adminTough farming season looms
The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) on Thursday said farmers are facing a difficult cropping season due to lack of funds after the Grain Marketing Board failed to pay for…
FDI shouldn’t undermine indigenisation progress
Bernard Bwoni Zimbabwe has been left frazzled by aftershocks of imperialism and the firm hold of capitalism and that is exactly where the imperial state wants it to be.
UN Ebola mission head named
ACCRA. — Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Accra early on Saturday as new head of the United Nations (UN) Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), it has said.
Bosso AGM date sset
Bulawayo Bureau HIGHLANDERS have set January 25 as the date for their annual meeting at which the chairman’s post and that of secretary and committee member will fall vacant.
Nine-year-old raped, infected with hiv
Noah Pito in HURUNGWE Two Hurungwe men were last week arraigned before a Karoi magistrate for allegedly raping and infecting a nine-year-old girl with HIV. The offence was allegedly committed…
Editorial Comment: Time fertiliser firms smelt the coffee
Zimbabwe’s fertiliser industry is in trouble with sales well below capacity; the industry itself blames imports, which are admitted duty-free because of the importance of fertilisers, although the problems many…
US-Cuba relations hit obstacles
WASHINGTON. — Only two-and-a-half weeks after US President Barack Obama announced a historic prisoner exchange and re-establishment of long-broken ties with Cuba, his new policy is encountering obstacles that threaten…
Gold smugglers’ case set for January 13
Beitbridge Bureau The trial of three men arrested last year as they tried to smuggle to South Africa seven kilogrammes of gold worth about US$270 000 has been set for…
Makandiwa hails President
Herald Reporters United Family International Church founder Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has commended President Mugabe for remaining principled in the face of illegal economic sanctions, emphasising yesterday that Zimbabwe’s economy would…
AB leads Proteas charge
CAPE TOWN. — South Africa removed the West Indian openers in yesterday’s last session at Newlands to build on AB de Villiers’ superb century and take the initiative in the…