adminObama’s father in British secret files
LONDON. — Secret files from British colonial rule — once thought lost — have been released by the government, one year after they came to light in a High Court challenge to disclose them. Some of the papers cover controversial episodes including the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. They also reveal efforts to destroy and reclassify sensitive files. The Foreign Office
The white left’s hypocrisy
IK RushPeter Godwin has had a makeover. Godwin, a one-time hatchet man for arch-racist and mass murderer, Ian Smith, is now “an award winning foreign correspondent, author, documentary film maker and screenwriter,” according to his biography,
Zimdollar packages a tasteless joke
At the Workplace Wenceslaus MurapeIssues of payment of retrenchment packages agreed between workers and employers in Zimbabwe dollars before the advent of the multiple currency system continue to be brought before the dispute resolution system. Some employers stand
Editorial Comment: Maintain momentum on enforcing tax compliance
Zimbabwe’s tax revenues are rising, with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority managing to collect US$773,7 million in the first three months of this year, significantly above its target which in turn was significantly higher than the revenue collected in the first quarter of last year. The most positive element of this rapid rise in revenue is that it is not coming from new or
Let’s safeguard our independence
Tendai Moyo
As we celebrate our 32nd Independence anniversary, it is important that we sit down and introspect on ways to safeguard this hard-earned dispensation in view of relentless efforts by our adversaries to once again snatch it back from our hands.
Family in court for assaulting daughter-in-law
Court ReporterThree Chitungwiza family members appeared in court on Tuesday for allegedly beating up their daughter-in-law after causing her return from her husband in South Africa. Oliver Kanyungwe (69), his wife Judith (60) and their son Gerald (38) of Unit K
5 perish on roads at Independence
Herald ReporterFIVE people were killed in 65 road accidents recorded countrywide during the independence holiday. Police spokesperson Inspector Blessing Chishaka yesterday said the accidents were recorded between Wednesday and yesterday. Last year 27
Lake Chivero ranks high in pollution
Municipal ReporterLake Chivero is ranked among the world’s polluted lakes, raising fears that if no immediate corrective measures are taken, it would be too costly to recycle water for domestic use. The Lake is now part of the International Lake Basin Management (ILBM)
Low uptake of Green fuel
Ethanol producer Green fuel is targeting to increase annual production of the commodity from 93 million litres to 220 million by 2015. The general manager of the firm, Mr Graeme Smith, last Friday told a Green Business Indaba that the ethanol project was an energy revolution that Africa required to meet demand for power and fuel. “If we expand our land to about 40 000
Zimondi urges nation to plant trees
Kelvin Benjamin Herald reporter
Zimbabwe Prison Service Commissioner Retired Major General Paradzai Zimondi has urged the nation to conserve natural resources for future generations. Speaking at a belated National Tree Planting Day held at Chikurubi Farm Prison on Monday,