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Agriculture Reporter Local company, Dendairy, has identified key stakeholders for lucerne production in the Lowveld who are now being equipped with technical skills on transiting from dry land to irrigation farming. The stakeholders include traditional leaders from Chilonga and Masivamela communal areas, members of the Rural District Development Committee, grassroots communities and players in the […]
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Bridget Mavhimira Lifestyle Writer Not so long ago, going to a pub in Harare was not just for fun, it had become a lifestyle for some. Sadly this is no longer the case as some pubs have since closed, changed the type of business or downgraded their standards. In the midst of this, Covid-19 struck two […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa on Thursday took her Gota/Nhanga/Ixhiba Programme, which focuses on moulding morally upright citizens and promote respect for culture, to Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) in honour of an invitation extended to her by students at universities, colleges and vocational training centres in Mashonaland Central Province. Those who […]
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Crime Reporter Vehicle license fees have been raised, with light motor vehicles now paying $3 240 for a term of four months, up from $1 800. Vehicles with a net mass of 2 251kg and above pay $4 590, according to Statutory Instrument 299 of 2022 gazetted yesterday, which showed all other vehicle classes have […]
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By Daniel Chigunwe recently in Mbire Villagers in Mbire have raised a red flag over the danger being posed by crocodiles in Angwa and Hunyani rivers following a migration of the reptiles from Lake Cabora Basa as a result of floods caused by tropical depression Ana. Efforts by wildlife rangers to deal with the crocodiles […]
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Gibson Nyikadzino Herald Correspondent A bloodbath is looming in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party after the newly formed outfit’s Harare provincial executive recently resolved to purge its old guard for outliving their usefulness. The resolution was made at a provincial meeting held at Trafalgar Court three weeks ago to deliberate […]
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Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has dismissed various social media messages attacking the credibility of the voters’ roll and accreditation processes, among other allegations. The rebuttal of the allegations was issued by acting chief elections officer Mrs Jane Chigidji. Mrs Chigidji said the allegations were baseless and meant to soil ZEC’s image […]
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Crime Reporter Government has reviewed vehicle licence fees with light motor vehicles now paying $3 240 for a term of four months up from $1 800. Vehicles with a net mass of 2 250kg and above are now paying $4 590 according to Statutory Instrument 299 of 2022 published in the Government Gazette today. All […]
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Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Parliament’s Committee on Standing Rules and Orders is today conducting interviews to fill vacancies that arose in the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission. Eleven candidates have been lined up to fill the two vacancies that arose as a result of expiry of the term of incumbents. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob […]
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Herald Reporter FORMER Zanu PF Women’s League national treasurer, Sarah Mahoka, has died. Mahoka, a former Hurungwe East legislator, died in a traffic accident on Thursday evening at Buffalo Downs, just under 3km from her farm. It is understood that she was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck that encroached […]
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The sixth session between the leaders of the European Union and the African Union being held in Brussels is not only important in general for both continents, but in particular for Zimbabwe and especially in its continued drive to be treated as an ordinary country. For both continents the need for the best possible ties […]
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Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE re-opening of Zimbabwe borders has excited players in the tourism sector who say the move would allow free movement of tourists and boost their operations. The tourism sector has been the hardest hit industry worldwide following imposition of travel restrictions as countries reacted to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Like […]
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Gilbert Munetsi Boxing Correspondent A RESOLUTION to boycott all boxing activities should the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation fail to appoint a board of control within seven days was arrived at during a crunch meeting held in Harare on Wednesday. The meeting, also held virtually for the benefit of those from outside Harare, […]
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Bridget Mavhimira All set for the next edition of the Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA) 2022 scheduled to take place tomorrow at Newlands Country Club in Harare. The event, which is strictly by invitation, will be honouring locally based musicians and those in the diaspora. The organisers announced last week that this year’s edition will be […]
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Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Kwekwe residents are up in arms with their local authority after tariffs were reviewed upwards by over 500 percent. Business and residents said they were shocked to receive huge bills this month without any prior formal communication. “I used to pay around $3 000 per month but I was shocked to […]