adminChinhoyi shuts down illegal food outlets
Heather Charema and Blessings Chidakwa Chinhoyi Municipality has closed about 10 unregistered food outlets as authorities move to prevent the spread of cholera in Mashonaland West’s provincial capital. Council launched a…
Customs officials urged to enhance efficacy, efficiency
Wimbainashe Zhakata and Sharon Chigeza CUSTOMS officials have been urged to enhance efficacy and effectiveness in customs administration and contribute to the growth of the economy. Minister of State for Manicaland…
Mutare ropes in airtime vendors to sell parking discs
Sharon Chigeza Herald Correspondent MUTARE City, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and airtime vendors last week announced a tripartite arrangement that will see vendors selling both airtime and parking discs to motorists in…
Engage vendors, councils urged
Rutendo Rori Herald Correspondent Local authorities should engage illegal vendors and pirate taxi operators to come up with long-term solutions to get them off the streets, a senior government official has…
Insights from Nigeria’s Tutuola
Francis Nyamnjoh Correspondent For many years, Amos Tutuola, the Nigerian author who was born in 1920 and died in 1997, was despised, ridiculed and made to appear exotic and primitive. He…
Shingai Mutasa cheers new Government policies
Darlington Musarurwa Deputy News Editor Local business magnate Mr Shingai Mutasa, who recently spent more than £15 million to gain a stranglehold over a vast business empire that has interests in…
Even as rain plays up, hunger looks distant for Zim
Jeffrey Gogo Climate The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) is playing scientific tricks on clouds to induce them to give up the rain they hold. The process is called cloud seeding. On…
Govt warns errant farmers
Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi Government has warned new sugar-cane farmers in the Lowveld to stop illegally expanding their plots, saying efforts were underway to repossess such land for allocation to…
Child marriages, STI cases rife in Mash Central
Cletus Mushanawani Mashonaland Central Bureau CHILD marriages are rampant in Mashonaland Central Province, while the usage of morning-after pills has increased in Bindura, especially after weekends and public holidays. The increase on…
Zaka farmers write-off maize crop
Sydney Mubaiwa in Zaka Most farmers here have started counting their losses after declaring their maize crop a complete write-off owing to severe moisture stress caused by the prolonged dry…