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Gwenhoro Commercial Farm in Shurugwi has been hit by severe foot-and-mouth, a development which is likely to adversely affect livestock movement and production in the Midlands Province.
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Gweru residents have urged Government to scrap school fees for rural primary pupils as well as establish a national education fund to cater for other vulnerable members of society to improve access to education in the country.
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Government has approved Zibagwe Rural District Council’s budget of $2,3 million, which aims at improving health delivery as well as water and sanitation in the district.
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Locadia Mavhudzi Midlands Correspondent Government has been urged to seriously consider the establishment of a commercial crimes court to deal with rampant abuse of public finances. Speaking during a public finance management reform indaba in Gweru last week, Midlands State University (MSU) Local Governance lecturer Dr Vincent Chakunda said there was need to guard public […]
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Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter Lupane East Member of Parliament and liberation war heroine Cde Sithembile Gumbo, who died this week, will be buried tomorrow at Lupane Provincial Heroes Acre. Cde Gumbo, who was battling bone cancer, died on Monday evening at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) where she had been admitted after being involved […]
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Locadia Mavhudzi Midlands Correspondent SIX teachers at Guinea Fowl High School and their families were left homeless after fire gutted down two housing blocks at the school. The fire broke out around 5pm at one of the teachers lodgings following a suspected electrical fault and according to the Midlands Provincial Education Director, Reverend Tedious Matienga, […]
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Sukoluhle Ndlovu Midlands Correspondent Gweru City Council is planning to install 10 000 smart water meters as it moves to recover over $57 million that it is owed by companies and residents. Speaking during a peer service level benchmark meeting, council director of engineering services Engineer Robson Manatsa said more than 60 percent of Gweru […]
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Michael Magoronga Midlands Correspondent rains that have been falling in some parts of the country, including the Midlands Province, have brought renewed hope for some farmers. Although the rains came after crops had wilted due to too much heat, livestock farmers are hopeful that pastures will be revived. Midlands crops and livestock officer Mrs Medline […]
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Locadia Mavhudzi Midlands Correspondent Silobela community has embraced the use of biogas energy at household level, which has improved their living conditions. This follows a successful pilot programme funded by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA). The biogas project has enabled the people of Gobo and Msilahobe areas in Wards 18 and 24 in Silobela to […]
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Gweru City Council has partnered police, the department of veterinary services, and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to enforce a tie up order to get rid of stray animals, which have become a menace in the city.
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Gweru City Council has come under the spotlight for allegedly discharging raw sewage into Gweru River.
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Cash strapped Gweru City Council’s (GCC) failure to deliver services to ratepayers due to under qualified senior and middle managers running the city, a service level benchmarking exercise of the city has revealed.
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Silobela legislator Mthokozisi Manoki-Mpofu has hailed Government for the timely upgrade of the Kwekwe-Nkayi-Lupane Road where significant progress has been made.
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POLICE here are concerned over the upsurge in cases of rape being perpetrated against the girl child, especially in rural areas.
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Kwekwe City’s water supply dam, Sebakwe, is 75 percent full and the water levels are enough to sustain the local authority’s water needs and that of its sister town, Redcliff, for the next 12 months, an official has said.
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