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Farmers have called on the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) to revise the May 25 deadline for the destruction of tobacco stalks to the first week of June saying the late rains had stalled the maturity and harvesting of their crop.
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HUNDREDS of people in Mashonaland Central including ladies of the night, widows, members of child-headed families and the disabled yesterday completed training in detergent-making thanks to First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, who through her Angel of Hope Foundation and its partners, has rolled out life-changing empowerment programmes for the people.
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Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter DYNAMOS have suspended their head coach Tonderai Ndiraya. This follows a marathon crisis meeting held by the club executive along with majority shareholder Benard Marriott-Lusengo in Harare on Saturday. The club did not reveal the reasons for the somewhat shocking move but The Herald understands it was motivated by corruption and […]
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Court Reporter Agriculture deputy Minister Douglas Karoro today appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on charges of fraudulently acquiring inputs, which were meant to benefit farmers in Mbire constituency, from Grain Marketing Board under the Presidential Inputs Scheme. Karoro, who is jointly charged with Jeremy Phiri and Dean Dzimunya, was not asked to plead to […]
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Farai Dauramanzi – Herald Reporter Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Douglas Karoro has arrived at the Harare Magistrates Court where he is set to appear in court facing charges of criminal abuse of office. Deputy Minister Karoro was arrested last night on allegations of grabbing 700 bags of fertiliser, US$18 […]
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By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo The recent pronouncement by President Mnangagwa’ s Government on signing contracts with senior Government officials has led to positive attributes within ED’s Government. Literally, infrastructure development throughout the country has been of positive and tremendous progress. We are witnessing the Mbudzi roundabout project which is now taking shape and we expect […]
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Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Douglas Karoro was arrested last night on allegations of grabbing 700 bags of fertiliser, US$18 000 worth of maize seed and 5 000 vegetable seed kits from Presidential inputs schemes between March and last month, and selling them. The inputs […]
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Crime Reporter THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is conducting a joint operation with the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) targeting top-of-the-range vehicles believed to have been stolen in neighbouring countries and smuggled into the country. The operation is not only being conducted in Zimbabwe, but in the region at large as police seek to stop […]
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US goose versus NED gander THERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to raise. One matter which I dropped related to the US’s so-called National Endowment for Democracy, NED, in […]
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Herald Reporter Zimbabwean high achiever Mr Tafadzwa Chikoto, who was recently elected Mayor of Corby, a steel town in the United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday met President Mnangagwa at State House and promised to use his networks to invest in the vast opportunities found in the country. Ambassador Mutsvangwa, who attended Tuesday’s meeting said synergies […]
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Mukudzei Chingwere in BANDUNG, Indonesia ZIMBABWE could soon become a hub for manufacturing vaccines and injectable drugs for national and continental consumption as discussions open for a joint venture deal between NatPharm and a major Indonesian company. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, outlined the potential deal here yesterday […]
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Africa Moyo Deputy News Editor The Zambian Parliamentary delegation that arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday on a five-day visit, paid a courtesy call on President Mnangagwa last night and heaped praises on the infrastructure development work being done by local companies. The team said it will encourage the entire SADC region to take a leaf […]
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Tendai Rupapa in Mavhuradonha FIRST Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday took her educative and corrective male engagement initiative to combat, among other issues, gender-based violence (GBV) to her home province of Mashonaland Central amid worrying statistics that it tops in child marriages and is ranked fifth in terms of domestic violence. This comes at a […]
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Herald Correspondent Augur Investments, in partnership with the City of Harare, today launched the refurbishment of Warren Hills Golf Course in Harare. Speaking at the launch, the company chief executive officer Kenneth Sharpe said the development will mark the start of a big project. Sharpe said his plea was for the people of Zimbabwe to […]
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Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Tobacco deliveries to the auction floors have increased with growers earning a cumulative of US$228 million from the sale of 77 million kg as of last week, according to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board statistics (TIMB). This comes as 95 percent of the crop is expected to be sold through […]