Lionel Messi show
PORTO ALEGRE. — The Lionel Messi show is coming to this southern Brazilian city, along with hordes of the Argentina striker’s loyal fans. Porto Alegre is close to the Argentine…
Western media have short memories
Finian Cunningham Watching or listening to Western news media is a bit like observing goldfish swimming around in a glass bowl. Scientists reckon that so short is the memory of…
53 treated for diarrhoea in Mabvuku
David Shumba Herald Reporter At least 53 people were treated for diarrhoea and discharged at clinics in Mabvuku over the past week, but city officials have allayed fears of an…
Policy shift leaves thousands stranded
Herald Reporter— Thousands of aspiring teachers who had secured places at various training colleges for next year’s intakes are likely to fall by the wayside after the colleges made a…
Defiant medical societies face axe
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter— Government has directed service providers not to charge co-payments and shortfalls on patients and warned medical aid societies that they risk being de-registered if they do…
Magistrate raps ‘heartless cop’ as rapist gets 18 years
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A Harare regional magistrate yesterday slammed a policeman who ordered the mother of a rape victim to go and arrest the alleged rapist and bring…
Lost brothers in the Diaspora
Sekai Nzenza on Wednesday Every family has embarrassing secrets. Back in the village, we had many. But the most well-known secret was that of our uncle, Babamunini Nyika, who was…
Everyone is now a journalist, thanks to the Internet
Knowledge Mushohwe The Internet has created a new, fourth form of journalism next to television, radio and print. The Internet allows information to flow and spread at high speeds, and…
Zimbabwe Foreign Direct Investment slows to US$400m
ZIMBABWE’S foreign direct investment (FDI) topped US$410 million last year, remaining flat for the fourth consecutive year.
South Africa: PLATINUM WAGE AGREEMENTS SIGNED
JOHANNESBURG – THE long-awaited wage agreements between platinum producers Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Lonmin, and Impala Platinum (Implats) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have been signed.…








