Zimbabwe Herald
Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:12:15 +0000Leonardo DiCaprio brings star power to Glasgow for COP26
Actor and environmental campaigner Leonardo DiCaprio has arrived in Glasgow for the COP26 summit. The Hollywood star, who is a UN climate change representative, was seen at the Kew Carbon Garden exhibit on Tuesday at the main conference centre. He wa...
Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:07:58 +0000Chitembwe, CAPS Utd set for reunion
Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter CAPS United legend Lloyd Chitembwe is set to be appointed as the club’s new head coach today. The Herald is reliably informed that the club is almost done with the deal with the former midfielder, who previousl...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:15:21 +0000Sanctions, climate change double blow for Zim
Africa Moyo in GLASGOW, Scotland Climate change has increased the frequency of severe droughts and cyclone-induced floods and with economic sanctions, Zimbabwean lives have been adversely affected and development stunted, President Mnangagwa told the...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:14:08 +0000C’wealth rejoining process underway
Deputy News Editor The Commonwealth is ready to welcome Zimbabwe back into the group once processes for rejoining, which are underway, are complete, the organisation’s secretary general, Baroness Patricia Scotland, has said. She said this yesterday...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:13:11 +0000Commuter rail service now in Bulawayo
Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent Zupco and the National Railways of Zimbabwe have extended their peak-hour commuter rail services to Bulawayo after the successful launch in Harare and the first extension to Gweru, with commuters finding the services...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:12:28 +0000Universities, Colleges and Vocational Training Centres endorse First Lady’s programme
Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter Tertiary institutions in Harare yesterday invited First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to roll out her Gota/Nhanga/Ixhiba programme to them for the benefit of learners, in a massive endorsement by the education sector of her al...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:11:31 +0000Level 2 lockdown extended
Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter The present level two lockdown, with its previously announced major relaxations in the leisure sector for the fully vaccinated, was extended for another two weeks by Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterda...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:10:08 +0000Sanctions report welcome: Manzou
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter The findings by the UN Special Rapporteur on adverse effects of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, Professor Elena Douhan, have been welcomed by the Government saying they laid bare the illegality of the embargo again...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:09:49 +0000Govt pledges safe operating environment for media
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter THE Government is committed to provide a safe operating environment for the media and to guarantee their freedoms to ensure they execute their duties freely for the attainment of targets set under Vision 2030 of a v...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:05:52 +0000Cara wins fans vote for Hall of Fame
LONDON. — Former world number one ranked doubles tennis player Cara Black has won the fan vote for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 in results announced yesterday. She will get a boost to her support from the official voting ...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:05:52 +0000Editorial Comment: Schools must quickly make vaccination arrangements
The clearance by the medical experts for children of 16 and 17 to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will come as relief to many sixth formers, their parents and their schools and steps now need to be taken to turn the instruction to vaccination units in...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:05:51 +0000Cottco pays farmers $3,1bn for 2021 marketing season
Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Cottco has so far paid farmers $3,1 billion for this year’s deliveries with the additional subsidy payments now starting to go out. While most farmers have been paid in full for last year’s crop, the co...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:05:46 +0000Normalcy returns at Beitbridge border
Herald Reporter The private company managing the new Beitbridge border post terminal has largely cleared the chaos that characterised the early days of the post’s opening last month and wants to increase efficiency once Covid-19 related restriction...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:05:40 +0000CZI charts ways to drive growth
Nelson Gahadza Senior Business Reporter THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) will hold its annual congress next week, with focus expected to fall on exploring ways to align and reach consensus on complementary business and policy imperati...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:05:39 +0000We thought it was the Holy Spirit — church members
Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau Church members of the Johanne Masowe eJerusarema Church, also known as JEANDIE, have said they hesitated from assisting the eight “prophets” who drowned on Saturday as they thought they were acting under ...