adminWorld Play Day marked
Herald CorrespondentOVER 200 children and parents gathered at Mabvuku Sports Centre on Saturday to commemorate World Play Day. The event was sponsored by Terre des hommes Germany and organised by Community Arts
Police blitz launched
Beitbridge BureauPOLICE have launched a blitz on motorists who fail to display temporary import registration plates after importing their vehicles. They say this is part of efforts to restore sanity on the roads. The crackdown
Facilitators meet
Herald ReporterSOUTH African President Jacob Zuma’s backroom facilitation team held a meeting with negotiators to the Global Political Agreement on Monday to review the implementation of the agreement. The team led
City to auction 106 non-running cars
Municipal ReporterHARARE City Council will next month sell 106 redundant vehicles by public auction. The vehicles have been gathering dust at the city workshops amid allegations that they were cannibalised with the majority
Five perish in crash
Crime ReporterFIVE people were killed, one of them on the spot, while 18 others were injured when a kombi veered off the road and overturned near the 166km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo Road on Saturday evening.
Ministry of Regional Integration gets phone bills dated before its inception
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
THE Ministry of Regional Integration and International Co-operation said it was shocked recently when it received telephone bills from TelOne dated beyond the period it was established. The Ministry
Prime Minister courts Chinese investors
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has encouraged the Chinese to invest in Zimbabwe, saying
Georgias case: EU court still to decide
Special Correspondent
Battle lines are drawn in Luxembourg in what is set to be a landmark challenge to European Union
Zim makes giant strides in eradicating malaria
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
ZIMBABWE has made giant strides in the eradication of malaria in most districts except for areas along the borders, a senior health official has said.
The focal person for Malaria Case Management in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Stanford Mashaire, attributed the eradication of malaria to prevention and treatment interventions.
Dr Mashaire revealed this at a media briefing on the Global Fund to Fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Programmes in Harare yesterday.
Districts that have eliminated malaria are Matabeleland South, Masvingo, Midlands and some parts of Mashonaland East.
Trilateral tourism deal sealed
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
ZIMBABWE, Zambia and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation signed a Trilateral Host Agreement in Victoria Falls yesterday, marking the official countdown to the 20th UNWTO Session of the General Assembly slated for August next year.
Victoria Falls and Livingstone will co-host the historic event that comes to Southern Africa for the first time.
This becomes the second time Africa hosts the event after Senegal did so at its inauguration.
Zimbabwe and Zambia won the right to co-host the meeting at a meeting held in Spain last year.
UNWTO secretary-general Dr Talib Rifai arrived in Victoria Falls on Monday afternoon before leading a variety of activities between Zimbabwe and Zambia.
The event went a gear up when President Mugabe arrived in Victoria Falls while his Zambian counterpartPresident Michael Sata arrived in Livingstone from their respective capitals.
President Mugabe arrived at Victoria Falls International Airport to a thunderous reception from flag-waving, singing and feet stamping residents who braved the hot weather to welcome him.