure government says it is confident that the sky-high prices of basic goods that have made the lives of ordinary citizens miserable over the past few months will come down in time as its new policy measures take effect. [GoogleAd] Appearing in Parliament yesterday — together with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube…
© AS power shortages escalate with devastating effects on both domestic and industrial use, power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) has threatened to cut supplies to defaulting users including political heavyweights. [GoogleAd] This comes as Zimbabweans have been enduring 20-hour blackouts due to Zesa’s failure to service its debts, low water levels in Kariba dam that…
