Source: Zesa doubles power charges –Newsday Zimbabwe NATIONAL power utility, Zesa Holdings almost doubled power tariffs on Monday as it battles to offset a drop in imports from South Africa and internal problems at its power plants. Tariffs for one to 50 units of power were increased from $8,02 to $15 per unit, while 51 […] …
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ZRBF rescues hunger-prone communities
Source: ZRBF rescues hunger-prone communities –Newsday Zimbabwe Lands deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos BY LORRAINE MUROMO THE Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) has, in a big way, assisted communities in dealing with climate shocks that have seen a spike in hunger and poverty due to poor yields. ZRBF programmes are implemented by the Lands ministry and […] …
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WATCH: Couple supplies shops with fish, farm produce
Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter MR Martin Nyoni and Ms Fattela Nleya run a 3,5-hectare plot in Village Six, Heaney Junction estates along the Bulawayo-Harare highway. The plot has various farm produce, such as rabbits, layer chickens, fish, tomatoes, cabbages, green pepper, lettuce and beetroot. Their plot is going towards self-sufficiency as the fresh produce subsidises […] …
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WATCH: Sanctions not fit for purpose: African presidents
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter ILLEGAL sanctions imposed by the West on Zimbabwe violate the country’s sovereignty and are a barrier to national development and crime against humanity. African leaders said this as they called for the immediate removal of the illegal embargo imposed on Zimbabwe by the West after the country embarked on the land […] …
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Lifeline for locals seeking specialist medical services
Leonard Ncube , Victoria Falls Reporter ZIMBABWEANS seeking specialised healthcare outside the country especially in India could get a lifeline as a Botswana health institution Francistown Academic Hospital (FAH) is seeking partnerships with local health service providers for locals to get medical help in the neighbouring country. Over the years, many Zimbabweans have been referred […] …
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Epic clash: Bosso, FC Platinum face off
Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter THE country’s best two teams — FC Platinum and Highlanders — in the second-half of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season face off at the weekend in an all-to-play-for encounter at Barbourfields Stadium. FC Platinum, the league’s table-toppers have collected 27 points in the 11 second-half of the season outings, […] …
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Children with neurological disorders stigmatised
Rejoyce Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter Mr Willard Madyiwa (27) from Cowdray Park suburb was the only male at a meeting attended by parents with children who have neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, autism and Down’s syndrome in Bulawayo’s city centre. A father of one, a three-year-old boy who suffers from cerebral palsy, Mr Madyiwa […] …
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Outrage as sudden power outage hits entire country
Zimbabwe’s recurrent and often unannounced power cuts have impacted negatively on commerce as firms have been forced to ground operations with some now spending extra on alternative sources of energy to keep machines running. …
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Police officer among 7 arrested for Marondera robbery murder
Another suspect works as a supervisor at a milling company in Marondera …
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More questions than answers to goings-on in the tobacco industry
Last year alone, five tobacco exporters lost US$57 million to several unorthodox ways of doing business, key among them side-marketing Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IN recent seasons, the country’s tobacco regulatory authority — the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), has been monopolising the limelight, albeit, for the wrong reasons! A lot has been happening in […] …
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