Of faith and expectancy

Bartholomew Manjoro
Today I will speak to you on expectancy. Is there anything that you have wanted from God or needed him to do? Do you have a request that has not been met? Or an answer that has been delayed? My answer for you is have an expectation! It’s simple, if you don’t expect anything in life you will receive nothing. In the

‘Chitungwiza had weak structures’

Shingai Rukwata Ndoro
In being a team member to serve Chitungwiza Municipality, I was driven by a moral imperative — a high sense of honour or integrity in the work to be done, dutifulness or responsibility to what is expected of anyone in a similar position, better and sustainably improving standards of service delivery to the residents of

Govt okays tourism policy

Chinhoyi Bureau
CABINET has approved the National Tourism Pol­icy which seeks to harmonise all policies and opera­tions in the tourism sector. The policy would result in the strength­ening of Zim­babwe’s cultural tourism and create a con­ducive operat­ing environment for investors. Addressing delegates at the Kariba Tourism Indaba which preceded

Anti-corruption experts visit Zim

Herald Reporter
Anti-corruption experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recently visited Zimbabwe to review the country’s anti-graft laws and their applica­tions. Home Affairs permanent secretary Mr Melusi Matshiya said in a statement that the delegation com­prised UNODC officials Mrs Bridite Strobel-Show and Mrs Tanja

Fire guts homes, kills child

Herald Correspondent
An open-air service for the Johanne Masowe Church ended in disarray last week when a member lit a fire which got out of control and destroyed several homes before it nearly caused the death of a child. The perpetrator, Grace Zimunhu (39) of Mukangaza village in Chipapa, Hurungwe Central, was fined US$90 or one

Make cattle branding compulsory: Police

Herald Correspondent
There should be an Act of Parliament compelling all farmers to brand their cattle as a way of curbing stock­theft, an official has said. Assistant Commissioner (responsible for crime) in Mashonaland West Province Bobby Murwira said this while officially relaunching the Hurungwe District cat­tle branding campaign at Magunje

Cash-strapped Copota School for the Blind faces closure

Masvingo Bureau
Copota School and Workshop for the Blind in Zimuto communal lands is facing closure due to short­age of funds. This has crippled income gen­erating projects that used to provide a lifeline to over 350 visually-impaired students at the institu­tion. Copota has been operating state-of–the-art work­shops run by the students that

Certificates of compliance requirement a must: NIEEB

Business Reporter

COMPANIES with approved indigenisation plans should have certificates of compliance to prove that they are fully compliant with the indigenisation and empowerment regulations, the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (NIEEB) chairman, Mr David Chapfika, has said.

Kenya navy shells Somali town after rebels retreat

MOGADISHU — Kenyan warships shelled the southern Somali port of Kismayu overnight after al Qaeda-linked rebels said they had abandoned the city, residents said yesterday.

Nigeria officials held for ‘Boko Haram links’

Nigeria’s military has arrested a number of security personnel over links to Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.

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