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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter THE Government has placed 12 more Covid-19 hotspot areas across three more provinces, under localised lockdown following a spike in cases over the last two weeks as efforts to procure two million more vaccines to reach the affected areas are underway. The country recorded a 127 percent increase in Covid-19 cases […]
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Columbus Mabika Herald Reporter SWITZERLAND has hailed the Second Republic’s economic and political reforms with the Roman Catholic Church saying it will use its vast networks to energise Zimbabwe’s re-engagement drive. This emerged after Pope Francis’ envoy Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Paolo Rudelli and Switzerland Ambassador Mr Niculin Jager paid a courtesy call on Speaker of […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter Significant progress has been made in implementing the second phase of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP), with over 7 000km of road network being fixed so far. Government declared a state of national disaster for all roads on February 9, leading to the launch of the ERRP2 in April under […]
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The rise in organised crime, especially robbery and illegal drugs, highlighted by President Mnangagwa this week is serious and does need a collective and organised effort if it is not going to spin out of control. Drugs, with organised supply chains now obvious, is a symptom of economic growth. When people are very poor you […]
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Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor ZIMBABWE international forward, Nyasha Mushekwi, has now taken his tally to 120 goals, in his career in foreign leagues, in an adventure which has taken him to four countries, and three continents. It represents a remarkable return for someone, whose first love was basketball, before Moses Chunga took a chance […]
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Political Editor A FRESH war has erupted in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid strong disagreements on whether the party should stick to the disputed MDC Alliance name or change to the proposed Citizens Convergence for Change (CCC). This comes as MDC leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora has made it clear that the name MDC Alliance belongs […]
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Blessings Chidakwa Municipal Reporter MDC-Alliance has thrown Harare City Council into a circus after the party’s suspended Mayor Mr Jacob Mafume bounced back at the town-house, clashing with the acting mayor Musarurwa Mutizwa who insists he is still in charge. Through his lawyers, Mupanga Bhatasara Attorneys, Mr Mafume in a letter dated June 7, 2021, […]
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Statement by Her Excellency, The First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa on International Widows’ Day commemorations. Today, 23 June, is a historic day the world over, were we commemorate the International Widows’ Day. We observe this symbolic day in memory of the hardships that widows face when their spouses die. Our beloved Zimbabwe is not spared […]
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Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau A combined 60 cases of Covid-19 have been reported at Bindura and Mt Darwin prisons, with two prison officers among the positive cases. Bindura Prison reported 41 cases and 19 at Mt Darwin Prison. This emerged at an emergency Covid-19 meeting held at Bindura Hospital, and the provincial taskforce team […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter ZIMBABWE yesterday unveiled a national call centre providing gender-based violence (GBV) victims and survivors a solid care package in the wake of an unprecedented surge in domestic violence cases. The helpline is a brainchild of First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who has taken the bull by its horns and pledged to play […]
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Herald Reporter The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has expressed concern over a picture circulating on social media in which two people were hugging on the smoking zone, mezzanine floor, at the Apex bank. The woman in the picture was wearing a black top and a red skirt, while the man was wearing black from top […]
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Commercial cargo is gradually piling up at Beitbridge Border Post after South Africa temporarily closed its component of the border due to a major fault on the water supply line.
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The country continues to record an increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases with 416 recorded yesterday to bring the total number of cases to 42 195.
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Illegal vendors operating at undesignated sites whose structures were demolished in Mbare are resisting eviction and engaging in running battles with the police.
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Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau A Chinhoyi regional magistrate has slapped a 51-year-old Banket man with 40 years imprisonment for raping and infecting an 11-year-old girl with HIV. Mr Ignatius Mugova found Doit Madzama of Dunphale Farm guilty of two counts of rape and sentenced him to 40 years, but he will serve an effective […]