adminHeroes exhumers in Rusape
Senior ReporterFallen Heroes of Zimbabwe Trust (FHZT) has started exhuming some of the remains of thousands of people killed by the Rhodesian Forces and buried in shallow graves in Rusape.
Norway risks going off course
OSLO. — Middle East-style oil wealth combined with a generous Nordic welfare model is slowly throttling big chunks of Norway’s economy, threatening western Europe’s biggest success story. On the surface, Norway is the envy of the world: growth is strong, per capita GDP has exceeded US$100 000 and the nation sits on a US$700 billion rainy dayTrade imbalances irk unions
DURBAN. — Trade unions from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in Durban, South Africa, where they made declarations that are aimed at addressing the imbalances between the North and the South in the world trade system.Goromonzi youth get money
Prosper Dembedza Herald ReporterAt least 50 youths in Goromonzi South constituency are set to benefit from US$250 000 donated by a local businesswoman for their projects.
Each of the youths would receive US$5 000 under the programme.
Brics bicker over proposed bank
DURBAN. — Brics emerging powers yesterday sought a deal on setting up a development bank that would rival Western-backed institutions, trying to iron out significant differences ahead of a leaders’ summit in Durban.WUA student Canada-bound
Herald CorrespondentA Women’s University in Africa student Tafadzwa Kamidza has been appointed the European Access Network youth ambassador for 2013.
EAN is a United Kingdom-based non-governmental organisation that provides access to post secondary education to organisations and individuals who have interests in its work.
Pension pay date shifted
Herald ReporterThe Public Service Commission has moved the pension pay date due to the Easter holiday.
Negotiators in London
Herald Reporter
NEGOTIATORS from Zimbabwe and Britain met yesterday in London as part of efforts to normalise relations between the two countries.The meeting that also involved representatives from countries that have been hostile to Zimbabwe including Canada, United States of America, Australia and some members of the EU was still going on late last
Mliswa case: Witness illiterate
Chinhoyi BureauANOTHER witness testifying in the ongoing trial of Temba Mliswa and nine others accused of public violence has confessed illiteracy and disowned some of the contents of his sworn statement saying the meaning was lost during transcribing.
Zanu-PF denounces EU on sanctions
Herald ReporterPresident Mugabe’s retention on the European Union’s sanctions list is an attack on the soul of the nation and the entirety of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF has said.
In a statement yesterday, Zanu-PF national spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo dismissed the removal from the list of some individuals as a ploy to divide the revolutionary party.