Passenger castrates driver in $1 row
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A KOMBI driver lost his testicles during a dispute over US$1 bus fare and was in critical condition in hospital, the court heard on Tuesday. Lovejoy Mutasa was...
View ArticleThe day she daredevil stole the show
Air Lt Angeline Bosha in the cockpitJohn Manzongo Herald Photographer The Big African airshow that was held in Harare over the weekend was a pot-pourri of exciting events. From scintillating acrobats...
View ArticleCAPS DOUSE FLAMES
Joyce KapotaAugustine Hwata and Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporters CAPS United yesterday doused the flames that have been engulfing their house for the past two weeks after the club’s players and the...
View ArticleRussian business delegation Zim-bound
RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Mr Sergey LavrovTakunda Maodza Assistant News Editor— RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Mr Sergey Lavrov is expected in Zimbabwe on Monday on an official three-day visit during which a...
View ArticleHike in taxes on fuel, airtime •Move to boost revenue inflows •Non-essential...
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa presents the 2014 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review Statement in Parliament yesterdayHappiness Zengeni Business Editor— TAX on petrol and diesel rises 5c a litre today,...
View ArticleTransform NAM, says President
President Mugabe receives the Scientist of the Year trophy from Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Deputy Minister Dr Godfrey Gandawa (second from right), while Minister...
View ArticleMixed reactions to Fiscal Policy Review
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter– Legislators, bankers and economic experts have expressed mixed views on the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review statement presented by Finance and Economic Development...
View Article‘China trip not about money’
President MugabeFarirai Machivenyika in GWERU— President Mugabe yesterday scoffed at critics that expected him to bring loads of cash after his State visit to China, saying such people were not...
View ArticleThe Kenyan driver and Makahaba
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is a very nice place where people are very friendly. Forget about the terrorist threats for you hardly find the threats in the streets...
View ArticleAfricans at mercy of West’s academic terrorism
Obi Egbuna Jnr Correspondent Zimbabwe Decolonization and By Whenever the governments of the US-EU fraternity, Western- based human rights groups and NGOs decide to attack President Mugabe and ZANU-PF...
View ArticleTime to put finality to the land question
At present, some beneficiaries of land reform need a helicopter to check out their farms because the land is too bigLloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir The withdrawal of 25-year leases from Zanu-PF heavyweights...
View ArticleEditorial Comment: Fiscal policy review deserves support
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa presents the 2014 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review Statement in Parliament yesterdayZimbabwe once again finds itself facing mounting economic challenges that Government...
View ArticlePistorius found guilty of culpable homicide
Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius (pictured right) was convicted of culpable homicide yesterday, escaping the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and will...
View ArticlePolice foil cigarette smugglers
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The Police Border Control Unit on Tuesday intercepted a contraband of export quality cigarettes worth $760 000 in a South Africa-bound goods train in Beitbridge.The...
View ArticleFirst lady, VP Mujuru graduate
President Mugabe caps the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe who graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday.Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The First Lady...
View ArticleCity pay chews 50pc revenue
Peter Matambanadzo and Zvamaida Murwira Harare City Council blew half the $89 million collected from residents and businesses in the first half of the year on salaries and allowances at the expense of...
View ArticleWomen splash $13m on fake hair
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter Zimbabwean women blew $13 million on fake hair and hair care products between January last year and July this year, figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency...
View ArticlePresident caps 3 274 at UZ
Herald Reporters President Mugabe yesterday capped 3 274 students who graduated in different disciplines at the University of Zimbabwe. He conferred 2 716 graduands with first degrees, 545 Masters...
View ArticleEDITORIAL COMMENT: Lesotho crisis needs finality
President MugabeSADC chairman President Mugabe says the regional bloc will convene an extraordinary Summit in South Africa next week to discuss disturbances in Lesotho where there were reports of an...
View ArticleEbola overwhelms Liberia
Health workers reported on Wednesday being overwhelmed by new Ebola cases at the epicentre of an outbreak described as an existential threat to hardest-hit Liberia. The World Health Organisation (WHO),...
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