Tamary Chikiwa ZVISHAVANE residents have expressed concern over the continued closure for six months of toilets at the local authority’s main long distance bus terminus owing to a malfunctioning sewer system, posing potential health challenges to the public. The toilets were closed in September last year after the local authority noted that raw sewage was…
ALL is set for next month’s Midlands horticulture expo with organisers saying they are targeting over 5 000 farmer exhibitors. The expo is set for April 7 to 8, 2022 in Zvishavane at Gresham Primary School grounds. The show is being organised by Exclusive Business Developing Company in collaboration with the ministry of Agriculture. Exclusive…
THE government is looking to expand Mabwematema Irrigation Scheme by 420 hectares following the recent commissioning of Palawani Dam in Zvishavane. The scheme which was officially commissioned in 1966 drawing water from the Mabwematema Dam currently sits on 80 hectares and benefits approximately 200 farmers. The scheme has been facing challenges owing to dry spells…
SUSPENDED Zvishavane town secretary, Tinoda Mukutu, 52 and two other council officials have for the third time been further remanded to March 28 to allow the State to do further investigations on their alleged corruption charges Mukutu and his accomplices, housing director Nhlanhla Ngwenya and Engineer Dominic Mapwashike were in May last year nabbed by the Zimbabwe…
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, donated agricultural inputs to commercial sex workers in Zvishavane on Thursday, in a bid to help them start income-generating projects. Zvishavane district Aids coordinator Dennis Jaravani said such initiatives by the first lady were important in reducing HIV/Aids prevalence in the country. “Once they (commercial…
A CLIMATE change expert has implored the government to consider investing more in climate change adaptation measures as the country was more…
VILLAGERS in Mberengwa, Midlands Province, were left counting their losses after hailstorms destroyed 15 homes and four schools in different villages on Wednesday. The heavy storm left a trail of destruction at government-owned Neta Secondary, Chomukonde, Mahindi and Mabika primary schools. The 15 homes destroyed are in Vimbanai, Runyararo A, Hlalesekani and Batanai villages under…
POLICE in the Midlands have warned vehicle owners to heighten the security of their cars when parked and avoid offering transport to strangers as cases of vehicle theft are on the rise in the province. Midland provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko made this call following the theft of two motor vehicles, one in Lower Gweru,…
THE Buy Zimbabwe Company is earmarking a partnership with the Zimbabwe Institute of Foundries (ZIF) and the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) in buying scrap motor vehicle metal for recycling. Scrap car recycling is the process of deconstructing an end of life vehicle to extract valuable and recyclable components. By taking a car to a scrap…
VILLAGERS from Makadho village in Chivi were left in shock when three learners from a local school attacked each other with knives during a fight over a boyfriend. The minors whose names cannot be revealed to protect their identity reportedly clashed over a 19-year-old, who is a herd boy in the same village. Headman Lukas…
