adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: A healthy Highlanders good for Zimbabwe football
A FRACTION of the bona fide Highlanders membership believed to be over 4 000 will elect a new chairman, secretary and committee member in Bulawayo tomorrow. It is a tall…
Promote production of locally adapted crops, policy makers urged
Ashton Mutyavaviri LOCAL is lekker! This was the message the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) delivered to policy makers recently when it appealed to them to promote the adoption of…
I DON’T CARE WHO WINS AFCON
Sharuko On Saturday I JUST realised the other day that 26 years have now passed since I covered my first AFCON finals. That’s a quarter-of-a-century, of course, with the little…
The legacy of Queen Lozikeyi and the richness of Bubi District
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Bulawayo Bureau Bubi is a district in Matabeleland North province that covers 600.35 square kilometres of land. It borders Nkayi, Lupane, Umguza, Insiza and Gweru districts. It has…
Bribe taking cops jailed two years
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Two Beitbridge-based police officers have each been jailed for an effective 18 months after taking a bribe from a suspect arrested for illegal possession of drugs…
Preserve wetlands, local authorities told
Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent LOCAL authorities in the Harare Metropolitan Province have been urged to ensure the preservation of wetlands in their planning. Speaking at the World Wetlands Day celebrations…
From rural schools to medical dreams
Nqobile Tshili Bulawayo Bureau FOR 19-year-old Michelle Moyo, studying medicine at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is a dream come true. But it also means leaving behind…
Golf ref Murewa for Scotland
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter VETERAN Zimbabwean golf referee Alec Murewa will leave the country tomorrow for a high profile seminar at St Andrews Royal and Ancient in Scotland. The 56…
Going down memory lane with Roseman ‘Dracko’ Mangwiro
Danai Chitakasha Special Correspondent MY football initiation as a young boy was through the radio. There were names which we often referred to as “Football Names”. Once you heard these…
Teenage pregnancy challenge a threat to maternal health
Bulawayo Bureau ZIMBABWE is facing a teenage pregnancy crisis, with a prevalence rate of 23, 7 percent, according to a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report. The report, which assessed…