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Laura Carlsen
United States vice president Joe Biden travelled to Honduras on March 6 with a double mission: to quell talk of drug legalisation and reinforce the US-sponsored drug war in Central America, and to
Editorial Comment: Scrap maternity fees to cushion women
Complaints by Harare Central Hospital that defaulting mothers are crippling operations by sneaking out without settling their fees are only the tip of an iceberg. They point to the urgent need for Government intervention to address maternal health issues. The hospital is owed US$8 million in
Government to assist in burial of Nyanga disaster victims
Herald Reporters
GOVERNMENT will give financial assistance to cover funeral expenses of the 18 members of the Johanne Masowe sect who were killed in a road accident in Nyanga on Sunday. Three more died yesterday
Face of Harare set to change
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
THE face of a number of Harare residential suburbs is set to change significantly following amendments to local development plans approving mixed land uses. Mixed land uses mean allowing commercial
Youths take away suspended Bulawayo chairman’s car
Bulawayo Bureau
ZANU-PF youths in Bulawayo yesterday took away the official vehicle, which suspended provincial chairman Cde Isaac Dakamela was using. Cde Dakamela was suspended by the party’s Provincial
Villagers face off with Lafarge
Lincoln Towindo Herald Reporter
Scores of villagers in Borera Village in Uzumba Marimba Pfungwe yesterday mounted a blockade and prevented at least 20 haulage trucks belonging to giant cement maker Lafarge from transporting raw
DPM Khupe calls for decentralisation of cancer services
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
DEPUTY Prime Minister Thokhozani Khupe has called for the decentralisation of cancer services to avoid travelling costs and hassles for patients living outside Harare. She made the remarks in Harare
President to launch e-learning programme
Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe is expected to officially launch the e-learning programme at Chogugudza Primary School in Goromonzi
Embassy inaugurates ‘Cuban Night’
Entertainment Editor
The Embassy of Cuba with the support of a Zimbabwean who graduated in Cuba, inaugurated the monthly “Cuban Night” in a city restaurant, as a way of approach to the culture of the Major of the
Music runs in their blood
Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
WHEN one talks of families that have made it big in the music industry, the likes of the “‘Jackson Five”’ easily come to mind. The Jackson family has been engraved into the halls of fame for their