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Zimbabwe advances agro-ecology to boost food security
As Zimbabwe faces increasing challenges from climate change, including frequent droughts, biodiversity loss, and unpredictable weather patterns, the country is intensifying its commitment to agro-ecol...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:58hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers advised to replant failed crops
DRY land farmers should consider replanting after their initial crop suffered from moisture stress due to the prolonged dry spell between November and December.Weather projections indicate tha...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Insiza: The land of gold and glory
INSIZA is a district in Matabeleland South Province and its capital, Filabusi, is 100km south of Bulawayo, along the Mbalabala/Zvishavane Road. The district boasts of a diverse landscape, with gentle ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's maize harvest impressive'
Zimbabwe is food secure having already maize stocks that will last for the next 5,5 months with the bulk of the summer harvest still being gathered and delivered while wheat stocks will last until the...Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in historic space satellite launch
Zimbabwe yesterday orbited its first satellite, ZimSat-1, through a Japanese facility on an American launcher, as the Second Republic continues to upgrade its practical technology to achieve Vision 20...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's historic satellite launch today
Zimbabwe will today join the league of nations that have launched satellites into space when it sends its first satellite, ZimSat-1, into orbit after developing it through the BIRDS project.Th...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite launch imminent
Zimbabwe's first satellite - ZimSat-1 - will reach the International Space Station (ISS) next month before its launch into orbit in November, marking the country's entry into space after a two-month d...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:09hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Above normal rainfall forecast
Most parts of Southern Africa are expected to have normal to above-normal rainfall in the coming summer cropping season, especially the southern and central areas, which include Zimbabwe.The l...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland gets Intwasa inputs
FARMERS in Matabeleland are geared for the summer cropping season following the delivery of agricultural inputs for the 2022/2023 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, p...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Pfumvudza inputs ready
Inputs for smallholder farmers under the Presidential Climate-Proofed Agriculture Programme or Pfumvudza/Intwasa have started being dispatched to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots countrywide, with f...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets 3 million tonnes of maize
THE Government is targeting to produce 3 million tonnes of maize during the 2022/23 summer cropping season with preparations already underway.This comes as the Second Republic has made food se...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to launch satellite next month
Zimbabwe is set to launch its first satellite into orbit next month in a major milestone expected to enhance mineral exploration, monitoring of environmental hazards and droughts, mapping human settle...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 protocols remain in force
Cabinet received an update on the country's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by chairman of the Ministers' National Committee, Vice President and M...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo urban farmers to get agric inputs
A TOTAL of 20 000 urban farmers in Bulawayo metropolitan province are set to receive agricultural inputs for the 2021/2022 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, popularl...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge poised for bumper harvest
BEITBRIDGE, which is one of Zimbabwe's most arid districts that has been often supported with food aid, is this year poised for a bumper harvest.The district is in agro-ecological region five,...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secures funding for mapping farms
Government has secured funding for the mapping of farms to enable the issuance of 99-year leases, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. The exer...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smart agriculture will boost economy
Smart agriculture has the potential to help farmers increase their yields through adoption of modern, technologically enabled farming methods, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.In a speech...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acting Zimbabwe President cheats death, twice
ACTING PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday claimed that he cheated death twice when an aircraft in which he was a passenger failed to negotiate a stormy weather on his way to Beitbridge.Mohadi di...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
Contribute to Zimbabwe's GDP, says Mutsvangwa
MANICALAND Province should contribute to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through diverse high-value agricultural crops it produces, courtesy of its exceptional climatic conditions, an offic...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to retain its bread basket status
Zimbabwe will soon retain its bread basket status. Being found in a landlocked country with a friendly climate. Zimbabwe's land makes it suitable to plant various nutritious crops. Climatic conditions...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 12:10hrs | | by Rudo Saungweme
Dabengwa launches Zapu manifesto
ZAPU president, Dumiso Dabengwa (pictured) on Tuesday launched his party's election manifesto, with devolution of power and fight against corruption topping the list of priorities.Dabengwa arg...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wetland Protection turn drought prone community into climate smart village
The wetlands in Mberengwa have turned villages into climate smart area. According to Oxfam, the wetlands have benefited the villagers to some extent."We now have enough water flowing and food ...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 08:11hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa's Plumtree speech - Full text
Speaking notes: ZAPU meeting for Bulilima Districts, Plumtree, Matebeleland South 30 July 2016Comrades and FriendsDistinguished GuestsFor those who may not be aware, this ...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 00:13hrs | | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President
Draft resolutions of Zanu-PF's 6th National People's Congress
Introduction The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) held its 6th National People's Congress in Harare, at the Robert Gabriel Muga...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Pilot who crashed and buried a helicopter, named
A PILOT who crashed and buried the wreckage of a chopper at Doddieburn Ranch near West Nicholson earlier this month has been named as Frikkie Lutzkie, a South African underworld business tycoon and fo...Published: 23 May 2014 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Food And Nutrition Security Key To Zim's Recovery
Over the past two decades (1990 - 2010), Zimbabwe underwent a number of economic and political challenges including economic decline (hyperinflation, rising unemployment, decrease in food producti...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 08:22hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe needs re-mapping - experts
The five natural regions which Zimbabwe is divided into are a result of the mapping done in the 1960s, a time when the phenomenon of climate change was virtually unknown.Questions have however...Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A cross Zimbabweans don't have to bear
ISRAEL'S greatest king, Solomon, was only 12 years old when God promised him that he would be granted wisdom, and be the wisest man who ever lived. In the very first recorded decision in the history ...Published: 25 May 2012 at 05:25hrs | | by Caeser Zwayi
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