adminZNA staffer dies
Herald Reporter
VETERAN Zimbabwe National Army Public Relations staffer Staff Sergeant Davison Manyika has died.Senate ratifies protocol
Herald ReporterSENATE has approved for ratification a United Nations protocol that seeks to prevent, suppress and punish human traffickers. Steering the protocol in the Upper House on Monday, Home Affairs co-Minister Theresa Makone said the policy sought to protect women and children who were subjected to trafficking due to economic hardships. Minister Makone said she was going to introduce a Bill that was meant to domesticate the protocol.
Rights Bill passed
Herald ReporterTHE House of Assembly yesterday passed the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill and now awaits debate in Senate.
New law on billboards
Herald Reporter
The Harare City Council is drafting a land policy to sell advertising space for billboards through a tender process.Bindura man shot over bread
Crime ReporterA BINDURA man is in a critical condition after being shot in Mazowe on Wednesday following an altercation over a dozen loaves of bread.
Another man was also shot in the same area in a separate incident on Thursday last week under unclear circumstances.
The real significance of Libya elections
The NATO-installed National Transitional Council (NTC) ensured that candidacy was restricted to a relatively small layer approved by the Electoral Commission. Indications are that Mahmoud Jibril’s Alliance of National Forces has won the largest number of votes for the new 200-seat Congress on a turn-out of just over 60 percent of the 80 percent of Libyans registered to vote.Water, women inseparable
Ruth Butaumocho
Gender Forum
Driving around Chitungwiza late at night one weekend, I came across hordes of women carrying containers with water. While some were pushing wheelbarrows with varying sizes of plastic containers, the majority had containers balancing on their heads.
Africa: Tomorrow’s health agenda
As Africa transforms, at this time of Africa’s economic emergence, it is also time to transform how we think about health. Let me make five points. First, how do we finance the health sector and maintain progress at a time of global crisis?Africa, Russia should up ties
A lack of focus and lack of interest are hindering what could be a beneficial economic and political relationship between Russia and the African continent.Cop fires AK-47 rifle in snooker row
Innocent RuwendeSenior Court Reporter
A DRUNKEN cop armed with an AK-47 rifle caused mayhem at a Ruwa bar while trying to shoot a reveller following an altercation over a snooker token.