Source: Gold smuggling on the rise: Parly – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Parliament’s Mines Portfolio Committee yesterday raised concern over the proliferation of gold mines amid reports that gold smuggling to South Africa and the Middle East had increased. The committee is in Kariba where it is discussing the gold production chain with […] …
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Monthly Archives: August 2022
Hwange residents, coal miner lock horns
Source: Hwange residents, coal miner lock horns – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY SILAS NKALA THE Greater Hwange Residents Trust has taken coal-mining firm Mutagech Logistics Private Limited (Mutagech) to court to stop its mining activities in Hwange’s Nechenge area. Represented by their co-ordinator Fidelis Chima, the residents cited Mugatech, Hwange Rural District Council and the Environmental […] …
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CCC engages grassroots on candidates selection
Source: CCC engages grassroots on candidates selection – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY LORRAINE MUROMO THE main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has started reaching out to its grassroots to select candidates ahead of next year’s polls. The party has also been holding a series of fundraising initiatives hosted by CCC Mthwakazi Diaspora to […] …
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US$1m farming project
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter FROM the basic agriculture he learnt during his school days, Bulawayo businessman Mr George Kudya (42) set off with a few bags of certified seeds and fertiliser to plant potatoes on a leased small portion of land in Montgomery, Umguza District. Today, after investing US$1 million into the venture, Mr Kudya […] …
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Contractor shifts gear up to complete civil servants’ flats
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief FACED with financial challenges, some contractors halt or abandon projects in a huff, but Pevimag Contractors, has broken that tradition by getting a $45 million loan from a local bank to make sure that flats for civil servants being constructed in Gweru are completed within the set timeframe. Pevimag Contractors […] …
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New parastatals on cards, restructuring continues
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter GOVERNMENT will continue to restructure and partially privatise parastatals including establishing new ones in order to buttress the ongoing economic transformation drive in line with Vision 2030. Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, said this on the sidelines of the inaugural Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference (ZEDCON), which ended […] …
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Another weekend another poor refereeing decision
Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter FOR a second consecutive league match, Harare giants Caps United have been aided to victory by controversial refereeing decisions that have left their opponents feeling robbed. The latest victims to fall to Caps United are Bulawayo City who were denied two genuine goals by calls made by both assistant referees […] …
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COMMENT: Let us act on substance abuse battle
REVELATIONS that drug abuse, especially by young people, may reverse the gains the country has achieved in tackling HIV and Aids should serve as a wake-up call to society on the negative impacts of substance abuse. Several calls have been made for communities to work with authorities in addressing the drug abuse scourge that has […] …
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Esidakeni farm owners appear in court, released on bail
Farmers given September 6 trial date …
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William Ruto declared winner of Kenya presidential election
It was a narrow margin of victory with Ruto winning a little more than seven million votes and Odinga securing a little less than seven million, the IEBC said. …
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