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Nqobile Tshili-Bulawayo Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to officially commission the reconstructed Pupu National Monument in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, this week as the country corrects distorted historical narratives that undermined the inspirational bravery and legacy bequeathed by the country’s heroes. The new-look monument has immortalised the famous Pupu Battle of 1893, which demonstrated the […]
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Precious Manomano-Herald Reporter Zimbabwe is now expecting to harvest about one million tonnes of grain this season despite a ravaging drought that has hit the country and the region, preliminary indications show. According to the preliminary food security outlook for April this year to March next year produced by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, […]
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Zvamaida Murwira-Senior Reporter Drug peddlers, particularly those that sell them to young people, need to be punished severely to dry up supplies and curb the upsurge in drug use and resultant political and social conflicts, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) said in its latest report. In its 2023 annual report tabled before Parliament […]
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Ivan Zhakata-Herald correspondent THE digital economy thrives on inclusivity and to ensure this by 2030 needs everyone on board especially women, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services Minister Tatenda Mavetera, said yesterday. Speaking at the Women ICT conference in Harare, Minister Mavetera said her Ministry was actively promoting women’s participation in ICT. “We […]
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Peter Matika-Bulawayo Bureau THE death toll from Saturday’s road accident in Beitbridge has risen to 11 from nine after two passengers died in hospital. The accident happened when a City Bus coach travelling to Harare from South Africa veered into the opposite lane after hitting a donkey, resulting in a head-on collision with a Blue […]
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Leonard Ncube and Joseph Madzimure in VICTORIA FALLS FORMER Liberation Movements of Southern Africa have been warned to jealously guard their countries’ independence and to remain wary of Western powers that are keen to interfere in the domestic affairs of developing states. The United States, the United Kingdom and their European allies have been especially […]
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Joseph Madzimure-Senior Reporter THE Zimbabwe Election Observer Mission to the 2024 Presidential Elections of the Russian Federation has declared the election free, fair and credible. The delegation was led by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba. The observer mission commended the people of the Russian Federation for exercising their right to vote in a […]
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Freeman Razemba–Senior Reporter A DELEGATION from Chinese renewable energy company, Shandong Dingneng New Energy Company Limited, is in Zimbabwe to conduct a feasibility study for a 600 megawatts coal-fired thermal power station and 200MW solar plant. The visit comes after a Zimbabwean delegation led by Energy and Power Development Minister Edgar Moyo was in Shanghai, […]
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Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter A FORMER police officer serving 30 years in jail for his role in a 2013 murder during the course of an armed robbery in Eastlea, Harare had his appeal against both conviction and sentence rejected. Herbert Learnmore Chikiwa and co-accused Given Mushore were serving three years each for housebreaking and theft, […]
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Patrick Chitumba-Midlands Bureau Chief KWEKWE was filled with grief yesterday as mourners paid their respects to five Munyati Primary School teachers killed in a tragic road accident on Friday afternoon. The teachers were travelling in a Toyota Aqua that collided head-on with a Homan Sino truck near Kwekwe on the Harare-Bulawayo highway. Two passengers were […]
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Ashton Mutyavaviri THE current drought has heightened prospects of drinking water shortages for livestock. with the Department of Livestock Production and Development (DLPD) urging farmers to construct watering points at all existing boreholes. DLPD chief livestock officer Mr Wisdom Gunzvenzve said the move was meant to cut the distances which animals move to get water. […]
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Thupeyo Muleya-Beitbridge Bureau THE country’s border authorities are prepared to handle the expected increase in traffic over the Easter holidays at the end of the month and the start of April. Good Friday falls on March 29 and Easter Monday, the fourth day of the holiday, on April 1. The Beitbridge Border Post now features […]
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Edgar Vhera-Agriculture Specialist Writer TOBACCO sales at both auction and contract floors had reached one million kilogrammes by Day 3 of trade with farmers earning US$13 million, a 216 percent increase from the US$4 million earned during the comparable period last year. Statistics from Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show that there had been […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent A WOMAN from Domboshava appeared in court yesterday for allegedly attacking a woman she suspected to be dating her husband. Delia Mukonyora (38) appeared before regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje charged with attempted murder and was remanded in custody to Thursday for bail application. State prosecutor Mr Lancelot Mutsokoti alleged that on […]
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Edgar Vhera-Agriculture Specialist Writer THE Government has dismissed speculation that the current price fluctuations for table potatoes were a result of low production due to the ban on potato seed imports from South Africa, saying dynamics in the production process were the likeliest cause. This follows growing concerns among some stakeholders that declining potato supplies […]