Double vulnerability: Miners with silicosis at risk of TB infection
Catherine Murombedzi Health Correspondent Tuberculosis (TB) is airborne and is caused by a bacteria called mycobacterium tuberculosis. Since it is airborne, everyone is at risk of acquiring the disease.
Harare loses US$4.8 million worth of treated water every year
Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent The City of Harare uses about US$24 million at Morton Jaffaray Treatment Plant every year to purify approximately 108 000 mega litres of water that is…
Zimbabwe achieves HIV epidemic control
Wendy Nyakurerwa-Matinde Zimbabwe has achieved HIV epidemic control, a critical point where the total number of new HIV infections fall below the total number of deaths, with both indices declining,…
Harare Polytechnic signs five-year agreement with Chinese entities
Trust Freddy Herald Correspondent Harare Polytechnic has signed a tripartite agreement with two Chinese institutions, Shaanxi Engineering Vocational College and XinGanglian Group, in a move that will see 60 local…
CCC’s interim leader trashes Chamisa
Zimpapers Politics Hub Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader Professor Welshman Ncube has said the party’s national council has resolved to “reconstitute the party after it had swayed from…
Triathlon Zim executive board members retain posts
Sports Reporter Most of the executive board members of Triathlon Zimbabwe retained their posts during the organisation’s annual general meeting held over the weekend. The meeting was held at Borrowdale…
Very cold morning anticipated tomorrow
Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Very low temperatures (below 5-degrees Celsius) are anticipated tomorrow morning in northern parts of Matabeleland South, southern areas of Matabelaland North, Bulawayo Metropolitan, Midlands, Harare Metropolitan,…
Zim economy stabilising after ZiG introduction
Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent The Zimbabwean economy has demonstrated relative stability in recent months following the presentation of the Monetary Policy statement by the Reserve Bank Governor on 5 April,…
333 children injured by stray bullets
More than 300 children have been reported to be victims of gunshots this year as gang violence grips the Western Cape in South Africa. The provincial health department in…
Zim-EU in fruitful discussions
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ambassador Albert Chimbindi met with the director-general of the European Union External Action Service,…











