adminPoor rains dent yield prospects in southern Africa – FAO
Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor An El Niño-induced drought has sharply dented grain harvests prospects for the main grain producing countries in southern Africa with the 2024 maize…
Chitungwiza youths get boost with new initiative
Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent The National Association of Youth Organizations (NAYO) has launched the Tasimuka Youth Entrepreneurship Activity to empower young entrepreneurs in Chitungwiza. The programme aims to support young…
Contravening the Wildlife Act case exception dismissed
Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent An application for exception by a 68-year-old man who is facing charges of contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act has been dismissed by a Harare magistrate.…
5 diplomats present credentials
Herald Reporter NEW ambassadors from Austria, Mauritania, Uganda, Vietnam and the Philippines have presented their credentials to President Mnangagwa at State House in Harare, pledging to strengthen ties between their…
Shortage of cartographers hinders mine formalisation
Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau MASHONALAND West’s Ministry of Mines and Mining Development office is currently operating with a single cartographer, a development that has delayed the formalisation of artisanal…
Gweru woman sentenced to 18 months for kidnapping baby
Midlands Bureau A Gweru woman who stole a baby from its mother outside Gweru Provincial Hospital has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for kidnapping by Gweru provincial magistrate,…
Potraz plays part in promoting innovation
Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) is playing its part in the educational transformation by promoting Innovation through the Innovation Drive Program. POTRAZ is currently training…
University student, accomplice jailed for possessing pangolin scales
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent Two men from Chipinge who were found in possession of pangolin scales which they were selling for US$6 000 have been sentenced to an effective nine…
Supreme Court throws out former St John’s College coach’s appeal
Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent An appeal by former St John’s College and Triathlon Zimbabwe coach who was jailed for sexually abusing four teenage boys who were under his supervision at…
Michael Jackson, colleague jailed for brutal attack on sick hospital worker
Fungai Lupande Mashonaland central Bureau Two of the three security guards at Bindura Hospital who assaulted a sick staff member were sentenced to an effective two and half years in…