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Council blocks Bikita Minerals from constructing 1.5k houses

By Brilliant Mukaro

BIKITA – Bikita Residents have referred the current crop of councilors as useless and anti-development accusing them of blocking Bikita Minerals from constructing houses for its workers at Nyika growth point.
This came at a mining Indaba organized by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) at Nyika growth point on Wednesday June 7.
The meeting which provided a platform for dialogue on natural resource governance and peace building was attended by members of Bikita Residents and Ratepayers Association (BIRRA) and Bikita Business Association (BBA), councilors and traditional leaders.
Residents complained that Bikita Minerals was doing little to boost business at Nyika growth point which is the capital of the district despite being touted as one of the biggest producers of lithium in the country.
The scathing accusation came after Bikita Minerals public relations officer Collen Nikisi said the company had intentions to build houses for its nearly 1500 workers at Nyika but council overcharged the stands.
He said the company is currently looking for land from farms surrounding the mine to build the houses.
This did not go down well with concerned residents who became irate and accused the councilors of being useless, for letting such a golden opportunity go by the wind.
BBA chairperson Charles Musimiki did not mince his words describing policy makers from the district as useless and anti- development.
He said the plan was a golden opportunity which would boost business for the growth point which is developing at a tortoise’s pace as compared to other growth points like Jerera, Mpandawana and Murambinda.
“Our councilors are useless and anti – development, we are going to take this issue head on, we would like the growth of the Mine to also spill to Nyika which is the capital of the growth point”, said Musimiki.
BIRRA residents coordinator Bright Maduyu said construction of houses at Nyika was more clever than building them at the Mine site as they would become a white elephant after depletion of the resource being explored.
He said such a situation has become synonymous with a lot of Mines across the country where valuable infrastructure is lying idle.
He also implored the Mine to consider building a stadium for its team which is in the premier soccer league at Nyika.
“Construction of Bikita Minerals accommodation for workers at Nyika is wiser than any other place. This is the capital of the district which has prospects of continuity. The Mine site will become a forest when there is no more exploration”, said Maduyu.
Bikita Ward 12 Councillor Brighton Mushekwa who is a member of the Bikita RDC Environment and Planning Committee who stood in for the local authority laid blame on the previous council saying the crop of councilors in the previous term scored a lot of own goals but promised to raise the issue since the matter is dealt with by his committee.
“It is wrong to say Bikita councillors are useless. You must understand that we have a few months in office. The resolution that blocked that development was made before we assumed office, we will make sure it is redressed” said Mushekwa.
ZCC provincial programmes coordinator Tawanda Mafuta applauded stakeholders for the fruitful engagement.
He said his organisation in conjunction with likeminded organizations like BIRRA will continue to organize such programmes and make sure residents make follow ups on promised projects.
“I am grateful that this meeting has created dialogue for stakeholders who are geared for development. We will continue organizing these meetings to ensure that promises are implemented. We do not want mere words but we want to see action”, said Mafuta.

Mazizi, stop flogging a dead horse

When I was growing up kwaChirimudombo kwedu uko, I always wondered why this one homestead always had noise, and on top of that pamba ipapo paibuda shasha dzepamuromo worse still dzisingaoni kana tai kuchikoro. It was always dzvootsvoo day in day out, bva kana nekumunda hakuna chaikohwewa, yaive zhara yoga yoga chero kunaye sei, uone mawandiro evanhu at one homestead. What never ceased to amaze me though was the amount of tumoto moto twaiveswapo; kudai uno atobuda anotanga chake choto, uno akutobikawo tuhove twake apo, uyuwo tumbeva twake necheapo, mumwewo tuhowa apo kkkkkk. Most of the adults’ vepo also never bothered to look for jobs, kwaingova kupopotedzerana munda watateguru, jecha roga roga, apa pasina kana chisvinu chairimwamo. I watched with glee over the past week how the supposed ‘government in waiting’ reminisced that family, vanhu kuita kutavurana manhenga on public platforms. Ndoreva iwo machongwe eMazizi zve awa, who, last year this time we were anticipating for their ascendancy to power. For the benefit of those who don’t know, a few years back, at the advent of Varakashi, nekusada kusarira the Yellow Brigade adopted the Mazizi tagline, which obviously emanated from the mockery of whatever was being mocked panguva iyoyo. Those were the days when load shedding was at its peak. Ehe ndozviziva kuti we have countless peaks when it comes to loadshedding but for context, you should remember that time yataigara murima semazizi. On that note, I just think many of the lot yanga iri muCCC is in denial kuti chinhu chavo chakaora kudhara, and out of bitterness harboured over years, they just want to find somewhere to bleed. Too many mistakes were made kubva kuna Tsvangison chaiko, worse Nero threw those who had endured nemusangano under the bus, and there was never any effort to rectify those mistakes, now vavakutatadzurirana nyama yakaora. Ini ndiri gentleman handivanzi, I believe the bitterness of the comrades that were wronged kubva kare is the one that destroyed chimusangano chavo ichi. There were just too many holes ekuvhurira mhepo kuti ipinde, zvosanganawo netoxic entitlement ine maZimbabwean politicians in general, vana ‘we died for this country’, haa hapana chinobuda. Zvoti again kurumirana muvhu nekusava principled pakutaura chokwadi, including bootlicking yevakuru, kubika mbodza chaiko. I have a feeling Murisi Zwizwai died a bitter man, as testified at his funeral by the so called comrades. Too much betrayal from within. Who would have known kuti Mai Kore nekuimba kwese kwavaiita Chamisa Kakata, Chamisa Dhonza kumarally aya she could be the one aitosota hake tsoro yose kusvika Scott apinda muparliament? Remember Mai Kore vakamboita mwana wavo akaonekwa kuState House uko madays ana Lawyers for ED, kutoitwa interview naVaBarwe paNational Broadcaster, and Mai Kore vacho put herself in knots trying to distance herself from the young lady, chero takazoziva hedu kuti she was her niece, and atori sazita wavo and they are actually close. Tichagoziva zvipi kana zvadai, pamwe ndopaitotambwa tsoro yacho. I told you kuti Tshabangu was a mere stooge mukati ndinopenga, he was just given names and instructions, musangano wedu wekuyera uyu ukatoti chance given, ndokushonyorora mutemo to make sure zvavanoda zvaita. Asiwo nemi maZimbabweans, chiiko chiya chamakarega chichipinda muConstitution, chimutemo chemarecalls chiya?
Anyway, you should remember pane mamwe mazita on the recalls list akanzi akapinda nemistake, kkkk, haa unenge une ropa rakanhanzvwa nembwa chokwadi. Chinopedza power manje is how the party, or should I say movement yeUnstrategic ambiguity iyi has always been vulnerable to infiltration from ruling party. It just means kuti wherever Nero goes, anenge achingokweva jira rine inda, ugoshaya kuti nekufunda kwakaita macomrades kwese kuya havagoni kugadzira some fool proof ways dzekugadzirisa zvinhu izvi here? Kedu kemuHarare aka Mafume, has history yekutopandukira Tsvangison chaiye; ndangoreva iyeye because to me he surpasses others in being a flipflopper and power hungry. Hezvino Tshabangu atove leader of opposition makangoti vavava, vanaHwende, or maybe it is what you have always wanted? Muparliament macho zero zero, chozikanwa hapana. Mangova vanatumburatigoche, kkkkk, ini zvangu ini. Honorable Makumire havo ndivo vanoisa paTiktok his submissions mudare, totomboitawo tariro mbichana. But ini hangu semunhu who loves peace, I just want to give advice kune vechidiki who still have hope nekuzotungamira ramangwana when this diseased dog of an opposition has died. Ostallos, Obey Sithole, Fadzi, Joanna, Kademaunga newewo Kurauone plus vamwe vanaCecilia and the lot, do not burn bridges between each other muchifurirwa nemacareer politician awa vasina njere nemabasa. Maactivists vanaMako Haruzivishe, vanaTawanda Muchehiwa nanaPride Mukono vanoodzwa moyo nazvo izvi apa vakatambudzwa nayo regime mahara. Do not forget also the Dzamara brothers who had to pay the ultimate price for daring to speak against matororo aya. Do not perpetuate all this ‘democrazy’ muchikopa Zanu kuita semunopenga. I know the current establishment is messed up, and it looks like there is no hope, but I believe the young will rescue it. See how desperate they all are to lead the party, apa hapana kana ane spine to do that. Tora zvako chinhu Tshabangu iwe ndiwe wadii, unongonodhonda dhonda urimo kusvika vazokusvipawo when you lose relevance wodzokera kwako chaiko. Dhagi akatomboitawo motorcade wani zvikashamisira parukesheni, kkkk. Vafana vechidiki, listen when I speak, these people who have always been destroying the party from within kubva kare are not worth you tearing each other apart on social media handitika. Vanhu varikungodawo kudya ava, madhara ava kuchembera asina kana penjeni and ndopenjeni yavo iyoyi. Trying to build a viable opposition with these old hags is like flogging a dead horse, harimuki nyangorova nemboma yemvuu. It will just go through the same cycle and back again to zero. Musangano is not built on social media, paX paya where you spend all your time shouting at each other. Bvunzai Malema kana muchiti ndinonyepa. Who would have thought his party would come a distant fourth, kukurirwa neparty yaMsholozi waakadzingisa basa. One thing I like zvangu when it comes to Malema is that he is very much principled, and he will stand by his principles come what may. He never backtracked on the issue yemaimmigrants no matter how unpopular it made him. Iyezvinozvi he is adamantly refusing to be a part of a government of national unity neDA, and that is what he has always been saying. Haaite shift magoalposts like what we see kuopposition yedu kunoku. But on a lighter note, ari kuita achikoromoka marevolutionary party kuSouthern Africa, kwasara isu takanokorwa tsoka newakafa. Kutongomirira nguva yaivo vanaDhugish naNumber One and Half Dzambarafuta Wiknero ipere, ko handiti ndiye ava mujinga jinga chaimo. Dr Chandaizment vakangoudza povo kuti ‘regerai vakomana’ papinda maZig paya, sekuti ndivo vane uso hunoshandisika pakuvhundusira vanhu, tongoona tsvoposi yavo irikumira mirawo chose mune zvemodelling zvaingoitawo Mary. Vanotambira musosho munotovaonawo chose vane masocialites vachishandisawo zita remaslay queen, hanzi Minnie, nhaka hangu ndichakaviwa shaya naColonel ndigotadza kutsenga maputi zvikagoti ndinomada, kkkk. Uku Mai Two vanenge vachingobikawo howa hwakaomesewa nedivi, makeup ichimokotoka pamoto kunge dovi, kkkkk, ini zvangu ini. Nedress reshiri yenyika. But honestly, mucheka uya unoita kunge machira emudzimu, or maybe kungouvenga because it’s associated neZanu. Next time I will try to be lenient, but I can’t promise, I am just too objective. Chakashata chakashata. Ahh huye maminister enyu that you just pick from nowhere aya, I tried to comprehend Mavetera’s key takeaways from the South Korea digital summit, kutsenga tsenga zvokwadi. Ingori ‘nyika inovakwa nevene’, ‘Vision 2030’ nepasingadi slogan. Ndozvinodzikisa data here izvozvo nhai Tendai Jari? Munosvodesavo imi.
Let me go ndinokanga maputi angu zvangu for lunch, mazuvano arikunetsa kuwanaka neiyo El Nino drought iyoyi, kutoverenga shanga dzechibage pazuva. Mabanana akaora ndoari kumbowanikwa mbichana. But before I go, I just want to ask kuti ko nhai Kiritsopfaa anombosvutei chaizvo because kamwe kakupfichuka kaanozoita unongoona kuti hazvisisina hudignitary mukati. Maybe he was celebrating Baby Boy wavo’s release from jail. Takaona judge vakuzviita recuse from the case yaNeville and we knew kuti zvaendwa. Asi imimiwo futi, makurega Mhamha vachikicka bhora negogo futi ko vakapunzika negotsi dhirezi rikaenda kumeso? ZvaOkidhoki zvinokunda ngoma kurira chokwadi. Regai zvedu tikweshe man’a timirire SADC, ko iyo haiiti tour yenyika yose here timbovharirwa mapothole azara muno medu muMasvingo? Ko VaMphoko sahwira wangu where is he mazuvano nhaimi? I miss kumboona face yemutungamiri one oga who wanted to offer his post kumudzimai washefu, kkkkk. Talk about loyalty. Until next week, mboko imboko!!

Zhombe man stoned over gold mine

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By Tinaani Nyabereka

Gweru – A 37-year-old man from Zhombe is nursing wounds sustained when he was severely assaulted with stones and stabbed by Columbian knives until he fell unconscious in a dispute involving a gold mine.
The incident happened at St Andrew’s Business Centre, in Zhombe area under Chief Gwesela on Friday May 24, 2024 at about 1700 hours.
Midlands Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the development saying police were looking for the suspects and appealed for information that could help in apprehending them.
“I can confirm we have an incident where a man was severely assaulted over a gold mine dispute by four men in Zhombe.
“We humbly request for assistance from the public to locate the suspects who are sought to face attempted murder charges,” Mahoko said.
The police identified the victim as Tichaona Chiremba( 37) and the suspects as Maibongo Ngwalati, Jerry Kwenya, Nathan Mdudusi and Mdudusi Kwenya all from Lwisani village under Chief Gwesela in Zhombe.
Allegations are that the four suspects approached the victim at St Andrews Business Centre accusing him of having been involved in a misunderstanding earlier with them over gold mining.
They hit him with stones and he tried to run away. They caught up with him about 100 metres from the Business Centre and stabbed him several times with Columbian knives.
He sustained several serious stab wounds. The victim is admitted at Zhombe Mission Hospital where he is receiving treatment.

Robbers terrorize Kwekwe

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By Tinaani Nyabereka

Kwekwe- Police here have confirmed receiving reports of a spat of robbery cases that occurred around the Riverside area, Kwekwe, on May 27, 2024, at about 0140 hours.
Midlands Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident and is appealing for information regarding the suspects’ whereabouts
“I confirm receiving reports of eight robbery cases which occurred around the Riverside area in Kwekwe.
“We are appealing to members of the public who might know these culprits to contact any police station,” said Mahoko.
Circumstances are that, six unknown men caused havoc in Sunnyside and Riverside plots in Kwekwe when they robbed homesteads and tuck shops, looting cash, groceries and various items.
About two houses and four tuck shops were broken into.
The suspects were forcefully opening doors and demanding cash, cellphones, groceries, and other valuables.

Ithemba for Girls, WALPE train citizen journalists

By Staff Reporter

Ithemba for Girls in partnership with the Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) recently equipped 18 young women in Honde Valley with citizen journalism skills.
Speaking to this publication, Ithemba for Girls director Bethu Tsunga said they conducted a fruitful short course that empowers young women with strong weapons to safeguard the community through monitoring the flow of information to combat misinformation.
“Our young girls are now watchdogs of the community and I’m sure they will make Honde Valley a safe community.
“We are happy that young ladies have been empowered. Last time we taught them about Law and this time it’s Journalism. They now know their rights and can disseminate information about their community,” said Tsunga.
The trainees said they were happy to get such important training and vowed to put what they had learnt into practice and report issues that affect people.
“We are happy. Thank you for this important information, we did not know that we could be that powerful.
“We now know that our smartphones are tools to make the community a safe place. We have been using them for gossiping and other unproductive things but now we will use them to help develop our community through information dissemination,” said one trainee, Confidence Mtetwa.
Ithemba for Girls Board Secretary and Trustee Patience Chimedza said the training was essential to empower young girls and women since they had no one to report to on issues affecting them in the community.
“As Ithemba for Girls and WALPE, we have seen it very important to train young women and girls citizen journalism because we have seen that there was not enough coverage of issues that affect youths, especially women as well as issues to do with development in the society.
“We have seen that it is important to teach them to report issues affecting them and they were happy because it was their first time to learn about citizen Journalism”, said Chimedza.
The trainers were Patience Tsunga and Heather Claris Buzuzi.
Buzuzi taught them on Introduction, Definition, Roles, History, Advantages and Disadvantages of citizen journalism as well as citizen journalism as a tool in promoting young women’s participation in key national issues for promoting community development.
Patience Tsunga taught them Ethics and Media Laws that will guide them to do their work within the confines of the law.

Women’s club donates sanitary wear to Mucheke High

By Decide Nhendo

Masvingo Urban Women in Progress Community Group (UWPCG), a savings club, recently donated sanitary wear to Mucheke High School and the group intends to extend the donations to other local schools from the money they get from their cooperative.
UWPCG chairperson Regina Chabhanga said they were helping girls to inspire them to do the same when they grow up.
“We are helping girls because we want to make them learn to help others from what we are doing. We encourage guardians to make sure they help the girl child because she represents motherhood,” said Chabhanga.
One of UWPCG members Rebecca Magomo said they chose Mucheke High because that’s where most of the group members learnt and the gesture was a payback to the school.
“We chose to start by donating sanitary wear to Mucheke High because most of us did our secondary education here, so it is a way of paying back to the school and community,” said Magomo.
Magomo said they bought 110 packs of sanitary wear that will be distributed at the school to ease period poverty which at times affects their learning.
“We have handed over 110 packs of 10 to Mucheke learners because we thought as mothers that we need to help the girl child,” said Magomo.
She said the group was hoping to help young ladies who are victims of unwanted pregnancies and are sent away by parents from their homes, which was a common feature within communities, but financial constraints were still holding them back.
“We have plans to help young ladies who get unwanted pregnancies with necessities since most of them are being sent away by their parents who will not want to look after their children, however, our main challenge is lack of resources,” said Magomo.
UWPCG started in 2019 as a savings club and they contributed money which will then be lent out to members who would return it with interest. They would buy furniture among other things before they ventured into helping others.

Gweru City Council goes after heavy vehicles

By Tinaani Nyabereka

MIDLANDS – Gweru City Council is set to go after heavy vehicles whose drivers they are accusing of violating road regulations and damaging roads in Gweru.
The move was announced by Gweru Mayor, Cllr Martin Chivhoko during a full council meeting that was held at the townhouse recently.
He said for long, truck drivers have been violating traffic regulations in the city with some cutting through the Central Business District (CBD) using the wrong routes.
“What are we going to do with the trucks that are violating the road? We see most truck drivers cut across the CBD but what bothers us is, we are our law enforcement agencies.
“We need to bring sanity to the city, trucks need to use authorized routes and move at the periphery of the city, we can’t have both heavy and light motor vehicles congesting the city. We have vehicles from Chinese companies who are using our roads.
“We see trucks carrying heavy loads of chrome, they are not supposed to congest, the suburbs so these companies must take part in the rehabilitation of most of the roads as trucks are heavily damaging the roads,” Chivhoko said.
Chivhoko added that the heavy trucks were flouting council by-laws by driving through residential suburbs where they are not allowed to.
“The heavy trucks are violating council by-laws by driving through residential areas. Heavy vehicles are not allowed in residential suburbs because the roads are not designed for their weight.
“They are destroying our roads causing potholes.
Council is going to clamp and fine such vehicles,” said.

Man sells dead man’s tipper left in his custody for 3 years

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By Bright Zhou

A 51-year-old man who resides in Chatsworth, Masvingo was arrested after swapping a dead man’s tipper truck left in his custody with a mini-bus and has appeared before Masvingo Regional Magistrate Bishard Chineka on theft charges on May 29, 2024.
Chineka remanded the accused Absalom Masvinge, in custody for continuation of trial on June 3, 2024.
The state heard that in mid-2021 Masvinge was left in custody of a red tipper truck which had a breakdown by the now deceased Shepherd Chara and was asked to keep it safe until he came back to repair and collect it.
Three years passed and Shepherd did not collect his truck from Masvinge’s homestead as he had unfortunately gotten ill and died before collecting the truck.
Masvinge later swapped the truck for a white Iveco Minibus with Takunda Takawira who resides in Limpopo View, Beitbridge.
Sharon Chara, the deceased’s wife then sent a mechanic to repair the truck at Masvinge’s homestead, only to find out that it was not there.
Sharon called Masvinge who told her he had swapped the truck because her husband owed him US$700.
Chara reported the matter to the police and investigations were carried out leading to the arrest of Masvinge.
In his defense, Masvinge said he did not swap the truck because the owner was dead but because he owed him a storage fee at the time of his death since they had agreed that the now deceased would pay US$15 every day but did not get a single cent for three years.
“The deceased promised to pay me US$15 for safekeeping his truck but he did not do so for three years. Apart from that the deceased owed me US$700 so I swapped his truck to get back my money although I did not know he was dead,” said Masvinge.

Man kills shebeen owner after losing US$80 gambling

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By Staff Reporter

MWENEZI – A beer-drinking spree and gambling game ended tragically after one man from Mutandavadze Village in Chief Mazhetese area, Sovelele, Mwenezi stabbed and killed a shebeen owner whom he accused of stealing cash and his bicycle.
The incident happened after the accused lost US$80 while gambling at the deceased’s place where they were drinking beer.
Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident and urged people not to solve disputes by use of violence especially when drunk and to value the sanctity of life.
“We have a report of murder from Mwenezi where a man stabbed and killed another whilst they were drinking and gambling at the now deceased’s place. We urge members of the community not to solve disputes using violence and whilst drunk. We also encourage people to value the sanctity of life,
said Dhewa.
Sources privy to the incident said on May 27, the deceased Wellington Zhou (38) was drinking and gambling with the accused, Takura Hove. Hove asked for US$40 Zhou which he lost in the gamble and went home where he brought another US$40 and lost it again.
The following day around 2 am whilst at the deceased’s place, the two had an altercation with Hove accusing Zhou of stealing his Itel Cellphone, US$100 and a bicycle.
Hove drew a knife from his pocket and stabbed the now deceased once on the chest and he died instantly.
The matter was reported to the police who attended the scene and found the alleged stolen cellphone in the deceased’s pocket and the bicycle in his house.

ZRP Gutu commissions dog Kennel

By Precila Takabvirakare

Zimbabwe Republic Police Gutu Camp has commissioned a four dog kennel, a development that will see the camp having a canine department which will come in handy to combat crime.
The kennel was officially commissioned by Officer Commanding Masvingo East District Superintendent Crime Musafari Mahwite on May 30, 2024.
The kennel was constructed at Gutu Police Station by Business Against Crime Forum of Zimbabwe (BACFOZ) and Crime Liaison Committee (CLC) to help police execute their duties.
Speaking during the ceremony, Supt Mahwite applauded the support from the two organizations saying the development had lasting advantages in fighting crime.
“I want to appreciate the support that we are getting from the community, this partnership helps in fighting crime. The community and the police will help each other to identify, prioritize and solve contemporary problems such as drug abuse, social disorder and overall neighborhood decay with the goal of improving the general quality of life in the area,” said Mahwite
He said the development came at the time when the police were working tirelessly to deliver on its policing theme.
“The construction of this dog kennel came at a time when ZRP is making frantic efforts to deliver its mandate in line with 2024 policing theme (ZRP for Peace and Security towards National Development).
“This theme resonates very well with the national vision of becoming an upper middle income economy by year 2030. So for this to happen resources such as dogs and human capital are needed in the fight against crime,” said Mahwite
He further said the donated dog section will help in crime scene attendance saying dogs were handy in police work.
“Dogs are very important, they can be used to search for drugs, explosives, locate missing persons and help crime scene attendance. I therefore encourage the community to report crimes where dog services will be required timeously,” he said.
Speaking at the same event Officer in Charge Gutu Police Station Inspector Cames Muyambo thanked the community for the support which he said results in promoting peace and security.
“I would like to thank BACFOZ AND CLC for this donation, it is very crucial as it will improve our service delivery to promote peace and security. This will in turn help in developing our community,” Inspector Muyambo
Giving vote of thanks Chief Makore born Jemetias Muzenda praised the collaboration between the community and the ZRP.
“I am grateful to BACFOZ and CLC for this great initiative it shows that we are one family. As Chiefs we are also police officers, we work very well with ZRP. They even use our cars to attend crime scenes when they have challenges with their own vehicles so let us keep on working together,” said Makore.
Apart from constructing the dog kennel, the two committees also helped with resuscitation of the ZRP Gutu canteen whose profits are being used to sustain the station’s operations such as procurement of fuel, stationery as well as fleet servicing.