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THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has warned farmers, motorists, miners and the public against starting uncontrolled fires or risk paying heavy penalties during the forthcoming fire season amid revelations that the Midlands Province has lost about 250 000 hectares of land to fires in the past two years.
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The country is expecting about 760 000 tonnes of maize from the 2018-19 summer cropping season nationwide according to the crop and livestock assessment recently conducted by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement.
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A local welfare organisation, Jointed Hands Welfare Organisation has facilitated the reintegration of 285 vulnerable teenagers into secondary schools in Midlands Province who had dropped out of school due to teenage pregnancy.
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Kwekwe City Council has begun feasibility studies in a bid to set up its own water bottling company, Acting Town Clerk Dr Lucia Mnkandla has said.
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Armed robbers driving a silver Honda Fit without registration numbers are on the prowl in Gweru where they are targeting cross border traders and Midlands State University (MSU) students.
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Kwekwe City Council has engaged debt collectors in a bid to recover $46 million owed by ratepayers, the Mayor Councillor Angeline Kasipo has said.
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The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says it requires urgent funding to continue work on the rehabilitation of the famous Chireya gulley in Gokwe as the current scenario poses a threat of flooding at the nearby Chireya Mission hospital in case of heavy rains.
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The National Council for Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe (NCDPZ) which has been operating without proper structures since 2005 conducted its first elections in more than 10 years at the weekend in Gweru with the new leadership pledging to hit the ground running in championing the cause of disabled persons.
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The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged consumers to buy their provisions from reputable shops to avoid counterfeit products that have flooded the informal market.
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A gold dealer last week appeared before a Kwekwe magistrate for allegedly shooting and killing a man who was playing snooker during a fight with his friends.
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Zvishavane Town Council will use its $1,6 million devolution grant to buy earth moving equipment to be used for infrastructure development, Town secretary, Mr Tinomuda Mukutu has said.
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Traditional leaders in the Midlands Province have called on Government to identify land to resettle illegal settlers in Chemagora.
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Kwekwe District Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is making efforts to ensure that the three hospitals within the district — Kwekwe General, Silobela District and Zhombe Mission Hospital — receive food aid after they raised a red flag over the shortage of food for patients.
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Housemaids and other domestic helpers should be vetted by law enforcement agents before they are employed to reduce cases of child abuse, an official has said.
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Cash-strapped Kwekwe City Council has called on Government to honour its pledge to pay the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco)’s outstanding water and utility charges amounting to $15 million in order to enable the municipality to improve on service delivery.
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