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Zimbabwe govt faces backlash over new seed treatment rule
Zimbabwe's major seed producers have raised serious concerns over a new government regulation that mandates chemical treatment of all certified maize seed, warning that the move could sharply increase...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:33hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Bedbugs infestation in Bulawayo not severe
The Bulawayo City Council has dismissed widespread social media claims of a severe bedbug infestation in the city, saying investigations revealed only two isolated cases and no evidence of a citywide ...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 13:24hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa delivers key resources to extension officers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today presiding over a high-level ceremony dedicated to empowering the nation's Agriculture Extension Officers, popularly known as Madhumeni, as part of the Government'...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mandates fall armyworm seed treatment in new maize certification law
The Government of Zimbabwe has enacted new regulations requiring all certified maize seed to be chemically treated against fall armyworm, a move aimed at strengthening national food security and curbi...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:37hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Extended tobacco stalk destruction date expires
The grace period granted to tobacco farmers to clear their fields of tobacco stalks and roots ended on June 5, and the Government has now intensified monitoring efforts to enforce compliance, with def...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:40hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Bed bugs invade Bulawayo
The dreaded bed bug plague that haunted Harare earlier this year has now crept into Bulawayo, leaving residents of Mpopoma's Ward 9 in a state of panic, discomfort, and growing despair.The inf...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:35hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
DDT's toxic legacy haunts Zambezi Valley
Five decades after Zimbabwe defied international regulations by continuing to use the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), alarming signs of ecological and human health damage are emerging...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 11:52hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Midlands sets target of 12 000 hectares of wheat
Farmers in Midlands have made impressive progress in the 2025 winter wheat planting season, with over 1,000 hectares already planted and 824 hectares having germinated. This early momentum signals a p...Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:59hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Midlands quashes bed bug fears
A surge of anxiety has spread across Redcliff, Kwekwe and Gweru as social media posts raised fears of a bedbug outbreak, following a confirmed infestation in Mbare, Harare.But local authoritie...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:25hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe focuses on boosting productivity in winter season
Zimbabwe has positioned itself for a strong winter cropping season with an estimated 141,000 hectares available for wheat production following an extensive rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure....Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:52hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Councils dismiss bedbug social media reports
Three local authorities in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province - Redcliff Municipality, Kwekwe City Council, and Gweru City Council - have dismissed recent social media reports alleging a bedbug (insikizi/ts...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:11hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mutare City refutes bedbug outbreak rumours
Mutare City Council has refuted widespread social media reports alleging a recent infestation of bedbugs (tsikidzi) in the high-density suburb of Sakubva, dismissing the claims as unfounded and mislea...Published: 03 May 2025 at 08:36hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Bed Bugs Appear to Have a Genetic Resistance to Pesticides
A mutation that helps insects survive our chemical onslaught has been found in one of the worst places imaginable: the genome of the common bed bug.For better or worse, we had these itchy litt...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 09:16hrs | 2046 | by Erick Matotoba
Second-hand clothes behind Harare bed bug terror
A growing bed bug infestation in Harare has triggered widespread concern among residents, with second-hand clothing identified as a possible cause of the outbreak. Health experts and civic leaders are...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:21hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warns of armyworm outbreak
The government has issued a stern warning to farmers to be vigilant as two destructive species of armyworms, the African Armyworm and the Fall Armyworm, pose a serious threat to crops across the count...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:52hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe achieves record wheat harvest
Zimbabwe has achieved a record-breaking wheat harvest, with deliveries reaching 563,961 tonnes, significantly surpassing last year's 467,000 tonnes. This milestone marks the nation's largest wheat har...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:48hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents call for mosquito control
As the rainy season brings increased mosquito activity to the city, residents are urging the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to prioritize mosquito control efforts. The rising number of mosquitoes, compou...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 15:43hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases surge 700%
The City of Bulawayo has experienced a concerning spike in diarrhoea cases, with approximately 555 reported as of August 2024. This marks a staggering 693% increase from the 370 cases recorded in July...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:58hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo resumes campaign for Redcliff seat after shock 2018 defeat
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo is dishing out donations in the dormitory town of Redcliff amid reports that the Midlands Zanu-PF godfather has resumed campaigns to regain the peri-urban parliamen...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Food insecurity now a perennial threat
Zimbabwe is set to import 400 000 metric tonnes (MT) of Maize from Zambia and Malawi to be delivered this June to alleviate a food crisis in the country. This will cost the country at least US$120 mil...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 07:12hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Oxford Business Group and Zimbabwe Sugar Association team up for latest focus report
Harare, April 2022: A new focus report, produced by Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with the Zimbabwe Sugar Association, explores the positive impact that the African Continental Free Trade...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 12:21hrs | 25 | by Regional and Global Opportunities Beckon for Zimbabwe's Sugar Industry
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
GMB deliveries surpass targets
THE Government said the 2021 traditional grains production has improved remarkably and some crops exceeded the highest ever tonnage since independence.Addressing journalists during a Post Cabi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:21hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Nust director applies genetics to farming
MOST people know him as the director of the National University of Science and Technology's (Nust) Applied Genetics Testing Centre involved in DNA testing.Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini was among the f...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake vaccination certificates scam: 457 cards missing from clinic
Checks at Chitungwiza's Seke South Clinic have found 457 Covid-19 vaccination cards are missing as police investigations intensify into a ring that was selling cards, completed with details of vaccine...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City hit by influx of rodents and mosquitoes
MOST parts of the City of Bulawayo have been hit by an unprecedented influx of rodents and mosquitoes, which have become a nightmare to residents due to itchy bites which the parasites inflict to huma...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo reels under mosquito menace
THE hot weather, Bulawayo's water crisis and the city's failure to spray breeding spaces has resulted in what residents say is the worst mosquito crisis in recent years. As soon as the sun set...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: It is time to panic, a little
I THINK it was 1992, the season started badly and as it progressed the heat increased until we were experiencing temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius in the lowveld. We had a business there and my son...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Harare councillors demand iPads
Harare City councillors have given town clerk Hosiah Chisango until October 31 to provide them with iPads in a move set to raise the ire of residents receiving poor service delivery from the local aut...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe tries her luck at commercial modelling
Masvingo model Blessing Mugabe is advancing her modelling career and recently she clinched a deal with a pest control company ahead of a roadshow scheduled for next month.Mugabe appears on the adv...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt threatens to expel potato farmers
Government has threatened to expel some farmers around the Nyanga Potato Quarantine Zone after it emerged that they are allowing their cattle to stray into the protected area in contravention of regul...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call for increased funding for fall armyworm response
The Southern Africa fall armyworm stakeholders' meeting has ended with a call for increased investment and stronger coordination and partnerships in responding to the pest.The meeting was orga...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 08:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reorter
Bulawayo City Council splashes $1,2m on overtime
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) splashed more than $1,2 million in overtime allowances in the first eight months of the year and is set to exceed its yearly overtime budget by over 100 percent....Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's 'fumigation' rant draws fire
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that the ruling party is "fumigating" elements bent on weakening it ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections has angered some people who claim that the statemen...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 12:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland farmers urged to embrace hybrid technologies
THERE is need to equip farmers in Matabeleland region with the requisite knowledge and skills to improve their horticultural production and avert a situation whereby produce from other areas in the co...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Python hold police officers 'hostage' for 10 days
A 2.5 metre long python held police officers at Madlamuzi station 'hostage' for ten straight days as it camped at the charge office.The python was first spotted heading towards the camp's quar...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Students abandon class as bees terrorise the school
Classes were abandoned at Nyawagi Primary School in Hippo Valley and pupils dismissed early as a swarm of angry bees went on a rampage attacking anyone in sight.Masvingo Mirror reported that a...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council conduct pest control
Bulawayo City Council embarked in the pest control programme in the past months as per report by the Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima.According to council report the unit conti...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
All eyes on $1 trillion
African agribusiness is set for a huge leap, according to a World Bank report Imagine for a moment the impact of a $1 trillion African agribusiness...Published: 12 Apr 2014 at 06:39hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor and Aissata Haidara
When white factor becomes irrelevant
as Manheru's Zanu-PF house of cards collapses ...Published: 04 Jul 2012 at 13:21hrs | | by Lammiel Mangwanani
Cost of making a call must go down
An information communication technology (ICT) revolution is sweeping across Africa and Zimbabwe will not be spared.Depending on your disposition, the ICT revolution is either a glorious opport...Published: 25 Mar 2012 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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