adminSanitary wear now exempt from duty
THE Government has noted that the price of sanitary wear has shot beyond the reach of many women who have resorted to using unhygienic materials exposing them to various diseases despite the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) waiving customs duty on imports of the feminine product.
Nurses call off strike action
The Zimbabwe Nurses’ Association (ZINA) Harare province will not take part in industrial action — slated for today — by health personnel after assurances by the association’s new patron, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, that he will personally look into their grievances and address them as early as the beginning of next month.
Coroner’s Bill tightens noose on cops, ZPCS and doctors
Heads of hospitals, police stations and prisons will be jailed up to five years if found guilty of destroying or tampering with vital evidence that incriminates in the death of people under their custody, when the Coroner’s Office Bill becomes law.
Laxity, corruption blamed as 26 convicts walk free
Laxity and suspected corruption in the criminal justice system has seen scores of convicted people walking scot-free despite having lost their appeals at the High Court, The Herald can reveal.
Editorial Comment: Mineral database will stop leakages
It is exciting news that Zimbabwe is sitting on a bountiful of 17 rare earth minerals, over and above the diamonds, gold, platinum, chrome and glut of other minerals we have already known.
MUSONA DESERVES RESPECT . . . In football, just like in life, setbacks are part of the game
WHEN Zimbabwe Warriors’ captain, Knowledge Musona, went on Twitter at the weekend to rally his men not to let their defeat at the hands of hosts Egypt in the 2019 AFCON finals game on Friday night, he probably didn’t expect this would provoke some of the brutal responses he received.
Myth, tale of Kariba’s Nyaminyami
Kariba Dam — Zimbabwe and Zambia’s main source of electricity — has dwindled to a mere 30 percent, sparking myth and mystery, reality and perceptions of reality, science and tradition.
Zimplats to build 160MW solar farm
Zimbabwe’s largest platinum group metals (PGMs) producer, Zimplats Holdings, says it is interrogating the feasibility of constructing a 160 megawatts solar power plant to guarantee uninterrupted and affordable power supplies to the group’s operations.
Russia in Africa . . . Can it offer an alternative to the US and China?
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th century.
ZSE amasses $2 billion in a week
Stocks maintained an upward trajectory on firming demand as investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) amassed a cumulative $2 billion last week alone.