Новости за 08.01.2024

Daniel Chigunwe Herald Correspondent Severe cases of cholera have been confirmed in Chiweshe, Mazowe Central following the hospitalisation of 19 patients. The cases come a week after Glendale Town was red-flagged as a hotspot for the epidemic which claimed two people in the area. The 19 patients who are currently admitted at Dambo Clinic in […]

Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A United Family International Church (UFIC) pastor who allegedly stole US$3 000 from his 72-year-old relative in a botched car deal last week had his matter withdrawn before plea at the instigation of the State. Donald Morgan Tendai Savanhu (39) was facing theft of trust property charges. The complainant knows the […]

ZIMBABWE National Karate Federation has released its calendar of events for 2024 with a number of major competitions lined up for the year.

ZIMBABWE’S veteran bowler Precious Marange has been nominated for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for December 2023.

Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Four village heads from Dema have appeared in court on allegations of selling stands in undesignated places and pocketing the proceeds. Lewis Murisa (64), Kenneth Kuora (64), Rich Musona (44) and Joshua Nechiwa (46) were facing charges of contravening the Regional Town and Country Planning Act when they appeared before Harare […]

George Maponga in Masvingo Zimbabwe has made commendable efforts to observe constitutionalism as evidenced by the country’s religious holding of elections whenever they are due, Constitutional Court Judge Justice Rita Makarau has said. Officially opening the 2024 Legal Year at the Masvingo High Court today Justice Makarau noted that the recent holding of harmonised elections […]

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Chief Justice Luke Malaba has opened the 2024 Legal Year at a ceremony held at the Constitutional Court in Harare today. The event was held under the theme: “The role of the judiciary in entrenching constitutionalism.” The event was attended by members of the legal fraternity and the judiciary, Justice, Legal […]

Sports Reporter LION Heart Boxing Productions, a United States-based promotion and management company, has expressed concern over the seemingly deliberate delays by boxing authorities in Zimbabwe to resolve an impasse involving a boxing contest which was fought locally and involved their contracted fighter. They have described their case as “the biggest boxing scandal in Zimbabwe […]

Business Reporter ZIMBABWEAN firms should consider the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help improve efficiency in their business operations. This was said by Craft Properties (Pvt) Ltd Director, Professor Kudakwashe Taruberekera, after attending the Dubai Leadership and Entrepreneurship Conference held in December 2023 hosted by MasterMinds Business School, United Kingdom. The Dubai Leadership Conference, […]

Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent Ambassador of the State of Palestine Dr Tamer Almassri has condemned the ongoing genocidal war waged by the Israeli Government against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Ambassador Almassri said Israeli forces were exploiting the excuse of self-defence to empty the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian population […]

Crime Reporter Children of the Borrowdale couple, Mr Gus Spartas and his wife Elector Mupfumisi who went missing in June 2020, and had their vehicle, a Toyota Hilux double cab burnt to a shell in the same suburb, are still appealing for their location. The Borrowdale couple, Mr Spartas, an American citizen, by then who […]

Ray Bande in Mutare and Mukudzei Chingwere in Harare All 15 artisanal miners trapped at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga near Mutare when a shaft collapsed last week were rescued yesterday, following the deployment of top technology by the Government to figure out their exact location underground. Teams from local mining companies such as Metallon Corporation, who […]

Luthando Mapepa in PENHALONGA and Africa Moyo in HARARE There was jubilation when the first batch of four artisanal miners were rescued at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga yesterday, after spending four days trapped underground when part of their shaft collapsed. A lot of doubting Thomases had lost all hope of finding any of the 15 […]

Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter President Mnangagwa, who is on his annual leave, on Saturday visited with his family the scenic World’s View in Nyanga as part of his own holiday and in line with Government’s thrust to promote domestic tourism. World’s View is a spectacular vista on the escarpment of the Nyanga Downs plateau in the […]

Freeman Razemba–Senior Reporter  The last gaps in the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway are the primary target on the Government’s infrastructure programme this year, while the modernisation of Forbes and Nyamapanda border posts is set to start, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has said. The Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has invested heavily in infrastructural […]

Bulawayo Bureau FARMERS have up to Wednesday this week to finish crop planting countrywide with the Government saying the activation of irrigation systems such as the 200-hectare Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga, Matabeleland North, is critical in boosting food production amid increasingly dry weather conditions. The country is experiencing El Nino-induced lower rainfall conditions, […]

Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter The 2024 Legal Year opens today, with Chief Justice Luke Malaba presiding over the main ceremony at the Constitutional Court in Harare, while other Justices will lead the ceremonies at centres countrywide reflecting the dispersal of the High Court as the top end of the courts is brought closer to the people. […]

Nqobile Tshili-Bulawayo Bureau EQUATORIAL Guinea Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, has joined the league of prominent figures to visit the mighty Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Tourism and Hospitality Minister, Barbara Rwodzi, confirmed the visit by one of the esteemed officials on the continent and shared the photos she took while welcoming him at the […]

Trust Freddy and Nqobile Tshili Some parents and guardians spent the better party of yesterday in urban centres and growth points making last ditch preparations for their children who open schools tomorrow for the first term of 2024. Small and large-scale school uniform makers and suppliers were busy at work, with some opening shops as […]

Rumbidzai Mushonga and Remember Deketeke Businesses are supposed to have bins outside their premises and if they do not comply, will be fined and the shop risks being closed, Government has said.  On Friday, Greater Harare Association Commuter Omnibus Organisation (GHACO), one of the two main licensed groupings of kombi owners in the city, the Environmental […]

Central Government has had to, once again, intervene to ensure that growing piles of Harare garbage are collected and the tiny available pumped water supply of just 250 megalitres a day for the whole metropolitan area is raised to the minimum of 350 megalitres needed for basic health. A large fleet of trucks as well […]

Business Reporter   THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has proposed the use of an exchange rate of not more than 20 percent below the official rate to minimise exchange losses. Currently, businesses apply an exchange rate of the auction rate plus a 10 percent margin when trading.  This has seen a massive loss of […]

Brandon Moyo-Sports Reporter  AMID growing concerns over the injury that occurred to Zimbabwe senior men’s national cricket team’s most consistent bowler, Richard Ngarava, it appears it wasn’t a serious threat and is likely to feature in today’s game.  The Chevrons face Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo for the second […]

Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter The upgraded Pomona dump site in northern Harare run by Geo Pomona (Private) Limited will soon be accepting hazardous waste for processing as the required special landfill facility is set to be completed next month. Another section of the new waste-management complex, the waste-to-energy plant now under construction will be complete by […]

Freeman Razemba–Crime Reporter Police will not hesitate to arrest anyone engaged in illegal land allocation irrespective of their status and social standing, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said in a statement. Those buying land should verify its status before being settled or made to pay for purported allocation or development. The statement referred […]