adminAs fuel use increases, should Govt consider raising carbon tax?
Fuel consumption in Zimbabwe soared by about 70 percent between January and February, to an estimated 141 million litres of diesel and 114 million litres of petrol per month. Government blamed the increase on speculation and other things. In climate terms, however, this was actually an expansion in the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), a potent climate-warming gas.
Minister commends GMAZ
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister , Nqobizitha Ndlovu has commended efforts being put together by the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) to stabilise grain supply and production in the country.
Benzema saves Real blushes
Karim Benzema stopped Real Madrid’s underwhelming Spanish La Liga football season going from bad to worse on Sunday after firing a last-minute winner to hand the European champions a barely-deserved 3-2 win over bottom club Huesca.
Ndlovu speaks on currency rate
The formal RTGS$ rate to the US dollar will converge with the parallel market rate in the short term and halt the inflationary pressure being exerted on the economy, according to Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu.
Mainstream disaster management in Sadc
Davison Kaiyo Correspondent Tropical Cyclone Idai is regarded as one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere as a whole. The lived storm…
Ex-liberation movements sweep to rescue of Western Sahara
Peter Fabricius Correspondent Southern Africa’s former liberation movements have symbolically donned their old camouflage uniforms and are resuming the decolonisation struggle. This time though, the colonising power in their sights…
MDC-Alliance congress exposes log in party’s eye
Time has an uncanny habit of exposing hypocrisy, and often times, vindicating formally perceived villains. It is a double-edged sword. In Zimbabwe, time has helped us unravel the duplicitous behaviour of some of our political players in a damning fashion.
Sculptors demand land for their works
Delays by the Harare City Council to allocate land to Avac Arts, a grouping of artists, has stalled efforts to build a gallery along the airport road. Avac Arts director Terrence Musiyiwa told Herald Arts that delays had hampered their efforts to develop and expand their works, including the marketing of their works.
Sino-African dialogue on peace, security vital
China is fully committed to its values of engagement: playing a just, impartial and positive role to help Africa build up its own peacekeeping capacity; addressing root causes as well as symptoms of major challenges; and pursuing win-win cooperation.
Hedge funds slow oil
LONDON. — Hedge funds are becoming increasingly bullish on oil prices amid signs of slowing production growth as a result of output cuts by Saudi Arabia and a reduction in…