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Mukudzei Chingwere  Herald Reporter  CABINET has approved the proposed repeal of four obsolete laws overtaken by events and circumstances, or incorporated in later legislation.  The four Acts to be struck off the statute book are the Fredrick Clayton Trust Act (Chapter 17:02), Service of documents (Telegraph) Act (Chapter 8:13), Settled Estates Leasing Act (Chapter 20:19) […]

Crime Reporter A Harare man has been arrested on allegations of selling more than 50 graves at US$80 each to Harare families on State land using burial orders and issuing receipts in the name of a legitimate cemetery company, Zororo Memorial Park. John Rukodzi (49), the owner of the fake Rukodzi Parish Cemetery a few […]

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter The Government has adopted several measures to contain a cholera outbreak that has affected some parts of Buhera district, Manicaland Province. This comes after the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that the disease had killed at least 12 people in the district from the 152 recorded cases in the […]

Victor Maphosa Mash East Bureau About 1 070 households from Ward 15 in Marondera district yesterday received a full package each of inputs under the successful Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme, at the provincial launch programme officiated by the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Mashonaland East, Dr Aplonia Munzverengwi. There was joy in Ward […]

Crime Reporter Police operation “Tame the Traffic Jungle ‘’, targeting unregistered and unlicenced vehicles, operators offering public transport without proper licencing, and those breaching other traffic regulations continues until further notice, police said yesterday. Under the ongoing operation, more than 46 400 motorists have been arrested countrywide for committing various offences. This operation has been […]

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa made it very clear yesterday at the first Cabinet meeting of his second term that the stress within Government is now on completing development work and implementing the next stages in policies, rather than on talking about what is going to happen or what is planned. This is important because while talk is […]

Bulawayo Bureau BULAWAYO’S Hillside Teachers’ College and the United College of Education have ventured into full-time industrialisation through establishing and registering new companies in line with the Heritage-Based Education 5.0 model. The development adds impetus to the on-going efforts by the Government to re-industrialise Bulawayo and anchor the country’s economy on increased high-value production with […]

Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Chief Ngungumbane of Mberengwa at the weekend led a delegation of local traditional leaders for a meeting to petition mining company, Kuvimba Mining House, to consider assisting with development projects and the relocation of Sandawana Primary School which is too close to mining activities. The activities are said to be posing […]

Trust Freddy  Herald Correspondent  THE Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has been impressed by the ongoing rehabilitation works at Geo Pomona dumpsite in Harare as the conversion of the old dumpsite into a modern garbage plant that will supply power from the methane generated by waste is progressing well. The project, which has […]

THE likelihood of normal to below normal rainfall over fairly large areas of Zimbabwe this coming season, as a result of an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean, has seen the Government and particularly the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development putting in programmes and measures to ameliorate any ill effects. With […]

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau SADC and its partners are set to discuss strategies to enhance water resources management in the region at the 10th River Basin Organisations and Shared Watercourse Institutions set for Mozambique next month. The regional organisation, in collaboration with the Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM), and with the technical support of the Global […]

Wallace Ruzvidzo Herald Reporter CABINET will today sit for its first meeting since the appointment and subsequent swearing-in of Ministers by President Mnangagwa following the conclusion of harmonised elections last month. Acting Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Martin Rushwaya confirmed the meeting in a statement yesterday. “The Acting Chief Secretary to the […]

Rejoice Makoni Herald Correspondent Grade seven ZIMSEC examinations started smoothly yesterday without any hiccups or delays being reported. Parents who were interviewed commended the ZIMSEC for the smooth start of examinations. Ms Brenda Taodzera, a parent of a Grade Seven pupil at Admiral Tait School in Eastlea, Harare, said she was happy that her daughter […]

Mutoko Rural District Council has bought its first refuse compactor, a development which will result in a cleaner environment in the rapidly expanding town.

Nelson Gahadza Senior Business Reporter The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) says usage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is expected to reach 65 million kg by the end of this year as uptake of the commodity mainly used for heating and producing petrochemicals continues to grow. ZERA chief executive Mr Eddington Mazambani said over the past […]