adminCrop situation gets dire
Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Erratic rains and high temperatures being experienced countrywide have resulted in crops wilting, with farmers in some areas already counting losses as their maize is now…
ED’s audacity of hope to Canaan
Lovemore Ranga Mataire Senior Writer President Mnangagwa’s interview with Alec Russell of the London-based Financial Times was illuminating in many ways. For a start, the President seemed to have been in a relaxed…
Rupert Murdoch’s Sky bid provisionally blocked by regulato
LONDON. – Rupert Murdoch’s £11.7bn bid to take full control of Sky has been provisionally blocked by the UK competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority said 21st Century Fox’s bid…
NAC wary of defaulters
Sukoluhle Ndlovu Midlands Correspondent THE National Aids Council (NAC) has raised concern over an increase in the number of young people in Gweru who are defaulting on antiretroviral treatment (ART) due…
People, funding & constant learning key to research excellence
Brenda Wingfield It’s been 20 years since I took up a position as a professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. My job, along…
Millions gather to ‘purify souls’ in Hindu bathing ritual
NEW DELHI. – Millions of Hindu devotees are gathering in northern India for the Magh Mela — one of the world’s biggest religious festivals involving ritual bathing in the holy…
Private company launches search for Malaysia’s Flight MH370 in ‘final
SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR. – A US-based company has begun searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysia said yesterday, as it tries to solve one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.
EU ready to engage Zim
Auxilia Katongomara Bulawayo Bureau THE European Union (EU) has indicated that it is ready to engage Zimbabwe following the transition that saw a new administration led by President Mnangagwa taking over…
Govt hails Chidamoyo Hospital
Blessings Chidakwa Chinhoyi Bureau Government has hailed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Hurungwe for being the first referral health centre in Zimbabwe to deliver HIV-free babies in the past two years. The hospital,…
‘Livestock situation satisfactory’
Mellisa Mutasa Herald reporter The Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) yesterday said the condition of livestock in most parts of the country is satisfactory, as pastures and drinking water continue to be…