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$1bn boost for tolling infrastructure Senior Reporter More than $1 billion will be pumped into the upgrading of seven toll plazas by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to ensure efficiency. The seven tollgates slated for upgrade are: Skyline, Norton, Esigodini, Mushagashe, Dema, Mupfurudzi and Colleen Bawn. Skyline, along Masvingo Road, will be relocated and will have 12 lanes. Norton, Esigodini and Mushagashe tollgates will have eight lanes each, while Dema and Colleen Bawn wil...

Wetlands: Tough laws on the cards  Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter Government is crafting tough legislation to decisively deal with land barons who are illegally parcelling out residential and commercial stands, especially on wetlands. The President is now seized with the matter and all culprits will be punished as the Government seeks to solve the problem permanently. Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda yesterday confirmed that the issue was now being handled at...

SHIMLA: Government of Nepal has allotted 679 MW Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in Nepal to the Himachal Pradesh based public sector undertaking SJVN through competitive bidding. The Investment Board of Nepal in its meeting on Friday, chaired by Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli has awarded the Project to SJVN. Informing this, SJVN’s chairman-cum-managing director Nand Lal Sharma said that he had met Oli in Kathmandu. He said that project will be completed in a time bound manner. He ...

Govt approves anti-parasitic COVID-19 drug BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA/RICHARD MUPONDE GOVERNMENT has approved mass importation of the veterinary anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, as it battles the second wave of COVID-19 infections which have rattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration after killing five government ministers. Robert Mudyiradima, the acting Health secretary wrote to the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) acting director-general Robert Rukwata directing that the...

TODAY January 27, 2021 Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has fixed March 4 for arraignment of a businessman, Oladapo Olagundoye, and his company Morobone Nig. Ltd. over alleged $490,000 fraud. Newsmen reports that Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force had in August 2020 filed a two-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining under false pretences against the defendants. However, the defendants did not appear in court for the case. According to counsel to t...

Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In-depth analysis and data-driven insights on the impact of COVID-19 included in this global industrial motors market report. The industrial motors market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 8% during the period 2020−2026. Key Highlights Offered in the Report:   The global industrial motor market is expected to grow significantly at a CAGR of over 8% by value and 11% by volume during the forecast period. Regions ...

Mliswa Questions Matiza’s Heroes Status January 25, 2021 Outspoken Independent legislator for Norton constituency Temba Mliswa has questioned the conferment of national hero status to the late Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Joel Biggie Matiza. Matiza (60) was declared a national hero together with the late former Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services Commissioner General, Paradzai Zimondi (74). Both succumbed to COVID-19. In a tweet the firebrand former Zanu PF Mash...

In line with its statutory mandate, the Nigerian Navy has in the past five years under the leadership of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas activated dedicated and routine operations to bridge the security gaps in the nation’s maritime domain to enable legitimate socio-economic activities to thrive despite inherent challenges, Chiemelie Ezeobi reports The statutory roles of the Nigerian Navy (NN) has always been defined- protecting the territorial integrity of the nation. In the past five years howev...

Modalities for exams tweaked  Herald Reporter Authorities have put in place adequate measures to cater for public examination candidates affected by transport challenges without compromising the credibility of the system by allowing latecomers to write in a secure room. Those who arrive at their centres late, but before the conclusion of the exam, when other candidates are released, will be accommodated in other rooms to take their examinations without having contact with those who might finis...

705 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the African Union (AU) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat of the continuous support of the government and the people of Ghana for the success of the free trade area initiative. He has, consequently, called on relevant stakeholders such as ministries, trade and investment promotion agencies, regulatory institutions, and business and development services providers, to work closely towards the common goal of ensuri...