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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 […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Senior Health Reporter Zimbabwe’s private health sector has taken the initiative to complement Government efforts to improve early detection of cancers and other diseases through the use of DNA. Cimas Medical Aid Society recently procured a genetic sequencing machine, making it one of the few organisations in possession of such technology that could revolutionise […]
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Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter ZANU PF will commence a restructuring exercise next month, beginning with party cells and villages to ensure that all members, regardless of their positions, are registered in the party structures. The convening of Provincial Coordinating Committees’ meetings from 4 and 5 May will kick-start the restructuring exercise. Every year, the ruling […]
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AS the ZiG continues to strengthen, gaining just over 2,2 percent against the US dollar since its launch two and half weeks ago, it has now been fully accepted by the formal Zimbabwean business community, including those who had tried to switch to pure US dollar transactions. The important regional airline fastjet is now accepting […]
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Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter FOOTBALLERS Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) are getting increasingly frustrated with how authorities have been dealing with striker Obriel Chirinda’s raging transfer saga with the player’s trade union body on Monday giving ZIFA a 48-hour ultimatum to intervene. Chirinda is at the centre of controversy after allegedly signing two contracts with giants […]
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Bulawayo Bureau THE completion of the 600MW Hwange Thermal Power Station Units 7 and 8 project last year and the increasing private sector investment in renewable energy has cushioned Zimbabwe from extensive load shedding, at a time when power generation at the giant Kariba Hydro Power Station has been crippled by low water levels due […]
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Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter National heroine, Cde Tsitsi Grace Jadagu, was a dedicated and fearless character who contributed immensely during and after the liberation struggle, friends and political allies have said. The national heroine worked closely with Cdes Shuvai Mahofa, Ruth Chinamano, Sabina Mugabe, and Pamela Tungamirai. She also worked closely with Zanu PF Politburo […]
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Valerie Mpundu Arts Reporter Local actress Chimwemwe Chipidza is set to represent Zimbabwe in Uganda on May 24 at the Africa Monologue Challenge, a prestigious competition where actors from the continent compete for a lead role in a Pan-African film, among other exciting prizes. The challenge gives budding and aspiring actors the ultimate chance to […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter Zimbabwe is set to benefit from a US$600 million World Health Organisation (WHO) cervical cancer funding programme targeting developing countries disproportionately affected by the disease. The country is ranked fourth among the states heavily burdened with cervical cancer globally, with an estimated 3 000 new cases diagnosed each year. The […]