adminTsvangirai praises US funding of PM’s office
Herald Reporter
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai
UN must play top role in post-war Libya, says Russia
MOSCOW.- The United Nations should play the central role in international efforts to help rebuild Libya once the war between
Zim ready to engage US, says Khaya Moyo
Herald Reporter
Zimbabwe is ready to engage the
Moscow establishes diplomatic relations with South Sudan
MOSCOW. – Russia has established diplomatic relations with the Republic of South Sudan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on
Shell shuts Nigerian gas plant after new pipeline leak
LAGOS. – Shell has shut down a gas plant in Nigeria following the latest in a series of pipeline leaks, causing a shortfall in gas
Libyan ambassador faces deportation
Herald Reporters
LIBYAN Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Ta-her Elmagrahi faces deportation after Government yesterday said his defection to the NATO-backed National Transitional Council means he no longer respresents the Libyan Government.
Zimbabwe has no diplomatic relations with rebels who now claim to be in control of Libya.
The rebels this week claimed to have ta-ken control of Libya after its leader Muammar Gaddafi reportedly fled and his whereabouts are still unknown.
Ambassador Elmagrahi defected to the rebels on Wednesday and hoisted the NTC flag at the Libyan Embassy in Harare.
The latest development means the envoy loses his diplomatic
African leaders raise funds for drought-hit Somalia
ADDIS ABABA. – African leaders held a rare fund-raiser in Ethiopia yesterday in a bid to plug a US$1,1 billion shortfall in aid
Pentagon releases report on China’s military
WASHINGTON. – The US Department of Defense on yesterday unveiled its annual report on China’s military, recognising and
Horror crash claims 20
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TWENTY people died while 26 others were injured – five of them seriously – when a Chawasarira bus burst a front tyre while overtaking and sideswiped a haulage truck 58km along the Harare-Bulawayo Road yesterday morning.
The Chivi-bound bus burst its right front tyre and sideswiped the truck which was going in the opposite direction, killing 18 people on the spot.
A Lofombo bus which was being overtaken swerved off the road and landed on its side, killing one person, who became the nineteenth person to die on the spot.
One more passenger died on admission to Parirenyatwa Hospital.
Electricity tariffs go up 31pc next Tuesday
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
ELECTRICITY rises 31 percent next Tuesday to an average of 9,83 US cents a unit after the Government finally accepted a decision by the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The increase, made after extensive consultations, is designed to make Zesa, the sole distributor of power in Zimbabwe, profitable and able to fund its expansion.
A similar rise approved by the regulator in February was suspended by the Government until there had been more consultation, a condition now met and hence the Government’s approval.
The average tariff was set at 7,53USc a kilowatt hour in 2009 soon after the switch to multiple currencies and has remained constant since.