THE Japanese community has extended a helping hand in the education sector in the Midlands province, expending US$2,1 million to upgrade infrastructure at three schools in Kabuyuni, Gokwe North. Former satellite schools namely Nenyuka Primary School in Ward 29, Kushinga Primary (Ward 31) and Chirisa Primary School (Ward 2) kissed goodbye to the pole and dagga…
THE government in conjunction with DanChurchAid (DCA) has trained 1 250 urban farmers to venture into hydroponics technology in-order to increase food security in the country following poor harvests this season. Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydro-culture which involves growing plants, usually crops, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient…
A CIO operative has been nabbed on allegations of conniving with his two colleagues in defrauding and extorting a local businessman pretending to help him recover his debt from the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education. Leornard Mutandwa, a divisional intelligence officer and Charles Benjamin Chari have been slapped with fraud and extortion charges after…
TELONE says it has lost close to US$1,5 million due to network theft and infrastructure vandalism. Speaking at the company’s eighth annual…
A HARARE company lost US$30 000 when four armed robbers pounced on its premises in Msasa in the early hours of Tuesday. Police said the four who were armed with two unidentified pistols and crowbars broke into the premises before getting away with the money using the company’s vehicle as the getaway car. “The police…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw Transport minister Felix Mhona says he is elated by the progress that has been made so far on the ongoing expansion of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport as the government targets world-class air transport infrastructure and services. Speaking during the commissioning of the Aviation Ground Services’ (AGS) ground handling equipment in…
BULAWAYO councillors have shot down a resolution by the city management to have residents pay their service charges and levies in US$ at the prevailing bank rate. This follows a recent notice by Bulawayo Town Clerk, Christopher Dube, saying the local authority’s move was necessitated by the continued depreciation of the local currency, making it…
Melisa Chatikobo chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw THE first ever Boran cattle breed quarantine centre in Zimbabwe will open doors for the country to export genetics and reduce livestock mortality, Zimbabwe Boran Breeders Association chairperson Mark Hook has said. The quarantine centre is where selected livestock for breeding are isolated and checked for diseases, before semen is collected from…
THE trial of Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume accused of influencing council officials into giving his sister and workmate residential stands failed to start as the key witnesses were in another court as suspects on land- related charges. Trial was set for yesterday but had to be postponed to July 13. This came after another magistrate…
POLITICIANS Job Sikhala, pictured, and Godfrey Sithole, who are accused of fanning public violence in the Nyatsime area in Chitungwiza allegedly as vengeance for the murder of Moreblessing Ali, have been denied bail. Deputy chief magistrateGibson Mandaza said Sikhala had shown disregard of High Court orders having allegedly violated a condition from his previous bail…
