‘Women must be empowered’

Herald Reporter
A newly formed youths and women empowerment group has embarked on a programme seeking to fund various income generating projects. The pressure group is on a drive appraising people on the

‘Join hands with the police’

Noah Pito in Hurungwe
Police in Hurungwe have urged the business community and villagers to work with the law enforcement agents to reduce crime  in the district. Officer commanding Hurungwe district Chief Superintendent Justin

Rapist blood donor jailed

Court Reporter
A Chitungwiza man’s plea that he was a blood donor could not save him from going to prison for an effective 12 years for raping a 15-year-old runaway he had promised to take home.  The girl had run

European stocks pause ahead of G20 meeting

LONDON. — Europe’s main stock markets paused on Friday as investors awaited the start of a Group of 20 meeting that is expected to focus on growing talk of “currency wars”, analysts said. “With G20

2 arrested for cable theft

Crime Reporter
A Goromonzi magistrate this week jailed two men to 30 years and 20 years for stealing copper cables in the area. Gift Fungai Pakero (40) and Oscar Marufu, age not given, admitted to six counts of theft of

Tread carefully on climate deals, Africa warned

NAIROBI. – Representatives of the African Civil Society Organisations and Networks coalescing under the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance have urged African governments not to enter into climate

Brothers nabbed for extortion

Lovemore Meya Court Reporter
Three Seke brothers who extorted US$1 700 from a desperate villager in a stand deal escaped jail when they had their prison term wholly suspended. Moses (46), Tirivangani (43) and Donald Chitsvatsva had

Time Africa acted on emission projects

AFRICA’S share of total global Clean Development Mechanism projects remains disappointingly small despite mounting evidence of the dangerous effects of a warmer earth. Despite the large-scale

2013 crop hectarage down: Made

TOTAL hectarage planted for major food crops has declined to 1,4 million hectares this year from 1,9 million hectares planted in 2012, a Cabinet minister has said. Addressing the Joint Command and Staff

Diversify export base, AfDB urges Zim

ZIMBABWE should focus on diversifying its export basket for it to lower the widening trade deficit, the African Development Bank has said. The country presently imports about US$7 billion worth of goods,

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