From George Maponga in Chiredzi Investment into expanding Lowveld agricultural production will cut imports and accelerate the attainment of Vision2030 goals, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday at Hippo Valley Estates in Chiredzi after touring part of the winter maize crop being grown by Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe. Under a US$40 million investment called Project Kilimanjaro, […]
Herald Reporter White former farmers accepted that the Government cannot pay them for land, but will only pay for improvements they made during their term of occupation after dispossessing the black majority. The farmers, 94 percent of whom acquiesced in a referendum that the land reform programme was carried out to redress colonial imbalances, welcomed […]
Crime Reporter Rogue police officers have been putting up illegal roadblocks and conducting patrols countrywide to extract bribes from the public, but the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is urging those who suspect they are victims to make reports to police hotlines as soon as possible so immediate action can be taken to track down and […]
From George Maponga in Chiredzi Zimbabwe’s health delivery system is being reformed and restructured, new Health and Child Care Minister Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday, promising a new era in healthcare. The Vice President was recently mandated by President Mnangagwa the additional task of taking charge of the Health Ministry, currently under the spotlight […]
Rachael Rettner Such false information can have serious consequences — these rumors were linked to thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths. From the idea that drinking bleach can kill the coronavirs to a theory that the virus was created in a lab as a bioweapon, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a flurry of misinformation, […]
Linda Nordling Although Africa reported its millionth official COVID-19 case last week, it seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far, with fewer than one confirmed case for every thousand people and just 23,000 deaths so far. Yet several antibody surveys suggest far more Africans have been infected with the coronavirus—a discrepancy that […]
Herald Reporter Zimnat Life Assurance has launched a new group life insurance cover for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to enable them to provide life insurance for their employees. The new product, which is called Zimnat SMEs LifeAID, comes at a time when life assurance has become particularly important given the continuing sharp rise in […]
ANOTHER sad day has engulfed the domestic football fraternity following the death of Warriors striker Tino Kadewere’s brother, Prince, in Harare on Wednesday morning.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has gazetted the appointment of Cde Esther Nyathi as Matabeleland South Proportional Representative Member of the House of Assembly after Zanu PF nominated her to replace Cde Alice Ndlovu who died in December last year.
Curfew breaking is widespread in Harare, with a growing number of cars seen driving around northern suburbs late at night, although shopping centres are abandoned in these suburbs, and with vending and public drinking common at high-density suburban shopping centres well into the night.