Новости за 03.01.2024

Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau A medical doctor stationed at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital was this afternoon hit to death by a wheel that had dislodged from a haulage truck near Orange Grove along the Harare-Chirundu Highway. The Doctor (name provided) is said to have been hit around lunch hour when he was on his way […]

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau South Africa’s tax watchdog, TAX Justice SA (TJSA) has welcomed the ruling by the North Gauteng High Court against tobacco companies who were challenging the mandatory installation of Close-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) at their warehouse as the fight against cigarette smuggling between the neighbouring country and Zimbabwe continues. Selected companies hit a […]

Talent Chimutambgi-Bope Herald Reporter Commuters and motorists have called on the Government to speed up the refurbishment of the Harare-Showground road which has dampened the smooth flow of traffic on the strategic highway. The highway is critical as it connects Harare and Bindura through Domboshava and is mainly used by farmers to transport their farm […]

George Maponga in Masvingo Former long-serving Masvingo City Town Clerk Adolph Gusha has passed on. He was 66. Gusha reportedly passed on last night from chest complications at a hospital in Chinhoyi where he was admitted after falling ill on his way to Masvingo from a holiday in Kariba. In a message on the Masvingo […]

By: Hojjat al-Islam Mohammad Mahdi Imanipour, Senior Expert in International Affairs No. 287 | January 2024 In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful At 1:20 a.m. on January 3, 2020, two Nafs al-Zakiyya (literally, pure souls) were assassinated by the order of the most wretched of people of the world and the souls […]

Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter Zimbabwe will remain a true and consistent friend of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and stands ready to upscale cooperation in various areas for the mutual benefit of both peoples, President Mnangagwa has said. The President said this in his congratulatory message to his counterpart Felix Tshisekedi following his re-election. Zimbabwe […]

Blessings Chidakwa-Herald Reporter As parents and guardians make final preparations for the opening of the new school year next week, they have welcomed the Government’s gazetting of tuition fees and the precise ways Government schools will have to receipt and account for these fees. All Government schools must invoice and receipt tuition fees using Government […]

Herald Reporter THE Government has issued a stern warning to drug peddlers, especially those that target minors, that more deterrent measures are being lined up in addition to naming and shaming the culprits. In a statement yesterday, National Committee on Drug and Substance Abuse Chair Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, who is also Defence Minister said the Government […]

Remember Deketeke-Herald Correspondent It was a hive of activity yesterday at the Civil Registry Department in Harare as they cleared the 2023 passport backlog . This follows an increase in new applications or renewals during the holiday season, with schoolchildren and members of the diaspora making up a large portion of the applicant pool and […]

Precious Manomano-Herald Reporter FARMERS have doubled their Pfumvudza plots from 5,5 million last farming season to 11,3 million this season, a move which will guarantee national food security, as the climate-proofed project has now become the new normal in smallholder farming. The expansion has seen the area under Pfumvudza double from 345 736 hectares to […]

Thupeyo Muleya-Beitbridge Bureau MORE travellers are now preferring to use the country’s transformed Beitbridge Border Post over other land borders with the Department of Immigration handling an increase of 9 percent in the number of people who crossed the border in 2023 compared to 2022. At the moment Beitbridge is the only land port with […]

George Maponga-Masvingo Bureau It is not an optical illusion. Neither is it a script for an African movie. The sacred Mware Mountain in the Veza area under Chief Nyakunhuwa in Zaka, Masvingo, has attracted the attention of the Government which is now exploring the possibility of designating it a national monument mainly because of the […]

Obert Chifamba–Agriculture Editor  WITH the tick-borne disease Theileriosis expected to reach its peak in January, (hence the name January Disease), Government has urged farmers to be extra vigilant and regularly inspect their cattle for the presence of ticks while religiously following their dipping calendar.    This comes as the country moves to avoid a repeat […]

Crime Reporter Zimdancehall musician Freeman, real name Emegy Sylvester Chizanga, was yesterday questioned and released by police over allegations of associating with armed robbers accounted for last month after a gun fight in Arcadia, Harare. Chizanga was picked up by police yesterday morning and interviewed by detectives from CID Homicide after pictures circulated of him […]

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Health Reporter The National Blood Services of Zimbabwe has been hit by an acute shortage of group O, and is failing to meet demand. This follows a high demand for blood and blood products during the festive season. NBSZ chief executive Ms Lucy Marowa said the Harare blood bank was currently sitting on less […]

With the start of a new year, Zimbabweans have been taking stock and thinking about all that they have to do to improve their own lives, that of their families and upgrade their communities. In a New Year message, President Mnangagwa laid down the most essential pair of points, that we all have to work […]

Business Reporter ZIMBABWE anticipates a 17,4 percent surge in electricity production this year, as the country seeks to reduce expensive imports and load shedding that negatively affected businesses and households in 2023. The optimistic outlook is based on the expected full incorporation of Hwange Thermal Power Station units 7 and 8, and the projected 142 […]

Eddie Chikamhi-Senior Sports Reporter LOCAL football giants Dynamos are set to get their 2024 pre-season underway by holding trials this weekend before the team regroups next Monday for the proper 2024 season preparatory programme.  The Glamour Boys coach, Genesis Mangombe, and his technical team are working on a programme that will also see them holding […]

Mukudzei Chingwere-Herald Reporter President Mnangagwa has proved his penchant for development and desire to uplift people’s living standards across the country through devolution and decentralisation, as seen in the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS 1) mid-term review. The President particularly showed off his desire for taking development to all corners of the country in Matabeleland […]

Crime Reporter  Police have assured the nation that the security situation in the country is peaceful and conducive for all socio-economic activities to take effect. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said there were aware of efforts by certain individuals and groups to engage in nefarious social and economic sabotage […]