adminDefence college to benefit Sadc
Herald Reporter
THE National Defence College, which is being constructed in Harare, will benefit Zimbabwe and
Farmers in wetlands urged to start planting
Agriculture Reporter
FARMERS in wetlands should start planting, while those in dry areas should take advantage of the break in the rains to finalise
Never the country we want!
If you have herded cattle back in the village, like this villager did in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve if you so like, you will acknowledge that fighting is some kind of sport to test each other’s strengths and weakness.
There are fistfights, cockfights, bullfights, dogfights and even committing clay models of cattle to fighting.
However, there are limits to these fights. They are all underlined by the spirit of the village that seeks to wind down time and season. There is no bad blood between the fighters and wrestlers and owners of the objects of fights.
Of course, there would not have been dangerous weapons used to bash or destroy each other as the instruments of
South Korean youth delegation in the country
Herald Reporter
A South Korean youth non-governmental organisation Voluntary Agency Network of Korea is in the country for a 10-day cultural
Zim-SA business links commended
Michael Chideme recently in SANDTON, South Africa
ZIMBABWE’S Ambassador to South Africa Mr Phelekezela Mphoko
Govt to update national housing database
Wenceslaus Murape Senior reporter
GOVERNMENT will next year embark on a programme to update the national housing database as it emerged that the
Bank for SMEs on cards, says minister
Praise Runyowa Herald Reporter
THE Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Development will soon open a bank for small businesses to enable them to access
Gen Shoke hails ZDF’s role in integration of SANDF
Herald Reporter
Visiting South African National Defence Forces Commander General Solly Zacharia Shoke has hailed the assistance rendered
Retention allowances for lecturers scrapped
Felex Share Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has stopped paying retention allowances to lecturers at State-run polytechnics and colleges effective from last month.
The lecturers had been getting US$100 as retention allowance since 2009 which has since been replaced by a “production policy”.
The lecturers claim the new policy requires them to do menial jobs to get extra-payment.
Secretary for Higher and Tertiary Education Dr Washington Mbizvo yesterday said Government had “modified” the retention allowance through the “production policy”.
“We have only modified the allowance and introduced the
New domestic water meters for Harare
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
HARARE City Council has acquired 5 000 new water meters in a move aimed at curbing the theft of treated water and boost revenue collection.
Harare Water director Engineer Christopher Zvobgo yesterday said the city was losing almost half of its 650 mega litres of potable water through theft, pipe bursts and leakage through corroded water pipes.
“We have acquired 5 000 water meters whose usage will be piloted in Mabvuku as part of our programme to install new water meters to get accurate readings after we discovered that several premises had no water meters and were using water free of charge. We should start installing soon,” Eng