adminNewman Chiadzwa demands seized equipment
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
BUSINESSMAN Mr Newman Chiadzwa has filed a High Court application claiming back his excavator (front-end loader), tipper truck and other equipment seized by the police from his homestead near the Chiadzwa mine fields in Marange three years
Racial memories of lived experience
Sekai Nzenza
Sometimes white people come to visit the villages around here. Most of the visitors include Americans, Australians, British, Canadians and others from various European countries. They come to preach the Gospel, to give food aid, to train or to
Visiting Iranian professor calls for priority in educating women
Herald Reporter
A visiting Iranian professor has urged the Government to prioritise education for women for them to make just decisions about their families and communities. Professor Sheida Nikooravin, whose visit falls within the Women’s Day commemorations back
Zimbabwe briefed on South Sudan progress
Herald Reporter
A visiting South Sudan parliamentary delegation yesterday briefed Zimbabwe’s Parliament on the current conflict with Sudan after the country voted to secede from its northern neighbour following a prolonged civil war. The delegation met Senate
Paltry salaries threaten anti-corruption war: Commission
Zvamaida Murwira Herald Reporter
THE independence and effectiveness of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is under threat as officials earning US$250 per month are tasked to investigate cases involving millions of dollars, an official said on Monday. Commission chairperson Mr
Copac delay necessitating polls: SK Moyo
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe will call for elections using the current Constitution if Copac continues to delay completion of the new supreme law, Zanu-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has said. Cde Khaya Moyo yesterday said Copac drivers were
Tiens to venture into platinum, diamond mining
Fungai Lupande Herald Reporter
President of the Chinese firm Tiens Mr Kevin Hou yesterday said his company is set to venture into diamond mining as part of their diversified programme in Zimbabwe. Speaking shortly after his arrival at Harare International Airport yesterday, Mr Kevin
Zvoma clarifies Prof Moyo’s Parliamentary attendance
Herald Reporter
MAGWEGWE MP Mr Felix Sibanda (MDC-T) yesterday said he will soon move a motion calling for the
Vice President Mujuru calls for support for ex-convicts
Felex Share Herald Reporter
THERE is need to support ex-prisoners as their re-integration into the society has economic and social benefits to the country, Vice-President Joice Mujuru has said.
VP Mujuru said allowing ex-convicts to return to jail was costly to the taxpayers as it drained the economy.
She made the remarks in a speech read on her behalf by Minister of State in her office Sylvester Nguni last Saturday in Harare during the launch of the 2012 Prison Outreach and Re-integration Programme.
The launch was held under the theme “Donate a Bible to a Prisoner”.
Said VP Mujuru: “The country has limited resources and offenders should not return to prison once released.
“Often prisoners and ex-offenders grapple with the issues of rejection, not only by society but their relatives as well. Society tends to label them according to the crimes they committed, thus denying them the opportunity to start life on a clean page.”
She said it was also difficult for ex-prisoners to re-enter the job market due to the stigma attached to them.
“This group therefore needs support to enable them to cope with changes in their socio-economic context for them to contribute meaningfully to society.
MDC-T backs youth service
Herald Reporter
MDC-T legislators yesterday made a major climb-down by admitting that vocational training centres are important for youth development.
The party has in the past discredited the training centres, claiming that they are used to train youths partisan politics. The MDC-T legislators said the vocational training centres were noble, adding that there was a misconception by their party that vocational training centres were used as torture bases.
The MPs said this while contributing to a portfolio committee report on Women Affairs, Youth, Gender and Community Development, chaired by Sunningdale MP Margaret Matienga (MDC-T) on the challenges and constraints affecting operations of VTCs.
The MDC-T legislators joined their Zanu-PF counterparts in lauding the centres, and urged the Government to adequately resource them and increase their numbers to assist youths. The report stemmed from a tour of several centres by the committee.