adminPower cuts trim SA growth
JOHANNESBURG. – Escalating power cuts are having a “disastrous effect” on the South African economy, with National Treasury downwardly revising its growth forecast for 2022 from 2.1 percent to 1.9…
Security Council discusses possibility of Ukraine creating a ‘dirty bomb’
We have just asked for a possibility of creation of a dirty bomb in Ukraine by Ukrainian authorities. We think it is a very serious threat. Ukraine has the…
Uganda’s Ebola cases rise
KAMPALA. – The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on Wednesday, adding…
Xi stresses implementing of CPC guiding principles
BEIJINg. – A key party meeting presided over by President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called on Tuesday for studying, publicizing and implementing…
Smith a bitter, troubled man, says Muzorewa
The Herald, October 27, 1979 LONDON/SALISBURY. – Bishop Muzorewa yesterday said Mr Ian Smith was a bitter and troubled man. He was commenting on remarks attributed to Mr Smith…
BREAKING NEWS: Man shot at Russian Embassy in the city
Crime Reporter A Harare man was this evening shot and seriously injured at the Russian Embassy in the city in unclear circumstances after he had approached a policeman who was…
Econet eyes reduced carbon footprint, set to put up 500 new solar base stations
Herald Correspondent Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s leading telecoms and technology company, says it plans to invest in up to 500 solar-powered base stations in the coming two years, as…
Zimbabwe-born scientist who helped identify omicron co-winner of German Africa Prize 2022
Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Renowned Zimbabwe-born virologist and Aids researcher Dr Sikhulile Moyo and another South African bio-informatics scientist have won the 2022 German Africa Award…
Mbare market prices
26 October 2022 Product Description Price Potato/Pocket Chat US$4.5-US$5 Small US$5.5-US$6 Medium US$6.50 Large US$7 Extra large US$7.50 Tomatoes 30kg sandak US$9-US$13 Wooden box US$2-US$3 Plastic dish US$1-US$1.5 Vegetables Cabbage…
Pfumvudza training now focusing on agronomic skills – Agritex
Sharon Shayanewako WITH overall preparations for the 2022/23 cropping season entering the home stretch, attention has shifted to training farmers on proper agronomic practices that help boost productivity and ultimately…