Director shifts blame in new city land scam

Director shifts blame in new city land scam  Herald 23/7/2019   Sydney Kawadza Mash West Bureau Chief Local Government, Public Works and National Housing chief director Mr Christopher Shumba yesterday accused the Department of Physical Planning for the land debacle at Mt Hampden, the site where Government is setting up a new city. Appearing before …

Veterinary Department in bid to contain trans-boundary diseases

Veterinary Department in bid to contain trans-boundary diseases    Chronicle 23/7/2019 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent THE Veterinary Department in Matabeleland South Province in conjunction with their Botswana counterparts are holding a campaign to educate farmers from the two countries against allowing their livestock to stray across the two countries’ borders in a bid to contain trans-boundary …

Matshela Energy gets Gwanda solar licence

Matshela Energy gets Gwanda solar licence    Chronicle 23/7/2019 Pride Mahlangu, Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has granted Matshela Energy (Private) Limited a 25 year licence to establish a 100 megawatts solar energy power plant in Gwanda district, Matabeleland South province. The regulator confirmed the issuing of the licence in a public …

Zimbabwe should embrace modern farming

Letters to the Editor: Zimbabwe should embrace modern farming      Chronicle 23/7/2019 Beaven Dhliwayo, Harare Bureau  Information Communication Technologies (ICT) can revolutionise the Zimbabwean farming sector and benefit farmers, including small landholders.  Agriculture is the most important sector, with the majority of the rural population in developing countries depending on it.  The traditional approaches of agriculture …

Power cuts escalate telecoms costs: Econet

Power cuts escalate telecoms costs: Econet   Chronicle 23/7/2019  Business Reporter THE crippling power outages being experienced across the country have escalated operational costs and compromised the quality of service delivery in the telecommunications sector, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has said.  In a statement yesterday, Econet apologised to its customers following the mobile network collapse at …

Zimbabwe increases fuel prices again, but pumps remain dry

Zimbabwe increases fuel prices again, but pumps remain dry  0 July 23, 2019 2:03 AM Source: Zimbabwe increases fuel prices again, but pumps remain dry – Yahoo HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe hiked fuel prices on Monday for the second time in a week but most pumps remained dry, with no end in sight to shortages that are …

Zacc probes Lands Commission

Zacc probes Lands Commission By Newsday – July 22, 2019 THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), headed by Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, has instituted investigations into the operations of the Lands Commission in Marondera. BY CHARLES LAITON The probe comes after reports that the latter has become a cartel through which some government officials are seizing land from vulnerable …

Lack of funding cripples irrigation

Lack of funding cripples irrigation   Herald 22/7/2019  Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement’s Department of Irrigation has called for adequate funding if it is going to meet targets. The department said it was facing financial challenges, which crippled operations. This came out on Friday last week …

Zimbabwe’s climate change department a beacon of hope

Zimbabwe’s climate change department a beacon of hope    Herald 22/7/2019 The Climate Change Management Department involves all relevant stakeholders for projects and programmes implementation The US$10 million grant secured by the Climate Change Management Department from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) two weeks ago may be the biggest funding obtained by the young Government …