THE Mines ministry chief engineer Michael Munodawafa says there is a worrying increase in fatalities in the mining sector especially during the rainy season. This comes as many small-scale artisanal miners have lost their lives following the collapse of shafts due to water logging. Most of these mining shafts are not properly reinforced which makes…
MASVINGO Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Jefter Sakupwanya has pledged unwavering support to the Midlands State University (MSU)’s Tugwi-Mukosi Multi-Disciplinary Research Institute. MSU is considering establishing a research and learning centre close to the Tugwi-Mukosi Dam to support the government’s goal to optimally exploit this mega-water body in Chivi South. Sakupwanya said the research unit would…
AT LEAST three people were attacked by baboons while several others had their houses broken into by a troop of the wild animals that are wreaking havoc in Noellvale and Chinda Heights suburbs in Zvishavane. This has left residents in fear as they call upon the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) to take…
THE government through the Presidential Farming Inputs has availed AG-VET tick grease and chemicals to Mberengwa farmers whose cattle were dying of unknown causes and tick borne diseases. Farmers in Bukuta and Negove area commended the government’s intervention saying they had been counting their losses. Village dip attendant Liveton Hove thanked the authorities for coming…
CHIEF Masunda of Zvishavane has challenged Shabanie Mine and Zvishavane Town Council to rehabilitate roads which he said are in a sorry state. Speaking during the official opening of Zvishavane Community Archive in the mining town recently, Chief Masunda appealed to the company and local authority to join forces in the rehabilitation of roads. “Roads…
WOMEN miners say their production has relatively decreased due to lack of proper mining equipment and support from the relevant authorities. Women said while their male counterparts can easily access equipment, they are sidelined by virtue of being female. “Gender-based violence (GBV) is talked about usually in the sense of physical abuse of women but…
SIX Zvishavane men have appeared before the court facing charges of promoting public violence during their protests against Gwamadube Primary School headmaster Farai Ndlela. Prosecutors allege that on May 31, 2021 at around 7.30am, the sextet of Gilbert Tembo, 50, Langton Nyoni, 50, Kelliot Hove, 42, Martin Mativenga, 61, Josphat Hwerengwe, 39, and Vurayai Hwerengwe,…
AT LEAST seven teachers were left homeless when a hailstorm blew off roofs at Zanda Primary School in Gokwe North, Midlands, on Tuesday. This came merely days after another hailstorm left 20 families homeless in the same district. Gokwe North District development coordinator Martin Musakanda yesterday said heavy winds and rainfall destroyed classroom blocks and…
AT LEAST 200 farmers in Chiwara Village under Chief Negove, Mberengwa, are appealing to the government to provide them with channelling pipes so they draw water to their fields from Chiwara Dam. This comes as the farmers are now counting their losses after their fields are now drying up due to a lack of irrigation…
ZVISHAVANE town secretary Tinoda Mukutu, 53, and other two top council officials, who are facing corruption allegations, have been further remanded out of custody to January 2022 which translates to almost a year now as their case drags on. Mukutu and his accomplices, housing director Nhlanhla Ngwenya and engineer Dominic Mapwashikwe initially appeared before Zvishavane…
