adminMaternal deaths are preventable
Natasha Musonza Women Empowerment
THE Zimbabwean maternal mortality rate currently sits at an uncomfortable and very worrying 960 deaths per 100 000 live births annually.
However, the vast majority of deaths are preventable and maternal deaths could easily be averted if all women had access to interventions for
GreenCard introduces wellness programme
Business Reporter
GREENCARD Medical Aid Society has come up with a wellness programme for its members. A “wellness programme” is basically a comprehensive health programme designed to maintain a high level of well-being through proper diets, light exercises, stress management and illness prevention.
E5 a victory for the environment
Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story
THE provision of a framework for conclusion of the Chisumbanje ethanol controversy last week is a victory for the environment. It may not exactly represent the efficiency that environmentalists were looking for, or had anticipated, but it is a good starting point. The announcement by Deputy
Padenga volumes down 32pc
Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
CROCODILE skin producer Padenga Holdings says it has reduced volumes by 32 percent in line with a thrust to concentrate on production of premium quality hides. Commenting on the financial results for the 12 months to June 30, 2012, chairman Mr Alexander Calder said 43 049 animals culled
Workers win BNC stake
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
BINDURA Nickel Corporation staff and creditors now hold a combined 31,74 percent in the group after the successful placement of 384 million shares as part of back pay, retrenchment and liability settlement plan. The group announced a creditor and staff share placing last week, which
Zim’s infrastructure growth hailed
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S level of infrastructure growth is the same as that of neighbouring South Africa, PTA Bank president Mr Admassu Yilma Tadesse said in Harare last week. Mr Tadesse told delegates to the ZimBuild Infrastructure Financing Conference that this was reflected in the country’s fixed capital
Iranian attack would trigger ‘World War III’ — Guards
TEHRAN. — Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told broadcaster Al-Alam yesterday, a day after his boss warned that conflict was inevitable. Should Israel and Iran engage militarily, “nothing is predictable . . . and it will turn
Zimbabwe: Denying ourselves the lifting gift of laughter
We apologise to our valued readers for not carrying your favourite column, The Other Side, by Nathaniel Manheru in The Saturday Herald. This was due to a technical problem. — Editor.
As a columnist, I have travelled a fairly long road, much of it quite bumpy. It is the price one has to pay. After all, I give quite a lot, with butts of my acerbic attacks bearing bleeding furrows from my burrowing lashes. I am the village cynic so adept at seeing warts hidden and trampled upon by the chorus of herd praise-singing. It is an expensive role to play, one that invites brickbats.
Bosso, Shabanie Mine clash at B/F
Ricky Zililo
Zifa Central Region fixtures not changing
Lovemore ZigaraTHE controversy riddled Zifa Central Region Soccer League will stick to its fixture list issued at the beginning of the year despite protests by one of the leading clubs.