MDC-T backtracks on Madzore’s threats
Herald Reporters
MDC-T yesterday backtracked on threats made by its National Youth Assembly leader Solomon
President donates to orphans, the elderly
Bulawayo BureauPRESIDENT Mugabe has donated 10 tonnes of wheat and rice to hundreds of orphans and the elderly in Bulawayo.
Bulawayo Governor Cain Mathema yesterday handed over the consignment of two tonnes to about 200 beneficiaries at Efusini Square in Makokoba suburb.
Zim to host 9th Routes Africa forum
Lloyd Gumbo in KAMPALA, UgandaZIMBABWE will next year play host to the 9th Routes Africa forum after it shrugged off a challenge from three more countries from the continent who wanted to stage the event.
Routes Africa is a forum where aviation and tourism representatives from the continent meet to explore opportunities of developing their industries in the continent. Routes is
Property worth thousands of dollars goes up in smoke
Herald reporterProperty worth thousands of dollars was yesterday engulfed in an inferno at Pesket Trading garage situated at the intersection of Fifth Street and Robson Manyika Avenue in Harare.
NECF boss Mushaninga mourned
Peter Matambanadzo Senior ReporterChief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has described the late National Economic Consultative Forum executive secretary Mr Amos Mushaninga as a dedicated and true patriot.
Holding bays ready for use
Herald ReporterCOMMUTER omnibuses will this weekend finally move to the holding bay at Coventry Road site after the Harare City Council said the facility was now ready for use.
The facility is part of the council’s measures to ease central business district congestion.
Zanu-PF refutes regalia reports
Political EditorZanu-PF has dismissed reports that it took delivery of one million T-shirts and campaign materials from China.
Some news agencies quoted Zanu-PF spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo as confirming that the party received the election materials from China ahead of the launch of its election
Allied Timbers wins award
Herald ReporterALLIED Timbers Zimbabwe (Private) Limited last week scooped the golden award for Quality and Business Prestige in Italy after beating competitors from five continents.
The award was conferred by Otherways Association Management and Consulting, a France-based organisation. The company also received the golden certificate for Golden Award
Voter registration closes
Tendai Mugabe and Peter MatambanadzoThe voters’ roll closes today for the July 31 harmonised elections and all people who are not yet captured will not be able to vote in the forthcoming elections.
This followed the closure of the mandatory 30-day mobile voter registration yesterday.
MDC-T pulls US icons off website
Senior Reporters
MDC-T was yesterday forced to remove US icons on its website following fierce criticism by Zimbabweans who slammed the party for flaunting its western parentage.
The MDC-T website had four side bars bearing the controversial icons. The first sidebar that bore the US map was inscribed “MDC on the Economy”; the second bore the facade of




