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Mavambo Project Fails to Pay Agents
allafrica.com yesterday
Posted to the web 15 May 2008 A PROVINCIAL coordinator for the Mavambo Project failed to pay polling officers who worked as agents for Dr Simba Makoni at the harmonised 29 March elections and may have converted the money to his personal use. Retired Colonel Mutoti is reported to be giving...
Thief Hides in Shop Ceiling
allafrica.com May 13, 2008
Posted to the web 13 May 2008 A GWERU man who broke into a Walk Tall shop in the city centre after gaining entry through the roof and stole 19 pairs of shoes spent some time hiding in the ceiling with the police searching for him. Confirming the incident that happened on Sunday at about 9.50pm,...
Zimbabwe: Journalist Matarise Dies
allafrica.com May 9, 2008 1 related
Former Chronicle and New Ziana Midlands bureau chief Takesure Matarise has died. He was 49. ... He succumbed to diabetes. He joined Moto magazine in Gweru before moving to Chronicle in Bulawayo where he became the paper's first bureau chief for Midlands based in Gweru in...
Savanna Trust's Show Wows Lalapansi Community
allafrica.com May 9, 2008 1 related
Wadzanayi Farm was a beehive of activity last weekend as artistes from different genres descended on the small community of Lalapansi, about 42km from Gweru. ... Savanna Trust, a highly-acclaimed organisation that focuses on promoting arts, had one mandate when they...
Zimbabwe: Journalists Commemorate World Press Freedom Day
allafrica.com May 2, 2008 1 related
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has lined up a number of activities to mark the World Press Freedom Day which will be held on Saturday 3 May. ... ZUJ spokesperson Tapfuma Machakaire said the celebrations will be held in provincial centres such as Gweru, Mutare,...
DRC Leading Copper, Cobalt Producer Eyes Zim
allafrica.com Apr 15, 2008 1 related
Democratic Republic of Congo's leading copper and cobalt producer, Central African Mining and Exploration Company Plc (Camec) intends to develop a US$200 million platinum mine on the Bougai and Kironde claims, 60 kilometres southwest of Gweru within the next 18 months.
Zimbabwe: Post-Election Violence Mounts
allafrica.com Apr 14, 2008 19 related
ON 6 April, Wellington Gweru, the MDC council candidate who lost his bid to win Ward 10 in Chiweshe, says he decided to spend the night with his family at their uncle's home in anticipation of an announcement of the presidential election results. ... "A few days earlier,...
Zimbabwe: ZEC Officials Appear in Court
allafrica.com Apr 10, 2008 6 related
Eight Zimbabwe Electoral Commission officers from Mashonaland West, Gweru, Mutare and Binga accused of electoral fraud during the hamornised March 29 elections have appeared in court. ... Midlands Provincial Elections officer Docas Mpofu (50) was not formally charged...
Ruling Party Accused of Assaulting Opposition Members
allafrica.com Apr 9, 2008 11 related
Zanu-PF has sent militias into areas where it lost to the MDC, to assault those suspected of voting for the opposition. In Gweru in the Midlands province, a human rights group reports that soldiers beat up revellers and late night shoppers in the city of Gweru, as punishment for not 'voting...
Mar 30, Agricultural Animal Sciences Sholarships
advance-africa.com Mar 30, 2008
I am an MSc Degree holder in the field of Agricultural Animal Sciences. I want to pursue my academic studies in any region of Africa with emphasis in ... Livestock Breeding and Genetics. I am looking for a scholarship to meet my goal. ... by Tada Obert (Gweru, Midlands,...