adminAssist orphanages, corporate sector urged
Herald Reporter
The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has urged the corporate sector to play a role in improving the lives of children living in homes by assisting the institutions provide food, clothes and refurbishment of
Govt urged to exempt newsprint from taxes
Herald Reporter
GOVERNMMENT should exempt local newspapers from taxes on inks and newsprint so that they can compete with foreign publications entering the country duty-free. This was said by the chairperson of the
Makwara appointed deputy mayor
Municipal Reporter
Chitungwiza Municipality has appointed its first woman deputy mayor, Clr Clara Makwara, to replace Councillor Rangarirai Mutingwende. Clr Mutingwende was suspended last week pending dismissal on
Ex-perm sec Kachingwe dies
Herald Reporter
FORMER permanent secretary in the then Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunications Mrs Sarah Kachingwe has died. She was 76.She died at her Greendale home yesterday. “She has been
President consoles Mukotekwa family
Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe has sent a message of condolence to the Mukotekwa family following the death of Private Jeoffrey Mukotekwa at Parirenyatwa Hospital following a traffic accident. Private Mukotekwa was a
Jackson hails Zim land reform
Brezhnev Malaba in Washington DC
United States civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson yesterday expressed support for Zimbabwe’s
700 schoolgirls stage demo over food, water
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau
NEARLY 700 Mukaro High School pu-pils sneaked out of their dormitories early yesterday morning and walked to the district education office to protest against water problems and poor food at the school.
Authorities at the Catholic-run girls’ boarding school were stunned when they woke up to find the dormitories deserted.
All the pupils from Form One to Form Six walked 20km to Mpandawana Growth Point in Gutu in protest over food and water woes.
They braved the chilly weather and marched from the school at 2am and arrived at the district education office at Mpandawana around 6am.
When news filtered that the pupils had besieged the education offices, a school bus was rushed to ferry them back to school.
The bus reportedly made several trips to and from Mpandawana.
VP Mujuru consoles Levy family
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
VICE President Joice Mujuru yesterday visited Sam Levy’s home in Avondale, Harare, to pay her condolences.
Government bigwigs reshuffled
GOVERNMENT has reshuffled permanent secretaries and directors to ensure greater efficiency in management.
Time Sadc runs AU Commission
Anna Mititi Michero
At the last Sadc Summit in Luanda, Angola, the member states reiterated their support for the candidacy of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the chair of the African Union (AU) Commission. There is