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Housing  construction steer development at Mhandamahwe  growth point    By Tinaani   Nyabereka in Chivi Stands allocation by Chivi rural district council at  Mhandamhwe has steered development at the growth point as houses extension programme continues. Construction of houses which began in 1993 has since saw 100 to 150 houses being constructed  as the council  is still pegging the stands on newly opened grounds and some have been pegged  for commercial purposes “ Chivi rural district council is still giving stands here and the last time I checked around 2010 stands were being given at a price of $1300 but I heard that  the price has since changed.” Said  Reverend Chikuku. John Hussein one of the contractors said, the extension houses under constructions    have not been completed as they await to be electrified and some have water while others don’t. “ Water and electricity are not yet av...

  Drug effects on young people By  Tinaani Nyabereka in Masvingo Masvingo- The first thing I do when I see a young man or a young woman smoking weed (marijuana) is asking myself, What was the   person   who started this thinking of? Of late I came across the newest poison that people especially young people seem to enjoy. I laughed my lungs out when I was told of the ingredients that make up the “enjoyable” substance. I was told that the major ingredient is crushed Antiretroviral drug and sometimes ratax (what most people use to get rid of rats indoors). Well I am not judging anyone am not in that position at all but just want us to help each other. Mostly when youths are gathered together new ideas come up among them depending on different factors but peer pressure is always the problem. Universities record high figures of drug abuse and addiction from students. Coming home to make this more practical, smoking marijuana seems to be a norm to most st...

ZB BANK OPENS STUDENTS STASH ACCOUNTS By Tinaani Nyabereka in Masvingo (Students inquring about the ZB bank new  stash money  account) ZB Bank has opened a stash banking account for students which facilitate transfer of money at a minimised rate of  $0,25c . The registration process has since been started in all universities and colleges encouraging students to open the stash accounts ,as efforts to help them  save their money through the banking system. “the stash banking account has been opened for students to bank their money freely without high charges being charged  as the bank  charges  a dollar  for its services and it also support ATM banking.”said  Enia Chipundu,   ZB bank mashava branch manager. One of G.Z.U students Mthabisi Ndlovu, said “the banking account seem to be effective and banking friendly as its function is clearly stated, especially the low withdrawal charges and debit cards. overally the ...