adminBizzare deaths in Mandara
Evelene Taadira Herald ReporterA Mandara couple lost two daughters within 48 hours after they reportedly failed to seek medical attention on religious grounds. The girls, identified by neighbours as Christy and Charmaine Magwanyata, reportedly fell ill last week. The girls were, however, taken to hospital upon the intervention of neighbours who called the police.
Renco stops mining
George Maponga in MasvingoMasvingo’s biggest gold producer, Renco Mine, stopped gold production yesterday owing to a plethora of operational challenges, amid increasing calls by the local community for Government to intervene and save the mine from collapse. The future of 1 500 workers employed at the RioZim owned mine and their families is
BBA deadline set
Entertainment ReporterMultichoice Zimbabwe yesterday announced the deadline for entries for this year’s season of Big Brother Africa. The deadline is February 14. There is such great excitement like never before in this country about this season’s Big Brother, with most people wanting to enter. However, it looks like most people are not aware of
Elections the solution
Herald reporterThe dysfunctional inclusive Government can only end through an election, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has said. ZCTU secretary-general Mr Japhet Moyo said holding elections regularly gives internal legitimacy to Government. “A flawed election can cause political instability and will not be accepted by our union,” he
UN mulls sending troops to Mali
UNITED NATIONS — The UN is considering sending peacekeepers to Mali, following a proposal from Paris which said that French forces have killed hundreds of Islamist rebels but are still coming under attack. After announcing plans to start withdrawing its 4 000 troops from Mali in March, France called for a peacekeepingFrom the village to Madrid
In the village, in the land of milk honey and dust or Guruve, one who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem – every passerby wants to taste.But the careless ones do not care!
In the other world, in the land of football there are many fruit trees planted on the roadside for everyone to pick – call it human rights.
Journalism is that profession that, takes you to ringside seat of events and unbeknown to you, you are already in the deep-end of things. There, you mix with the
51 perish in bus accident
LUSAKA — At least 51 people have been confirmed dead after a public bus they were traveling in collided with a truck in central Zambia’s Chibombo district in the early hours of yesterday, police said. The accident occurred when the bus, belonging to a state-firm, Postal Bus Services, was travelling from Ndola city on the
VP Nkomo motion moved
Herald Reporter
Senate on Wednesday moved a motion that on January 17, Zimbabwe lost a liberation icon Cde Landa John Nkomo who died after a long battle with cancer. Zanu-PF national chairman, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo moved the motion that was seconded by Zanu-PF Masvingo senator
Mashakada speaks of “watershed year’
Business Reporter
ECONOMIC Planning and Investment Promotion Minister Tapiwa Mashakada is hopeful of Zimbabwe’s economy, describing 2013 as a “watershed year”. “There is no need to be pessimistic,” he said in an address to delegates at the Zimbabwe Economic Symposium in Harare today.
MDC-T exiled activist tries to exit the country on someone’s passport
Herald Reporter
A 29 year old exiled MDC -T activist has been arrested by police detectives for attempting to illegally cross into South Africa using a passport belonging to another person.
Wellington Makumbinde who is a member of the party’s youth committee for mobilisation and is resident in South Africa was intercepted at Beitbridge Border Post by alert