New strides are being made in efforts to explore the coal bed methane in Matabeland North Province to determine whether the resource can be commercially used.Officials within Ministries of Energy and Power Development and Mines and Mining Development confirmed some meetings have been held, centred on how the project could be revived. A steering committee would be formed to spearhead the project.Lu

Businessman Simon George Rudland and his company Livera Trading (Pvt) Limited have been barred from packaging and selling cigarettes bearing the brand name "RG" on the Zimbabwean market.Cigarettes bearing the name "RG" had flooded the market thereby prejudicing the owners of the renowned "Remington Gold" brand that is also shortened as "RG" on the tobacco market.Savanna Tobacco is the licensed man

OPPOSITION parties pushed their luck “too far and too fast” by failing to uphold the tenets of peaceful demonstrations, leading to the ban of the protests by government, the State-owned but Zanu PF controlled Herald says. In an editorial comment, the government mouthpiece said:“The least we can say about the two-week ban on political processions or demonstrations in Harare is that opposition

TERTIARY institutions have an important role to play in improving the welfare of communities, national economic growth and social progress through creative thinking and technological innovations, Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko said last Friday.He said solutions to societal challenges that the country was facing required the engagement of all stakeholders such as higher education institutions, m

TEN of the 68 protesters, including journalist James Jemwa, arrested last week for inciting public violence, have been granted bail after the magistrate ruled that they were subject to a dragnet arrest.Jemwa (40), together with Samuel Tenje (42), Tonderai Fandani (27), Leo Langwani (53), Fredman Mambanjeshoma (68), Lovemore Chitongo (39), Passmore Mdala (24), Pika David (36), Tawanda Matambo (29)

A manager with a freight and clearing company last week appeared in court for allegedly swindling his employer of more than $40 000.Michael Razunguzwa (30), a branch manager with Alfa Freight International Ltd, based at the Harare International Airport, will stand trial on September 22.Razunguzwa appeared before magistrate Arnold Maburo, who remanded him to his trial date. He is facing seven count

Over 50 nurses from both private and public health institutions in the country will take part in the annual East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON) regional conference in Nairobi, Kenya, this week.The 56 nurses and midwives are expected to share experiences and findings on different areas of healthcare, namely maternal, newborn and child health, sexual and reproductive healt

Government has warned schools not to increase fees as the third term begins tomorrow saying those that will do so without approval will be dealt with severely. Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Paul Mavhima, told the Herald that schools could only increase fees if they have been given the green light to do so by the Government."As schools open, no school is suppose

The newly amended Local Government Laws Act will abolish bottlenecks that existed in handling disciplinary cases of alleged corruption involving mayors, councillors and chairpersons of councils, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Permanent Secretary Engineer George Mlilo has said.Eng Mlilo recently said the Act, which was now operational, would reveal all the shenanigans existing

President Mugabe has warned Zanu-PF youths not to abuse social media by busing it to attack rival parties and incite violence saying they should use information communication technologies to defend and promote the ruling party as well as for the development of the country.According to the Herald, Mugabe told the Zanu-PF Youth League National Assembly at the ruling party headquarters in Harare on S

Bulawayo photographer Crispen Ndlovu who was arrested Wednesday for taking pictures of riot police beating activist Alfred Dzirutwe has been admitted to hospital, Bulawayo24.com has revealed. According to Abammeli Human Rights lawyers Ndlovu is under police guard. “Crispen Ndlovu an accredited journalist from the Daily news has been admitted in a private hospital and is under police gu

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says an assortment of arms was on Tuesday discovered at the Domboshaba farm formerly owned by farmer Geofrey Kelly McKinnon (66). The farm was recently gazetted under the land reform programme and the High Court ordered McKinnon off last Friday.The police have reportedly launched an investigation into the claimed presence of ammunition producing equipment,

DIVISIONS have reportedly rocked the Zanu PF women’s league over the choice of a candidate to stand as Vice-President in the event the party agrees to their demands to reinstate a constitutional clause stipulating that one of the party’s deputies be a woman.However, the campaign seems to have hit a snag amid reports top women’s league members were now fighting each other after they failed

The Zimbabwean police have been found on the offsite after revelations that roadblocks must not be mounted less than 10 kilometres apart as it violates United Nations (UN) guidelines on road patrols.Motorists have accused police of mounting roadblocks wherever they feel like mounting one.Home Affairs Deputy Minister Obedingwa Mguni said it was not only illegal but also bizarre to have roadblocks w

A thirty year old woman who had resorted to earning a living through illegal fuel dealing was burnt to death on Sunday night when her house caught fire while preparing supper in the room where she stored petrol. The incident occurred between 7pm and 8pm and it took fire-fighters close to three hours to put out the fire. Matabeleland South police spokesperson Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed t