Villagers hail new voting system
Sydney Mubaiwa in Bikita The majority of voters in Bikita yesterday commended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for setting up polling station-based voting centres, a development they said reduced both the…
Don’t abuse social media — ZEC
Masvingo Correspondent It is illegal and inflammatory for people to abuse social media platforms by announcing purported results of the 2018 harmonised elections, as the job is strictly reserved for…
Pollution chokes Pungwe, Rusitu
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau Government has put in place measures to control pollution caused by gold panning activities along the banks of Rusitu and Pungwe rivers in Manicaland Province. The…
Masvingo Urban top candidates confident
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau The two leading candidates in the race for the Masvingo Urban National Assembly seat yesterday expressed confidence of landing the key constituency. Both Cde Taguma Mazarire…
White community throngs polling stations
Tafadzwa Zimoyo Herald Reporter Zimbabwe’s white community thronged Borrowdale and Heritage Primary School polling stations in Harare to cast their ballots in yesterday’s harmonised elections. They arrived at Heritage Primary…
Rogue driver knocks educationist dead
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A prominent educationist in Beitbridge was fatally knocked down by a speeding car along the Beitbridge-Masvingo Highway last week. Mr Thomas Gumbo (54), who was the…
Thousands join peaceful protests in Nicaraguan capital
MANAGUA. – Thousands of Nicaraguans participated in rival marches in the capital Managua without incident amid a period of relative calm in the country’s deadly political unrest. Protesters on Saturday…
Zisco resuscitation takes giant first stride
Michael Magoronga Midlands Correspondent The resuscitation of the giant steel company, Ziscosteel, has taken a giant leap forward following the ground breaking ceremony of a coke plant at the steel…
Momentum builds towards an African Continental Free Trade Area
Kagame said the AU was disproving perceptions that it couldn’t deliver a free trade area. He said interests outside Africa would be ‘recalculated’, and so it was crucial for Africa to speak with one voice on the issue.
Tribute to Ghana’s poet laureate Atukwei Okai
David Mungoshi Shelling the Nuts At every opportunity, Atukwei Okai would make this proud utterance: I come from Africa and I live in Ghana. I have always felt that we…



