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By NQOBANI NDLOVU THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has taken the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to task for failing to authorise a vehicle parking management tender deal, resulting in potential revenue losses. AAG in a statement said the financial challenges faced by council could be eased if it regularised a parking tender deal which was awarded to a local private company in 2019. The parking tender caused divisions among city fathers, a development that saw government probing the tender process. “Nothing has been seen on the ground to show any development. “This is revenue loss to the council yet there is nothing on the side of management to show the urgency to push implementation of the deal,” the AAG statement read. “There is always urgency (by council) in pushing up rates and charges to residents. Who is really benefiting from these tenders? “It must be remembered that this same parking tender was delayed for years in the courts after a legal battle with a company that had links with one of the directors.” Bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube yesterday said the local authority was still awaiting clearance from the Zimbabwe Development Agency (ZDA) before authorising the vehicle parking management deal. “It was sent back to ZDA for further adjudication and clearance, otherwise before that we can’t do anything. “Normally, clearance has to be sought from a council oversight committee but then this one needs clearance from ZDA,” Dube said. Reports show that one of the companies linked to the parking management system, Harare City Council’s Easypark made an unsolicited bid for the parking management tender. However, questions were raised over engaging Easypark after reports emerged that the company pampered some Bulawayo councillors by booking them into a five-star hotel and provided them with goodies to influence the awarding process. The parking management services tender in Bulawayo was cancelled in 2012 by council despite having been granted to Megalithic Marketing (Private) Limited. In cancelling the tender then, council cited a “shambolic tendering” process. This resulted in a long court battle with the company as it contested the cancellation. In April 2019, BCC shortlisted Ducretion Logistics (Private) Limited and Lauvax Trading (Private) Limited trading as Propark to manage the city’s parking system, but the deal is yet to be finalised.
The post AAG, BCC clash over vehicle parking tender appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
A Nigeria Railways Corporation official said the train departs Ibadan for Lagos at 8am daily with a return trip scheduled at 4pm.
The Lagos-Ibadan expressway is notorious for heavy trucks and traffic gridlocks that can stretch for several kilometres.
The Lagos-Ibadan line is the first part of a new 2,733km Lagos-Kano standard gauge line. The total cost of the project was valued at $11.117bn.
MULTI-AWARD-WINNING Afro-pop artiste Isheanesu “Ishan” Chigagura says while the success of his yesteryear hit Kure may has spurred him to the top on the music scene he is not pressured to try and reproduce similar magic on future projects. BY KENNEDY NYAVAYA Kure, which won him 10 awards locally, would be a hard act to follow, and Ishan sought to deflect the pressure to replicate its success. The 23-year-old vocalist broke into the limelight last year with Kure, a collaboration with rapper Ti Gonzi. In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style yesterday, Ishan, who recently released an extended play (EP) titled Bhundu Pop, said creating a sound that connects with an audience was his main goal. “I have never felt pressured to match or surpass a song, the pressure I only have is to become a better version of myself each and every day,” he said. “The goal is always to make good music that I connect with and in turn connects with everyone, and I am happy that music we have made as well connects with people the way I did while I was making this project.” The nine-track EP that he produced alongside Gangster Madeit, Texas, Rayo, Lloyd Soul, Boi Tricky and Young DLC features artistes such as Gze, Gemma, Tamy Moyo and Nutty O. Ishan said the EP, that was inspired by his upbringing in rural Mvurwi was a culmination of work that had been shelved over the years. “I was raised in Mvurwi and we would wake up everyday going to herd cattle. Those moments inspired me to become the musician I am today. So by Bhundu I mean those bush moments,” he said. Although he concedes that like many local musicians plans to grow his brand have been dealt a huge blow by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ishan envisions a better 2021. “There is more growth to be expected as an artiste and brand-wise, so that means more songs, more collaborations and a bit of business ventures. We are, however, going to begin with the release of more visuals to complement the Bhundu Pop EP,” he said. Follow Kennedy on Twitter @ken_nyavaya
[New Era] Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) chief executive officer, Theo Grunewald, says the financial grants that will soon be coming from the continental rugby governing body Rugby Africa will be used for various developmental projects.
Commentary: A vaccine approaches as COVID-19 numbers increase
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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is scheduled to return in 2021, after the COVID-19 forced its cancellation earlier this year, organizers said Tuesday. The March event was abruptlycanceled less than two weeks after it beganafter news of 14 presumed positive cases of COVID-19 in Greater Houston, and evidence of community spread in Montgomery County […]
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By COLLEEN LONG and ED WHITE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases. There is a central flaw in the argument. Judges have heard the cases and have been among the harshest critics of the legal arguments put forth by Trump's legal team, often dismissing them with scathing language of repudiation. This has been true whether the judge has been appointed by a Democrat or a Republican, including […]
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[The Herald] The return to normal shifts by all nurses in the public sector, with modest groups in central hospitals being the last to do so, is very welcome, since the health of the vast majority, those who cannot afford the very expensive private care now on offer, was at serious risk.
It’s the news we have all been fearing - if not expecting. Zweli Mkhize has revealed a second wave of COVID-19 is now sweeping across South Africa.
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) councillors who were interviewed by the police during incumbent president Felton Kamambo's investigations on bribery charges claim that ousted boss Phillip Chiyangwa also paid prospective voters, the court heard. According to statements from councillors read in court, it was common for aspiring candidates to cater for the prospective voters' food, accommodation and transport expenses during the campaign period. However, Chiyangwa has denied the allegations before Magistrate Bianca Makwande, arguing that he did not campaign for the elections since he was not feeling well. Chiyangwa insists that Kamambo violated Zimbabwean laws by paying prospective voters. He maintains that Zifa statutes do not allow offering gifts to prospective voters.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Kebili local hospital saw one more death from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing fatality numbers in the region to 88 since the outbreak of the virus.
The Confederation of African Football CAF has fned Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang $10,000 for social media posts that it says tarnished the \"honour and image\" of the continental football governing body.
The Gabonese and Arsenal forward alongside his team-mates were stuck at the airport in the Gambia after arriving for a qualifying game and were not allowed to leave as officials argued over COVID-19 testing.
Aubameyang then posted pictures of players sleeping on the airport floor and wrote: \"Nice job CAF, it's as if we were back in the 1990s.\"
CAF's disciplinary committee said the content was offensive and degrading.
It also fined Gambia's FA $100,000, half of which was suspended for 24 months admitting in a statement that Gambia were in the wrong.
It said: ‘The Gambian federation did not comply to the loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship values and rules of fair play concerning the reception of the Gabonese delegation.’
The Allegheny County Health Department reported 34 new deaths and 727 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. To date, ACHD has reported 35,541 cases, 619 deaths and 2,361 past and present hospitalizations. The newly-reported deaths occurred from Nov. 20 to Dec. 8. The deaths included one individual in their 40s, one in their 50s, four in their … Continued
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According to the Public School Forum of North Carolina, 72 percent of Black and Brown students in the state’s public schools have parents who lack secure employment, compared with 21 percent of white students.
To receive the latest information about DCPS and policies related to COVID-19 for the 2020-21 academic term, go to DCPSReopenStrong.com to read a family FAQ, explore learning at home schedules by grade, and review health and safety commitments.
Artist Guy Stanley Philoche had just had an amazing sold-out show and was getting ready to reward himself with a beautiful Rolex watch worth $20,000 when coronavirus struck. Soon, New York City, where he lived, became a COVID-19 epicenter. With many families unable to afford basic necessities like food, Philoche realized that spending that huge...
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The trend is happening despite the economic downturn.
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As the Polish government plays a game of chicken with the European Union over its next long-term budget, some Poles are voicing fears that a drawn-out conflict could put their country on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or 'Polexit.' Poland's conservative government, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski's Law and Justice party, denies that it has ever wanted to leave the 27-member bloc, and popular support for EU membership runs extremely high. But critics fear the combative tone of Polish leaders — who have recently compared the EU to […]
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