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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right THC Gummies in 2025
THC gummies have been gaining traction over the past few years. Users have been taking advantage of them to help them with a wide range of issues, from insomnia to chronic pain and more. Gummies are a...Published: 21 May 2025 at 20:22hrs | 197 | by Staff Reporter
'Cannabis a God-given gift for Zimbabwe'
HEALTH and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga yesterday urged Zimbabweans to embrace the legal use of cannabis saying the herbal plant was a "God-given gift" for the country.'The legalis...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism!
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,I love comparing life in Rhodesia vis-a-vis independent Zimbabwe as those are the only two epochs we have known ever since the establishment of the modern-day...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Monetary Policy Analysis
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) presented its first monetary policy statement for 2022 on the 7th of February. The monetary policy comes after a 53.5% surge in foreign currency receipts from US$6.3...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 13 | by Victor Bhoroma
No joy from RBZ governor
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday declined to increase cash withdrawal limits to match recent price hikes, as he battled to limit cash in circulation in order to fight in...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Weekly US$50 facility revised
Only pensioners, the elderly, those living with disability and people needing foreign currency for medical bills will be able to continue buying US$50 a week from bureaux de change with everyone else ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why are so many countries legalizing cannabis?
For a long time, in countries all around the world, marijuana had a terrible reputation. People who used cannabis on a regular basis were known to be lazy, unhelpful stoners that didn't give anything ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:43hrs | 21 | by Staff write
Rape clinic launches 72-hour campaign
THE Adult Rape Clinic (ARC) has launched a campaign that encourages victims of the crime to seek medical assistance within 72 hours to protect them from contracting HIV/Aids and pregnancies. T...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why are so many Countries Legalizing Cannabis?
For a long time, in countries all around the world, marijuana had a terrible reputation. People who used cannabis on a regular basis were known to be lazy, unhelpful stoners that didn't give anything ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 08:57hrs | 30 | by Staff Writer
Mpilo Covid-19 testing lab issuing fake certificates?
A corrupt network involving some laboratory staff working at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory and some doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have been illegally selling Covid-19 ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ubuntu/Hunhu is misplaced in African societies: Give me signs of...?
I should be excused once more for critiquing African values or should I say the African philosophy of humanism – Ubuntu/Hunhu. There are no traces of this noble philosophy in our culture: instead, w...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:32hrs | 16 | by Nomazulu Thata
Austerity should not be just for the poor
Elsewhere on these pages, we carry a story about the impending shortage of bread and the expected price increases, barring immediate government intervention to address the wheat supply crisis facing t...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Editorial - The Standard
Zimbabwe legalised the growing of marijuana for medical purposes
THE daily use of cannabis is associated with an increased risk of psychosis or serious mental illness, with more potent forms of the drug such as "skunk" heightening the risk, a study by leading scien...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:40hrs | 21 | by Gift Phiri
SEZ approves investors for Bulawayo
The Special Economic Zones Authority says it has approved three investors for special economic zone status in Bulawayo.This follows the declaration of Belmont, Kelvin and Donnington industrial...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Install CCTV at Limpopo Bridge, says Zanu PF MP
BEITBRIDGE East legislator Albert Nguluvhe (Zanu PF) has called on authorities to install closed circuit television gadgets and public lighting system on the two bridges across the Limpopo River to he...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
India successful growing Medical tourism, Africa can adopt the concept?
Medical tourism is a growing sector in India . In October 2015, India's medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth US$3 billion. It is projected to grow to $7-8 billion by 2020. According to the...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 12:52hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
Zimbabwe mulls medicinal cannabis pilot programme
Government is planning to carry out a medicinal cannabis pilot programme following the legalisation for the production of the plant in April this year.The legalisation of the production of mar...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe suspends cannabis/ mbanje licensing
Government has suspended the licensing and growing of marijuana - popularly known as mbanje.Last month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration gazetted licence fees for those interested...Published: 20 May 2018 at 19:49hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
MP wants mbanje legalised
An MDC-T legislator has urged the government to legalise marijuana saying the move will help boost exports and assist in the treatment of some ailments.Musikavanhu MP Prosper Mutseyami made th...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to legalise cannabis
THE Government is considering an application that has been made by a Canadian international company to produce cannabis for medical purposes, a move that will see the country legalising the production...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Types of SA Visas one can apply for: (1) Visitors Visa
A Visitor Visa is applied for at a South African Embassy at the applicant's country of origin. In the case of people from Zimbabwe at 7 Elcombe Road Belgravia in Harare. An applicant can also ap...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 08:44hrs | | by Velempini Veap Thuthani Ndlovu
'Legalise GANJA'
VILLAGERS in Binga, Matabeleland North, have called on the Zimbabwean government to legalise cannabis (mbanje, ganja, sensimilla, weed) for medical purposes, Southern Eye reported on Sunday....Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 08:50hrs | 48 | by Staff Reporter
Catholic nuns should go on contraceptives - expert
The Catholic Church should pay for nuns to go on contraceptive pills to cut the extra cancer risk that comes with a life of celibacy, Australian cancer experts said Thursday.The world's 94,79...Published: 08 Dec 2011 at 10:08hrs | | by Sapa-dpa
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