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South Africa GNU sees +1,000 businesses shut down in less than a month
South Africa has shut down 1,041 mom-and-pop stores in a bid to stop people from consuming pesticide-laden food, which has led to the deaths of 38 children across the country.President Cyril R...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:14hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
245% increase in suicide attempts
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has recorded a 245 percent increase in attempted suicide cases handled at the health institution amid reports that the most affected age group includes young adults ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare's 'Innscor has destroyed the taste of Zim food' comments cause consternation
If Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed food giant Innscor was hoping to avoid press scrutiny, it could hardly have chosen a more self-destructive path than seeking a gag order against journalist Rute...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 21:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police 'ignores' wanted Zanu-PF activists
John Chenhare, a businessman at Chatsworth has accused Police of lying in court that Zanu-PF activists accused of violence are at large when in fact they are seen in public and at party meetings distr...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dry spell returns to Zimbabwe
DRY weather conditions have returned to Zimbabwe and other parts of the southern African region with a long-range outlook forecasting below-average rainfall due to the prevailing El Nino weather condi...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grains importing Zimbabwe claims to have enough grain until next harvest
ZIMBABWE has 240 000 tonnes in its Strategic Grain Reserves which is enough to take the country to the next harvest, according to a report released by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture Fisheries, Wat...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Countries dependent on external inputs are colonised
COUNTRIES whose environments are not ideal for food production, but have resources like minerals and oil can afford to use those resources to import food and living a healthy life. Such countries are ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 12 | by Charles Dhewa
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
Only 22,2% urban households involved in urban agriculture
About 22.2% of households were involved in urban agriculture.This is revealed in the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2023 report which noted that therefore, the Government...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga, wife bring relief to Sibasa villagers
SINGWANGO 1 Primary School under Chief Sibasa, in Matabeleland South province used to walk long distances with two bottles of water, one for themselves and one for their teacher.This is now a ...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
White Zimbabwean farmer in court for killing neighbour's bull
A CONCESSION-BASED white commercial farmer allegedly killed his neighbour's bull which had strayed into his soybeans field.The matter came to light at Concession Magistrates Courts on Thursday...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Stress-related suicide cases triple in Bulawayo
THE number of people attempting suicide has almost tripled in Bulawayo since last year with concerns that residents are failing to cope with stress, which drives them to the edge leading to suicide....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
How the West is plotting to exploit Africa
IF designs of global money are not stopped in their tracks, Africa is threatened with environmental degradation and nutritional poverty. If we, as Africans, do not begin to think deeply about what is ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Linda Apollo
Headache over soaring fertiliser prices
Ben Riensche, who farms 16 000 acres in Iowa, would be ecstatic to get US$80 per acre selling his corn.But it'll cost him US$240 an acre to feed the plants with nitrogen, triple what he's used...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cracks whip on stream-bank farmers
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned against stream-bank cultivation and said it would slash crops planted on prohibited land in line with the city's by-laws.Stream-bank cultivation and ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs win big in AfCFTA Caravan Prize
The AfCFTA Secretariat rewarded winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize with five young Zimbabwean entrepreneurs joining a list of finalists and seme-finalists of enterprising entrepreneurs with potential...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:41hrs | 7 | 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
Cyber Security Bill to guarantee safety
THE Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill that sailed through Parliament this month will ensure the safety and security of users in cyberspace.Information Communication Technology, Postal an...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to increase intwasa acreage
SENATORS have pleaded with the Agriculture ministry to increase the land under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme from the current half an acre to at least one acre for all targeted farmers for improved ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mshika-shika driver commits suicide
A 38-year- old Zvishavane mshika-shika driver allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Zvishavane Central Police Station in protest over his vehicle which had been impounded by the police. ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 16:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bill Gates should stop telling Africans what kind of agriculture Africans need
Africans have long been told that our agriculture is backward and should be abandoned for a 21st-century version of the Green Revolution that enabled India to feed itself. Western science and technolo...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 22:58hrs | 1 | by Million Belay,Bridget Mugambe
Zimbabwean man earns a living by breeding flies
A BINDURA man is earning a living through breeding flies as animal feed at a time flies are associated with unhygienic practices and condemned for causing diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Cop succumbs to poison
Godfrey Machongwe(41) a police officer stationed at Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mashonaland central Police Headquarters (PHQ) Projects died after he mistakenly consumed poisonous pesticides on Thur...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 21:14hrs | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Pregnant school girl commits suicide by drinking insecticide
A Form 4 pupil at a Bulawayo school committed suicide after discovering that she was pregnant, police said.The 17-year-old Magwegwe Secondary School pupil named only as Nokuzola is believed to...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Infertility: A shared responsibility
Being a parent is a desired part of adult identity in most societies. For many couples, the inability to bear children is a tragedy. The conflux of personal, interpersonal, social, and religious expec...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 12:01hrs | | by Heaven Munyuki
Cheating wife hangs self
A Bindura woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on a tree after she was caught cheating by her 82-year-old husband a fortnight ago.Sophia Tendere of Mavhunga village, Chief Musa...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 poachers shot dead in Bubye Conservancy
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers this week shot dead three suspected poachers and launched a probe into recurring cases of rhino poaching in the Bubye Valley Conserv...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Re-inventing Zimbabwe industrial base
THERE is no doubt in my mind that Zimbabwe is on a new economic trajectory which must be underpinned by key principles which have, throughout history, led to the emergence of successful economies....Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:06hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Mnangagwa urges NUST to expand
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged institutions of higher learning to take advantage of Zimbabwe's abundant mineral resources such as the recently announced oil and gas deposits in Muzarabani...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt denies banning jerry cans
The government has refuted claims that it has banned the use of jerry cans but noted with concern the increase in the number of people queuing for fuel with containers.The past few weeks have ...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 21:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urgently needs $4bn bailout package
Zimbabwe needs up to $4 billion to avert a looming currency crisis that could unleash economic havoc, with the new Cabinet urged to take tough decisions to increase confidence in the economy.P...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
The circle of poison
The US continues to export pesticides, which are restricted in the US, to developing countries .In recent decades, harmful pesticides spread around the world's less developed nations have caused i...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Erick aMtotoba
Rights abuses rife on Zimbabwe tobacco farms
Global watchdog Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Zimbabwe to take urgent steps to stem child labour and other rights abuses on the country's tobacco farms.In a report titled "Bitter Harves...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 16:33hrs | | by AFP
Harare's dirty and smelly water
Harare's piped water is dirty and smells foul when it is available, but scientific research indicates that it could also be killing residents slowly and silently.Health minister David Parireny...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches tobacco selling season
The 2018 tobacco marketing season has roared into life with the golden leaf being added to the basket of crops receiving support under the command agriculture programme.The government announce...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two die after mistaking pesticide for beer
The love of illicit beer (kachasu) has claimed two lives in Disi farm Mvurwi after in-laws mistook tobacco pesticides for Kachasu and died yesterday.Sources familiar with the incident allege B...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 21:55hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Raw food treatment for cancer - Alternative cancer treatments
The Editor,I thought this information can help improve someone's quality of life.https://www.cancertutor.com/rawfood/This is a very potent cancer treatment; however, it should ...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 14:58hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
When ugliness becomes a source of livelihood
After being crowned Mr Ugly for two consecutive years, William Masvinu went into comfort zone. Despite the prize money being as little as $100, Masvinu landed some deals with some local companies - a ...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Jairos Saunyama
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 | | by Staff reorter
Traditional leafy vegetables into your garden
A garden can be defined as a piece of land next to a house, meant for growing flowers, fruits or vegetables. A garden with a variety of rape, spinach, lettuce, okra, spider flower, moringa, pigweed, b...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 10:10hrs | 14 | by Praxedis Dube, Rico Ihle, Wim Heijman and Paul Struik
Woman commits suicide on discovering son has mental illness
Sombre mood has engulfed Sachingoma village in Gokwe following a suspected suicide by an elderly woman who allegedly took pesticides after discovering that her son has a mental illness.Village...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe travels so many km only to lie, Zimbabwe is Not committed to implementing SDs
After oppressing the Zimbabwean people and having literally shred their livelihood by ill intending policies, the self imposing dictator has again flown to United Nations for a Conference to Support t...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 10:53hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
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 | | by Staff reporter
2 people killed by elephant, crocodile
A 28 year old man has been killed by an elephant in Lupane while another was killed by a crocodile at Sebungwe Mouth near Siachilaba in Binga.The late Sifelani Ncube was killed by elephant...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Greeting-culture of shaking hands in our societies must go: It's a health scare: Our water sources too!
It is our culture too to shake hands when we great, this gesture of greeting peoples are global, is found in almost all cultures of the world. Hand-shaking is the easiest and the fastest vehicle of mi...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Tobacco farmers deserve better prices
While there are claims that tobacco farming alleviates poverty in small scale farmers, some small scale seasonal farmers have remained poor even after being in the tobacco industry for many years....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 15:30hrs | | by Tendai Guta
Man commits suicide using sulphuric acid
A 42-year-old Harare man committed suicide by taking a concoction of sulphuric acid and pesticides after ramming his car into the family house before dousing it with petrol and setting it ablaze....Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces locust invasion
Zimbabwe faces a red locust invasion which further threatens maize and wheat yields as the country battles to control fall army worm that has ravaged crops. The red locusts are aggressive and ...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fall armyworm outbreak cause havoc
MIDLANDS Province has been hit by an outbreak of armyworm which is ravaging the crop amid reports that there is a shortage of insecticide to control the pests.Most farmers have resorted to...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US armyworm 'threatens Zimbabwean farmers' livelihoods'
Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa.The fall armyworm poses a major threat to food security...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 12:39hrs | | by BBC
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