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President honours war hero Chief Chivi

George Maponga Masvingo Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has conferred liberation war hero status on the late Chief Chivi, who passed away last week at the age of 106. Born Tavagwisa Magura,…

Rights commission applauds abolition of death penalty

Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has welcomed and celebrated the historic signing into law of the Death Penalty Abolition Act, 2024. In a statement, the…

Govt avails water to curtail cattle losses

Precious Manomano Herald Reporter GOVERNMENT is continuing efforts to avail water for livestock in drought prone areas where 283 cattle poverty deaths were reported in one week due to water…

National dam levels average 59pc

Nyasha Motsi Herald Correspondent Zimbabwe’s major dams now hold 59,1 percent of their capacity after the rains in November and current downpours across the country. According to the Zimbabwe National…

Wet spell: Tobacco hectarage increases 27pc

Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer THE combined influence of the rains and the extended tobacco seedbed destruction deadline has spawned a 27 percent increase in tobacco hectarage from 85 000…

Govt moves to clear housing waiting list

Wallace Ruzvidzo Herald Reporter GOVERNMENT is moving to clear over two million people that are on the housing waiting list through the employment of new technologies as directed by President…

Interpol probes how ex-envoy lost US$1,3m in scam

Crime Reporter INVESTIGATIONS into the alleged defrauding of the late former Ambassador to Belgium, Hurudza Gift Punungwe, and his wife, Mrs Runako Beauty Punungwe, of nearly US$1,3 million through an…

Two million chicks distributed under Presidential Poultry Scheme

Precious Manomano  Herald Reporter About two million chicks have been distributed across Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces under the Presidential Rural Poultry Scheme (PRPS) since its inception in 2022. This initiative aims…

President extends Gen Sibanda’s term of office

Columbus Mabika Herald Reporter PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has extended the term of office for the Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), General Philip Valerio Sibanda, by one year to November…

Govt steps up efforts to regularise informal settlements

Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter THE Government has stepped up efforts to regularise informal settlements across the country, Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe has said.  It has also…

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