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A 37-year old Zvishavane man who is mentally ill was recently acquitted of murdering his mother by the High Court on circuit in Gweru. High Court Judge Evangelista Kabasa who was on circuit at the Gweru magistrates court, acquitted Never Nhungu of Nkani Village under Chief Jiri on grounds of insanity and ordered that he be taken to […]
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Daniel Chigunwe recently in Mbire Incessant rains which have hit the Mbire community have caused delays in the distribution of Pfumvudza inputs due to the inaccessibility of roads. Trucks transporting fertilisers to the community have been forced to wait as they are unable to cross the bridges that have been swept away by rains. Mbire […]
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Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Zimbabwe is seized with the implementation of various projects that will not only have great impact on the country but will complement the continental integration agenda as envisaged by the African Union and its agencies, President Mnangagwa has said. He said this yesterday while addressing Heads of State and Government during the […]
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Blessings Chidakwa Herald Reporter TROPICAL Depression Ana that battered parts of Zimbabwe claimed 10 lives destroying homes, crops schools and other key infrastructure. In Mukumbura, 10 people were swept away with the Government yet to ascertain whether they are Zimbabweans or Mozambicans. Giving an update on rainfall-related emergencies during the National Civil Protection Committee in Harare […]
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Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter FROM next Monday e-passports that were launched by President Mnangagwa in December last year will be accepted as an official travel document at all ports of entry, the Civil Registry Department (CRD) has announced. Issuance of electronic passports began on January 18 as the CRD took heed of the Government’s directive to […]
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Ranga Mataire Deputy Editor This week, social media got a dose of some revolting diatribes from one Thandiwe Newton, a bygone era British actress whose desperation for relevance is forcing her to utter the most outrageous things about Zimbabwe. First, for those who may have missed the sordid drama, here is what happened. Last […]
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Masvingo Bureau Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said theGovernment will continue to bring sanity in urban areas where land barons were parcelling out land in wetlands, and warned that anyone caught on the wrong side of the law will face the music. The Acting President called on citizens who bought land for housing development on […]
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While Harare City Council has been keen to push up rates and other charges, it continues to provide worsening services and to degrade the city environment as it resolutely continues to destroy wetlands and keep up the creeping encroachment into public recreational land of the new housing stands for the well-connected. What a council is […]
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Gibson Nyikadzino Herald Correspondent MDC-T president Mr Douglas Mwonzora has recalled his estranged former deputy Dr Thokozani Khupe from Parliament and described her as having “anger management issues.” But Dr Khupe immediately shot back at her former ally, during a press conference in Harare, where she clung to her claim that she is the bona fide […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter PEOPLE must do away with superstitious beliefs and practices that endanger the lives of people with albinism, First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has said. People with disabilities, among other vulnerable groups, are at the heart of the work of Angel of Hope Foundation, hence Amai Mnangagwa’s decision to hold an interface with persons […]
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Business Reporter Hippo Valley Estates former finance director John Chibwe has filed a High Court application seeking to nullify and set aside a forensic audit report that linked him to financial misconduct at the sugar producing company. Tongaat Hulett, third respondent and major shareholder in Hippo Valley estates, published findings of a forensic audit report […]
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Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter More than 121 000 tobacco growers have so far registered for the 2021/22 season, with the highest number being smallholder farmers. Tobacco used to be an elite crop grown mainly by few commercial farmers, but after the land reform programme which begun in 2000, many smallholder farmers are now growing the […]
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Herald Correspondent Unregistered and unlicensed schools and colleges in Harare province, which cater for 22 569 students, can continue operating until the end of March, giving them the time they need to register with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and obtain local authority permits. The extension was […]
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Lovemore Chikova Assistant Editor A 92-year-old Malawian musician, Giddes Chalamanda, who made a significant impression in Zimbabwe in the 1950s with a group named Paseli Brothers, is making waves with his latest music that has catapulted him to international fame. Chalamanda migrated to Zimbabwe in the 1950s where he worked in the farms, but soon his […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter Parents will have to pay full fees for the 2022 first term starting on Monday, even though it is a bit shorter than usual, since the missing days have been spread over the second and third terms. But the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education said school authorities needed to agree with […]