Zimbabwe Herald
Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:45:53 +0000New Winners tourney back next month
Ellina Mhlanga Senior Sports Reporter THE New Winners tennis tournament is expected to return next month after a two-year break, with Midlands Province hosting the event. The tournament is due to take place from January 5 to 8 at Kwekwe Sports Club a...
Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:40:25 +0000VP Chiwenga to testify in camera
Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter Harare magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube has today upheld the State’s application to have Vice President Constantino Chiwenga testify in camera during the ongoing trial of his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa on char...
Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:47:43 +0000Africa needs to increase Covid-19 testing, genomic sequencing
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter The World Health Organisation has called for African countries to increase capacity for testing as well as genomic sequencing to detect the wide-spreading Covid-19 Omicron variant which has already been detec...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:07:37 +0000Presidential rural scheme to benefit 1,8m households
Mashudu Netsianda Bulawayo Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday launched the Presidential Rural Development Scheme set to benefit more than 1,8 million households as the Second Republic accelerates efforts to alleviate poverty among the rural folks ...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:06:40 +0000Zesa completes designs for giant steel project
Herald Reporter ZESA Holdings has completed the designs for the power transmission system that will see a power line coming from Sherwood near Kwekwe to feed Tsingshan Holdings Group’s two sites constituting the billion-dollar steel project in Chir...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:05:47 +0000UAE open to more collaboration
Herald Reporter The United Arab Emirates is open to more collaboration with Zimbabwe in health, space science and technology, exploiting the good bilateral relations that exist between the two nations, UAE Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Jassim Al Qasimi s...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:04:49 +0000Interpol-Afripol joint operation nets over 1 400
Crime Reporter The International Criminal Police Organisations (Interpol) and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL) have arrested 142 people, under operation Flash Illicit Pharmaceuticals and Health Products in Africa. Since ...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:04:42 +0000Kunzvi Dam construction moves a gear up
Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter The US$109 million Kunzvi Dam in Goromonzi district, planned since the mid-1990s to augment Harare water supplies and provide a direct feed into the northern and eastern suburbs, is now becoming an active project fo...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:04:42 +0000Political analysts hail Zanu PF for delivering on promises
Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter Zanu PF has already implemented more than 80 percent of promises made in the 2018 election manifesto and is working on the remainder, as the Second Republic drives towards attaining an upper middle income economy by ...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:04:39 +0000‘E-passports a welcome development’
Kudzaishe Muhamba Herald Reporter Zimbabweans have welcomed the introduction of the electronic passports, since this will speedily clear the backlog of applications built up during Covid-19 lockdowns. President Mnangagwa launched the electronic pass...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:04:37 +0000Health sector loses 2 000 workers in 2021
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke In Victoria Falls Zimbabwe needs to come up with fit-for-purpose interventions to mitigate the impact of an unprecedented staff exodus which saw the country losing more than 2 000 health professionals this year, more than double t...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:04:18 +0000Churches applaud road infrastructure milestones
Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Zimbabwe has made a remarkable progress in upgrading highways, a major milestone of development and economic growth towards vision 2030, a church bishop has said. Infrastructure development is moving at a fast pace ...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:04:01 +0000Prosecution wants VP to testify in camera
Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter HARARE magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube is today expected to decide on whether Vice President Constantino Chiwenga will testify against his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa in an open court when her trial continues as th...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:03:51 +0000‘SADC Parly should support SADC Summit’
Senior Reporter The envisaged Sadc Parliament should be able to support Sadc Summit by advancing the policies and agreements of member countries through parliamentary processes, Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda said last week d...
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:03:50 +0000Zanu PF ready for internal polls
Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter ZANU PF is now geared to hold provincial elections with contestants expected to submit their curriculum vitaes (CVs) in their respective provinces as from the 17th of December 2021. Speaking at press conference at th...