How Southern African countries put KAZA on map

Lauren Mowery Two of Southern Africa’s great rivers, the Okavango and Zambezi, have lent their names to the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA).  At 200 000 square miles, KAZA is…

Brazil aims to deepen ties with Africa

Brasília. – With  trips to Egypt and Ethiopia ahead of an African Union (AU) summit, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is on a mission to deepen economic and…

Protests by farmers gather momentum around the world

BEIJING. – Inflation, foreign competition and the rising costs of protecting the environment are just some of the reasons for growing unrest in the world’s agriculture industry.  As farmer protests…

Mother kills daughter with fatal dose of salt

The Herald, February 16, 1989 SALEM. – A woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday for force-feeding her adopted four-year-old daughter a fatal dose of salt as…

Zim seeks to boost trade to bust sanctions

Lawson Mabhena in Dubai, UAE THERE is a need to increase trade with friendly countries as a strategy to counter illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some powerful Western nations,…

IMF commends country’s economic resilience

Oliver Kazunga-Senior Business Reporter THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe’s economy continues to show resilience in the face of inflationary pressures after the country’s Gross Domestic Product grew by…

‘Operation on land barons not meant to punish citizens’

Africa Moyo-Deputy News Editor GOVERNMENT has expressed concern over people who are settling themselves illegally on urban and rural agricultural State land and others who are illegally selling the land,…

Japan targets joint local rice production

Mukudzei Chingwere-Herald Reporter Almost all rice in Zimbabwe is imported, the one grain where local production is trivial, but that could be changing with new varieties as Japan will be…

Energy efficiency policy planned

Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter THE Second Republic will soon be putting in place an energy efficiency policy to make sure the consistent supplies of energy currently being experienced are stretched as…

‘Special courts needed for sexual offences’

Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter SPECIAL courts should be set up to deal with sexual offences to ensure such cases are dealt with expeditiously and ensure protection of victims, Women Affairs, Community…