Presidential Borehole Scheme a game-changer

A TOTAL of 3 349 boreholes have been drilled under the Presidential Rural Development Programme to ensure access to clean water and to speed up rural industrialisation.

Mutendera explains Ervine, Williams omission

ZIMBABWE’S convener of selectors, David Mutendera, says the omission of former captains Craig Ervine and Sean Williams from the Twenty20 International cricket squad to face Pakistan in the upcoming series is meant to ensure continuity.

Minister commissions new tyre plant

A plant owned by Tiger Wheels, which retreads old and used tyres, was yesterday opened by Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu in Harare.

Ford hit with US$165m penalty on recall failure

Ford Motor Co agreed to a US$165 million civil penalty to settle allegations the company failed to recall cars with defective rearview cameras in a timely manner, the second-largest fine…

Tobacco exports surpass US$1bn

THE country’s tobacco exports have surpassed US$1 billion amid firming prospects of a record hectarage of the crop this season with farmers intensifying planting buoyed by the current rains.

Zim Online Agric College churns out first graduates

Forty-Six students graduated at the Zimbabwe Online Agricultural College last Friday becoming the first product of the Second Republic’s initiative launched last year.

Beitbridge clinic opens doors to patients

A new clinic is set to open doors at the 60km peg along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road in the Mazunga area, after passing a recent standards and conformity inspection, carried out by a team from the Ministry of Health and Child Care.

Farm and City Centre loses fertiliser to thieves

Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A suspected thief appeared in court on Monday facing charges of stealing 39 bags of fertiliser from Farm and City Centre. Victor Vambe (22) was released…

Mucheche bail ruling tomorrow

Herald Correspondent Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi has deferred to Tuesday the bail ruling in the matter of a woman who is facing allegations of threatening to kill a businessman.…

Sadc Council of Ministers highlights need for peace

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter The opening ceremony of the Sadc Council of Ministers is underway at the ongoing Extraordinary Summit of the Sadc’s Heads of State and Government at the…

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