Blair met Gaddafi before Lockerbie bomber was freed
LONDON – Tony Blair’s spokesman confirmed on Sunday that the former British prime minister had visited Muammar Gaddafi
ZSE blocks Afre meeting
Herald Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has blocked the Africa First ReNaissance Corporation Limited’s shareholders meeting which
Hoffenheim get a taste of Knowledge
Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
For a team that was nearly kicked out of the Bundesliga for posting a financial loss, TSG Hoffenheim are doing pretty well.
ZPS reduces overcrowding by 4 000
Herald Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Prison Service has in the past six months managed to reduce overcrowding in prisons by 4 000 inmates. ZPS
Help Africa fight diseases: President
From Morris Mkwate in NEW YORK
PRESIDENT Mugabe says the international community should help eradicate non-communicable diseases in Africa by channelling more assistance to the continent.
Speaking at the High-Level Meeting on NCDs at the United Nations headquarters here yesterday, the President said Africa was unable to deal with the diseases comprehensively owing to restricted development.
He urged developing countries to make time-bound commitments that ensured access to medicine, technology transfer and advanced NCD training for health personnel.
“It is common cause that Africa is the least developed continent and consequently, the least able to cope with such a scourge.
“This must be taken in the context of the devastation caused to the continent by the HIV and Aids pandemic,” he said.
“I, therefore, call upon the international community, especially the developed countries, to increase their assistance particularly to Africa
SA rand falls more than 1,6pc
JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa’s rand fell more than 1,6 percent yesterday to its softest level in over a year against the dollar
India hikes interest rates
MUMBAI. – India’s central bank last Friday raised interest rates for the 12th time in 18 months to combat near double-digit
Al Hilal in semi-finals
CASABLANCA, Morocco. – Al Hilal of Sudan yesterday joined Nigeria’s Enyimba into the semifinals of the CAF Champions
10 years for killing brother
Farai Kuvirimirwa Herald Correspondent
A GOKWE man, who fatally stabbed his brother following an altercation over use of family cattle, was this week sent to jail for an
Man swallows 72 bags of cocaine, tries to sneak through customs
A YOUNG Irishman is contemplating spending the next decade and a half in jail after he tried to sneak past Brazilian customs



