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Herald Reporters Harare City Council and commuter omnibus operators plying routes between the capital and satellite towns are set for a collision course after the city raised rank fees by…
Allocate us sugarcane farms, say chiefs
Bulawayo Bureau Chiefs in Masvingo have urged Government to allocate them sugarcane farms in Chiredzi as part of efforts to improve their welfare. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Association for Prevention of…
Zim contains foot-and-mouth disease
Bianca Leboho Herald Reporter Zimbabwe has contained the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that had affected cattle in some parts of Matabeleland, Midlands and Masvingo provinces. Zimbabwe National Veterinary Services director Dr Josphat Nyika…
Council starts servicing residential stands
Herald Reporter Harare City Council has started servicing residential stands, with the city targeting to service 3 000 stands and not less than 1 000 housing units this year. The city,…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Party officials must heed President’s call
ZANU-PF posted resounding victory in the 2013 harmonised elections because it campaigned and contested the elections as Team Zanu-PF with one objective, putting the ball into the net hence the…
The song that inspired a speech
Mabasa Sasa recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ZIMBABWE’S influence over matters at the African Union runs deep. Yes, President Mugabe is no longer Chair of the bloc. But he continues…
Banning child, forced marriages gaining traction in Africa
Thandabantu Nhlapo Correspondent The Zimbabwean Constitutional Court has delivered a landmark decision outlawing all marriages below the age of 18. This includes customary marriages. Predictably, the decision generated a great deal…
A day (or two) in the life of a freelance consultant
Blessing Musariri Shelling the Nuts There was a time when a man’s word was his honour. When a handshake was an unassailable agreement. Now everything is fluid and subject to…
Global de-dollarisation and US policies
Vladimir Odintsov Correspondent In its quest for world domination, which the White House has been pursuing for more than a century, it relied on two primary tools: the US dollar…
Ethiopia: The influence of hosting AU
Simon Allison Correspondent The African Union headquarters, 24 storeys of clean lines and soaring glass, is Addis Ababa’s tallest building. It looks all wrong in the context of its dusty,…