Uproar Over City Mayor's Mansion
[The Herald] Gweru City Council (GCC) is renovating the 20-roomed mayoral mansion, with $38 000 expected to be spent on new curtains before the city's new Town Clerk, Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza, moves...
View ArticleZimbabwe: National Broadcaster Has New Boss
[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board has appointed Mr Patrick Mavhura as its substantive chief executive officer with effect from June 1. Mr Mavhura has been acting CEO since...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Tobacco Growers Must Embrace Clean Energy
[The Herald] The dream of surpassing the 200 million kilogrammes of flue-cured tobacco for the second time in a row is still very much alive as our farmers, mainly beneficiaries of the land reform,...
View ArticleOpposition's Chamisa Blames the Learned, Youths for Voter Apathy
[New Zimbabwe] MDC-T vice President, Nelson Chamisa, said "educated" Zimbabweans and the youths were blocking "change" which Zimbabweans were yearning for through ignoring national politics. ......
View Article'Govt Cares More About Mugabe's Trips, Propaganda Than Education'
[New Zimbabwe] Former Primary and Secondary Education Minister, David Coltart, says the government prioritises presidential and cabinet foreign trips while routinely allocating meager budgets to the...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Locals in Diaspora, the Meaning of Home
[The Herald] Greetings from Perth, Western Australia. I have made a stop-over here to see my niece Varaidzo, and then I will proceed to Melbourne where many of my close family members live.Some of them...
View ArticleZimbabwe: 'Sea Freight Dominates Fresh Produce Transportation'
[The Herald] Sea freight is now the preferred transportation mode for fresh produce worldwide compared to air transportation. During his recent working visit to Zimbabwe, a horticultural expert from...
View ArticleCommunity Service for 'Callous' Mom
[The Herald] A Chitungwiza woman who poured hot candle wax on two minor children's hands before hitting them with a knife for eating potatoes without her permission has been sentenced to 315 hours of...
View ArticleRural District Councils Mobilise Voters for 2018
[The Herald] Chairpersons of the country's 60 rural district councils have said they are making progress in mobilising people in each ward to register as voters and eventually vote for President Mugabe...
View ArticleNational Athletics Ready for Regional Championships
[The Herald] The National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe have said they are geared to host the Confederation of African Athletics Southern Region Senior Championships this weekend at the National...
View ArticlePoultry Producer Culls 140,000 Birds After Avian Flu Outbreak
[New Zimbabwe] Harare -One of Zimbabwe's biggest poultry producers, Irvine's Private Limited, has culled 140,000 birds following an outbreak of avian influenza at its premises which killed 7,000...
View ArticleEx-Combatants Demand Justice for 1970s Massacre
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe People Revolutionary Army (Zipra) ex-combatants say those complicit in the Mgagao massacres should be brought to account. ......
View ArticleHIV Vaccine Research Gathers Momentum
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has, since December last year, recruited over 168 women out of the required 330 for HIV vaccine research trials as the battle to end the epidemic continues. ......
View ArticleMusona Named Warriors Captain
[The Herald] Warriors' talismanic forward Knowledge Musona says he was surprised to be handed the leadership of the team after he was named the new senior national football team captain by caretaker...
View ArticleZimbabwe: FC Platinum Striker Chawapiwa Hails Derby
[The Herald] FC Platinum attacking midfielder, Talent Chawapihwa, feels the Zvishavane Derby is one of the best in the country.He scored on Sunday in the 1-1 draw against rivals Shabanie Mine. "It was...
View ArticleGovt Averts Power Cuts After Partial Debt Payment to South Africa
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has paid US$10 million out of the US$43 million dollars it owes South Africa's power utility, averting potentially crippling power outages in the country, Energy Minister Samuel...
View ArticleRegistrar-General Mudede Scoffs At DNA Test Claims
[The Herald] Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has refuted claims circulating on social media that his department will conduct mandatory DNA paternal tests before issuing birth certificates. ......
View ArticleMajor Producers Ready for Food Fortification
[The Herald] Nine local companies have indicated their readiness to start producing fortified food by July 1, and there is no going back on the policy, deputy director of nutrition in the Ministry of...
View ArticleWobbly Mugabe Demands Sanctions Removal
[New Zimbabwe] New York -President Robert Mugabe is among the few leaders attending a conference that seeks to push for implementation of sustainable use of oceans despite Zimbabwe being a landlocked...
View ArticleFootball Body Wants to Host CAF Confederations Cup
[New Zimbabwe] ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa said Monday that his association will prepare a bid to host the 2021 Confederation of African Football (Caf) competition. ......
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