adminSibanda for Bosso captaincy
GOALKEEPER Ariel Sibanda and defender Peter Mudhuwa have emerged as the favourites, among the Highlanders’ fans, to be named the club captain. The two were the dominant names among the fans of the country’s oldest football club who responded to a poll by The Herald as to who should captain Bosso. Scores of the Highlanders fans responded to the poll.
President touched by Battlefields tragedy
President Mnangagwa has mourned artisanal miners who perished after mining shafts at Cricket No. 3 and Jongwe Mining Cooperative in Mhondoro-Ngezi were flooded on Tuesday.
Kenya, Somalia in diplomatic spat
Kenya on Saturday recalled its ambassador Lt-Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo from Somalia for “urgent consultations” over a maritime border dispute that involves lucrative offshore oil and gas deposits.
. . . burial set for tomorrow in Chivhu
Veteran award-winning author and actor Charles Mungoshi will be buried at his rural homestead in Chivhu tomorrow afternoon.
Observers urge calm after Nigeria election delay
Foreign election observers have appealed for calm following the last-minute postponement of the Nigerian election by a week. The election was expected to be conducted on Saturday.
ED underscores free education
President Mnangagwa has commended the Education Amendment Bill that was gazetted on Friday, saying it will re-introduce the concept of free education that was adopted at independence, once it is passed into law.
Women in Africa face huge odds but can make a real difference
Women are gaining ground in politics around the world. Last year, the so-called “pink wave” saw a record number of women elected to Congress in the US’s mid-term elections. There are signs of progress in Africa, too.
Time to look outside Cites should ivory pitch fail again
Zimbabwe cannot be faulted for trying to make the Cites see reason, a commodity that apparently is now at a premium within the global watchdog for endangered animal species. Well, at least as far as noble requests on commercial ivory sales from southern Africa are concerned.
Kusal seals historic win
DURBAN — Sri Lanka needed 78 runs for an unlikely win over South Africa when they lost their ninth wicket. But Vishwa Fernando held his own against the strong South…
Beralus investors visit Kanyemba
A team of investors from Belarus is interested in developing 10 000 hectares of land in the Kanyemba area, Mbire District, for agriculture production, provincial administrator Mr Cosmos Chiringa has said.