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Mukudzei Chingwere in Tehran, Iran Zimbabwe and Iran are seeking to expedite the implementation of the economic cooperation signed last year amid rising interest from the Middle East economic powerhouse to invest in Africa, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said. VP Chiwenga revealed this when he met Iran President Ebrahim Raisi here this morning. […]
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Bulawayo Bureau CORRUPT politicians and civil servants were yesterday blamed by the Permanent Secretary for Presidential Affairs in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Engineer Tafadzwa Muguti and the Permanent Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Professor Obert Jiri, for the land grabs around cities and irregular urban settlements. Speaking at […]
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Blessings Chidakwa-Herald Reporter WORK has started on the Kunzvi water treatment plant and the pipeline to Harare Metropolitan, with 18km having been cleared for pipe laying while progress on building the dam continues. Government is working relentlessly to ensure the completion of Kunzvi Dam along with the associated water works and pipeline. This will add […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent A SUSPECTED fake doctor, who allegedly exposed himself after he was seen holding an X-ray upside down, analysing it in front of a patient at a Harare hospital, has been arrested and taken to court. The complainant is Whatmore Tarugarira (43), the loss control officer at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare. […]
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ZIMBABWE is almost entirely an exporter of commodities, with 80 percent of export value coming from minerals and most of the remaining 20 percent being tobacco, backed by other agricultural products such as cotton. Even here the commodities are often exported in a raw or semi raw state, with only modest processing before they leave […]
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SABI Star Mine has edged closer to completing its 15 megawatt (MW) thermal power plant built for US$5 million while the lithium miner targets integrating the facility into the national grid by the second half of this year.
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Zimpapers Sports Hub ZIMBABWE’S hopes of making the finals of the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup took a huge knock when they suffered a shock six-wicket defeat against Vanuatu, with 21 balls to spare, in a Group B match of the Global qualifiers in Abu Dhabi last night. Pre-tournament permutations were that Zimbabwe would […]
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Mashudu Netsianda-Bulawayo Bureau A US$45 million fund has been created through a partnership between Government and the private sector to expedite investment in renewable energy, in a bid to mitigate the impact of climate change. The partnership will also launch a climate tagging system, known as the development projects management information system, to enhance accountability and […]
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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Zimbabwe and South Africa’s security officials have intensified their anti-smuggling drive in the last few weeks as the smuggling of cigarettes between the two nations continues. On Wednesday, South African police intercepted a contraband of cigarettes worth R150 000 in Musina town. Criminals moving Zimbabwean tobacco products to South Africa via […]
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Blessings Chidakwa Herald Reporter Perennial water woes bedevilling Harare will soon be a thing of the past as the clearing of land for the laying of a pipeline from Kunzvi Dam has commenced, with 18 kilometres cleared as of today.
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Zvamaida Murwira-Senior Reporter THE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority will lead in the revival of 460 irrigation schemes where it will employ a manager at each scheme responsible for cropping and marketing of products as the Government steps up efforts to mitigate the climate-change induced drought, a senior official has said. Agricultural and Rural Development […]
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Herald Reporter PEOPLE convicted of sexual crimes and offences against morality will not benefit from the amnesty granted to over 4 000 prisoners by President Mnangagwa last week. This is contained in General Notice 498A of 2024 published yesterday in an Extraordinary Gazette, correcting an error published last week in General Notice 467 of 2024: […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Senior Health Reporter Government has pledged to increase domestic funding to ensure effective and accelerated progress towards the provision of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for all. While the country has made significant strides in the past decade, inequalities continue to disadvantage many women and girls. This was revealed in the findings from […]
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SO serious is the menace of drug abuse in Zimbabwe, and so multi-faceted is the need for a response, that a specialist Drug and Substance Abuse Agency, now proposed by Cabinet, makes a great deal of sense. The principles of the proposed enabling legislation were approved this week and a detailed Bill will now be […]
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Golden Sibanda LEADING Dubai property firm, Psi Real Estate, a partner of global luxury real estate developer DAMAC, is among major foreign companies participating at the 64th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). This comes as Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) already enjoy solid economic and political relations, with the Gulf […]