adminTruvada receives FDA approval
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health ReporterTruvada — a common anti-retroviral drug in Zimbabwe — has been given the nod for use as an HIV-prevention tool in high-risk negative people. The approval was given by an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration in the United States this
Zim platinum output rises
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S increased platinum production could play a more significant role in the global economy than hitherto, as the fortunes of the largest platinum producer — South Africa — are projected to dip, according to the latest Johnson Matthey
Mpofu, Ncube to appear before Parliament committee
Herald Reporter
Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube and Mines Minister Obert Mpofu will soon appear before a parliamentary committee to explain why progress on NewZim Steel, has stalled. NewZim Steel has since suspended paying salaries for
Mr Commissar, Sir!
Tony Namate is a brilliant cartoonist. While I do not subscribe to his political thinking I can’t begrudge him his talent. From the sketches to the humour, he is good at what he does.One of his cartoons I liked most depicted the late vice president Dr Simon Muzenda with his trademark jersey and jacket accosting a congress of baboons — an appropriate name I think for our noisy Lower House — soliciting for a parliamentary candidate. The dialogue box above one baboon, which was depicted scratching itself nonchalantly, was ‘‘I am sorry Mzee, but this year I am standing as an independent!’’
Dr Mzee had brought the joke on himself when he announced, in the run-up to the 2000 general elections, that even if
‘Tourism Indaba a resounding success’
By Robert Mukondiwa, in DURBAN, South Africa
Members of the Zimbabwean delegation to the Tourism Indaba here on Tuesday said the event was the most fruitful in modern times and were happy with the level of business deals they managed to negotiate.
Load-shedding to intensify
Chronicle Reporter
ZESA has released a tight winter load-shedding schedule that will see most areas in the country having extended power cuts
Nashua Zimbabwe sales improve
Business Reporter
ONE of the country’s largest suppliers of office document equipment, Nashua Zimbabwe, says sales are promising as the company has ventured into diverse markets including rural areas.
Zim athletics team in good show
Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe athletics contingent that was in Gaborone, Botswana, for the regional Cossasa games at the University of Botswana on Sunday said they were happy with their performance.
Business people invited to register for AGOA forum
Business Reporter
THE Comesa Business Council (CBC) has invited local business people to register for the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) business forum that will be held in the United States in June.
Chiefs fume over rituals at Njelele
Chronicle Reporter
MATABELELAND South chiefs are fuming over the recent visit to Njelele shrine by people believed to be war veterans who reportedly performed unsanctioned rituals, saying the development was undermining their authority and causing commotion in the province.