Новости за 12.01.2024

Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Bureau Police have arrested Brighton Kapirima (38) from Mudzi on allegations of illegal cultivation and possession of mbanje. Kapirima who lives under Chief Mukota was arrested on January 9, 2024, during the night by officers from Kotwa, who had been tipped off by the public that he was illegally cultivating and […]

George Maponga in Masvingo Four unidentified suspected armed robbers allegedly shot and killed a person at a business centre in Masvingo after they had initially robbed police officers manning a traffic checkpoint near Muchakata Business Centre in the district where they left some of the officers naked after taking away their uniforms at gunpoint. Two […]

Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has released the 2023 November results for the Advanced Level. Addressing journalists, Zimsec board chairperson Professor Eddie Mwenje said the results will be accessible at the Zimsec portal at 1500 hours today for the next five days. “The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Board and Management […]

Victor Maphosa In Marondera POLICE in Marondera have impounded 56 vehicles around Marondera town during an operation code-named “No to mushikashika and touts” conducted between January 5 and 8, 2024. The operation was targeting non-passenger carrying vehicles being used to carry passengers, unroadworthy vehicles and touts. In a statement, police spokesperson for Mashonaland East province […]

Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau ZIMBABWE seeks to intensify the value-addition of its tobacco crop to claim US$60 billion of the world’s gold leaf industry by 2028. Currently, Zimbabwe is benefitting slightly above US$1 billion from its annual exports which amount to six percent on the global market. The nation exports above 95 percent of […]

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter THE Rainbow Amateur Netball League (RANL) will this evening host the 2023, end-of-season awards to honour athletes that excelled in the last 12 months. The event will be hosted at High Achievers Coach International Academy in Borrowdale. The season concluded in November after a series of thrilling matches from 16 teams […]

Sports Reporter PREMIER Soccer League side Bulawayo Chiefs have announced Exclusive Management Company as their official kit sponsor for the 2024 season. The club’s Secretary-general Dumisani Mantula Sibanda said, under this partnership, the company will provide Chiefs with top-of-the-line kits that reflect the club’s rich history and vibrant spirit. “Bulawayo Chiefs FC is delighted to […]

Health Reporter The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) that will allow the regulators to develop a cooperative partnership towards ensuring access to safe, quality, and effective health products in the respective countries. MCAZ and SAHPRA will cooperate in joint product […]

Mukudzei Chingwere in Mutare THE Government is ready to work with the Church to seek peace, which is an enduring tenet for economic development, to benefit the people of Zimbabwe whose well-being and freedom should come first. This was said by Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga at a requiem mass for the late Roman Catholic Bishop […]

Blessings Chidakwa-Herald Reporter Civil servants will now be receiving the old US$300 Covid-19 allowances as part of their permanent pensionable salary, with the first batches of workers, including uniformed forces and health workers, expected to start receiving it today. Workers have applauded the move saying they can now easily access loans unlike when the money […]

Trust Freddy–Herald Correspondent  The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has cleared much of its backlog of cases and now only goes to trial when the investigations are complete, so trial postponements are not needed, new Prosecutor General Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo said yesterday. More than 90 percent of criminal cases were cleared in December last year as […]

Blessings Chidakwa-Herald Reporter The emergency major clean-up programme, Operation Chenesa Harare, rolled out by the Government at the end of last week to clean out heaps of garbage in Harare and increase water supplies by a third, has been extended for a week in Harare and rolled out countrywide. The operation was in response to […]

Tendai Rupapa–Senior Reporter REACTING to the disturbing video of children who were recorded taking alcohol publicly which went viral on social media platforms last Christmas, First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa has assembled a special team drawn from all the 10 provinces to engage the parents/guardians and counsel the minors to mould them into responsible citizens. […]

Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter Türkiye Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Berna Kasnakli Versteden yesterday paid a courtesy call on the acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ambassador Rofina Chikava where they discussed deepening of bilateral relations and the Antalya Diplomacy Forum which will be held later this year. The forum was supposed […]

Columbus Mabika-Herald Reporter Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Mnangagwa yesterday promoted three Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Colonels Chrispen Nduku, Arnold Gumbo and Richard Mahoya to the rank of Brigadier-General. He made the  promotions in terms of the Defence Act (Chapter 11:02) as read with Statutory Instrument 257 of 2020 which reads: “His Excellency […]

Ray Bande-Senior Reporter WHEN German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche said what does not kill us makes us stronger, he must have foreseen the real life tragedy drama of the 15 Penhalonga artisanal gold miners who miraculously escaped from a collapsed mineshaft. A total of 15 artisanal miners registered under Metallon Gold’s Redwing Mine operating in the […]

Crime Reporter  TWO more private colleges in Ruwa and Gweru lost nearly US$17 500 cash to robbers who raided their premises recently, with police suspecting that the thieves could be working with staff. In Gweru, five robbers attacked security guards and staff when they broke into Sacred Heart College on Wednesday, stealing US$15 886, club […]

The accumulation of garbage and filth in Harare was always known to be bad, hence the need to launch Operation Chenesa Harare at the end of last week to get rid of this major health hazard in the middle of a cholera outbreak, but it has now become obvious it was a lot worse. The […]

Business Reporter Zimplats, the country’s largest platinum producer, now directly imports up to 70 megawatts from Zambia, ensuring stable operations and potentially boosting production. Last year, Zimplats signed a direct import power agreement with the Zambia Electricity Supply Company (ZESCO), resulting in improved power stability and availability, the mining giant said in August last year. […]

Brandon Moyo-Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE suffered another batting collapse as Sri Lanka cruised to an eight wicket win with 62 balls to spare (D/L method) in the third and final ODI at the RPICS yesterday.  Sri Lanka won the series 2-0 after the opener was abandoned as a no result at the weekend.  Needing a win […]

Precious Manomano-Herald Reporter AT least 1 600 households are set to benefit from eight irrigation schemes totalling 811 hectares that now await commissioning by President Mnangagwa. The irrigation schemes are part of the President’s grand plan to turn villages into green belts and underpin his policy of leaving no one or no place behind in […]

Collin Matiza-Sports Editor ZIMBABWE’S Ashley Thixton yesterday overcame his toughest challenge yet when he plunged into first of the new two-day 48-hour Chrono Stage at the on-going Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. The Zimbabwean biker passed the test with flying colours although he admitted that it was the toughest day of his life as a […]

Herald Reporter Harare City Council has come under fire for grabbing 31 mobile toilets from a private company in the city centre despite the serious cholera outbreak bedevilling the city, the shortage of public toilets and the blockages and other problems that keep so many inoperable. Despite a serious shortage of toilets in the city […]