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Samantha Chigogo Herald Correspondent Government is finalising the country’s labour export policy, with the first export of graduates expected to begin as soon as Cabinet endorses the policy, an official has…
Let’s adopt rand, says MDC-T MP
Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter MDC-T National Assembly Member for Hatfield Dr Tapiwa Mashakada says Government must implement a number of mechanisms to improve liquidity in the economy. Among the interventions…
Govt in $1m drive to halt bilharzia, worms
Talent Gore and Shamiso Makiwa GOVERNMENT on Monday rolled out a $1 million mass drug administration campaign to eliminate tropical diseases like intestinal worms and bilharzia among children. The programme is…
Mudede blasts social media falsehoods
Herald Correspondent Media reports suggesting that all newborns will undergo DNA testing before getting birth certificates are false and meant to tarnish the image of Government departments, Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa…
China ruling party indaba set for October
BEIJING. – The sixth plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has been scheduled for October, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee announced…
UN frets over South Sudan refugee influx
JUBA.- The UN refugee agency yesterday said that the influx of South Sudan refugees into Uganda was seriously straining on the capacity of collection and transit centres which are too…
Merkel faces backlash over asylum policy
Berlin. – A rash of attacks in Germany has emboldened political rivals of Chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured), blaming her liberal asylum policy for exposing the country to a shocking week…
13 killed in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU. – At least 13 people, most of them UN contractors, were killed and five others were injured in twin explosions yesterday near the airport in Mogadishu, security officials have…
Priest dies in latest France violence
PARIS. – A priest was “assassinated”, and another was seriously wounded yesterday after two armed men seized several hostages in a church in northern France, Pierre-Hernry Brandet, spokesman of the…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Focused farmer capacitation the way to go
WE want to commend the Government for prioritising food security and national maize self-sufficiency by coming up with a $500 million command agriculture scheme which should transform the agricultural sector. Under…