-
Felex Share Senior Reporter— UNITED Nations Secretary-General Mr António Guterres yesterday called for calm and preservation of human rights following the political and socio-economic stabilisation intervention by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces on Wednesday. This comes as the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation met in Botswana yesterday and called for the settling of differences in […]
-
Fidelis Munyoro Herald Reporter— ZANU-PF has emphasised that all disciplinary cases should be dealt with in accordance with the laid down procedures set out in the party constitution. The clarification comes in the wake of ongoing purges of over 100 party members, among them Politburo and Central Committee members, accused of working with former Vice President […]
-
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter— Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday expelled from Zanu PF two days after President Mugabe dismissed him from Government. President Mugabe fired him from Government on various charges including discharging his duties in a manner inconsistent with his official duties, disloyalty, disrespect, deceitfulness and unreliability and a lack of
-
Nyemudzai Kakore Herald Correspondent— First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe will tomorrow address a church interface rally which is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people from different dominations from various parts of the country. Dubbed “Super Sunday”, the church interface rally will be held at Rufaro Stadium in Harare. The interface rally comes after President Mugabe on […]
-
-
Bulawayo Bureau PRESIDENT Mugabe is expected to address the National Council of Chiefs conference tomorrow at Large City Hall in Bulawayo. In an interview yesterday, Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira said after President Mugabe’s address, the conference will continue to engage different Cabinet ministers on issues affecting the people.
-
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter— President Mugabe was not formally informed of his so-called appointment as WHO goodwill ambassador in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and would have rejected the invitation to take up the post as it is not in Zimbabwe’s national interest to do so. This was said by Secretary for Information, Media and […]
-
Takunda Maodza in MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY— PRESIDENT Mugabe on Thursday met Uruguayan President Tabare Vasquez at his offices in Montevideo, the country’s capital, where the two leaders discussed ways to boost bilateral and economic ties. President Mugabe was joined by Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Walter Mzembi in the meeting. Dr Mzembi later met Uruguay Foreign Affairs Minister Mr […]
-
Takunda Maodza in Montevideo, URUGUAY— President Mugabe will spearhead the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa after he accepted a request by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be its goodwill ambassador on the continent. The President is here for the WHO global conference on NCDs. NCDs are chronic diseases that cannot be passed from person-to-person […]
-
-
Takunda Maodza in MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay— Government is making efforts to establish an Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) because such diseases need a multi-sectoral response, President Mugabe has said. NCDs are chronic diseases that cannot be passed from person-to-person and include cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
-
Tichaona Zindoga Political Editor In their essay, “Framing, Agenda Setting, and Priming: The Evolution of Three Media Effects Models”, (Journal of Communication 57, 2007), Dietram A Scheufele and David Tewksbury discuss what they term a paradigm shift in political communication research and analyse how these elements — framing, agenda setting and priming — are deployed by […]
-
Takunda Maodza News Editor— PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare yesterday for Uruguay where he will join other Heads of State and Government attending the World Health Organisation (WHO) conference on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He was seen off at Harare International Airport by Vice Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa, Phelekezela Mphoko, Minister of State for Harare Miriam Chikukwa, Cabinet Ministers Simon […]
-
Felex Share Senior Reporter— President Mugabe yesterday swore in the new Minister of Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators, Former Political Detainees and Restrictees Cde Cain Mathema who immediately pledged to solve problems facing former freedom fighters. Also to take the Oath of Office before the President at State House yesterday was the new Minister of […]
-
-
Reason Wafawarova Correspondent We go for elections every five years, and before each election we are always inundated with all sorts of predictions, be it wishful thinking, propaganda blitzes, scientific polling, prophecy, sorcery, right down to electioneering and sloganeering.
-
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter— President Mugabe yesterday lashed out at economic saboteurs manipulating the currency to cause inflation and panic buying of commodities to abet illegal regime change, saying they were bound to fail. Addressing mourners at the burial of Gogo Maria Msika, widow of Vice President Joseph Msika, at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, […]
-
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau— Government has directed the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to immediately activate satellite collection points to mop up the remaining grain as the Strategic Grain Reserve has hit a million tonnes.