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The nightmare of hiking on 'Mushikashika' vehicles
Sure, here is the text in paragraphs:The alarm sound from my comms gadget wrenched me from the dream world. It's 3:30 am, time to get ready if one wants to board 'mushikashika' commuter cars, ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 372 | by TT Murisa, Chinehasha
Outcry over state of Old Gwanda road
Matabeleland South villagers have decried the poor state of Old Gwanda Road that has been neglected over the years.The road connects Bulawayo to Gwanda, the Matabeleland South capital....Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:54hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister Mangwiro dishes sweet potato seeds
Deputy Minister for Health who is also Chikomba West legislator Dr John Chamunorwa (JC) Mangwiro is giving sweet potato seeds in his constituency.Mangwiro is encouraging the people of Chikomba...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 09:54hrs | 817 | by Staff Reporter
Potato thieves in soup
Two Glendale men who allegedly stole potatoes from a local farmer are in trouble.Alexio Madzvimbo (30) and Innocent Ngirazi were remanded in custody by Concession magistrate Joshua Nembaware o...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 20:02hrs | 701 | by Simbarashe Sithole
How an orphaned Zimbabwean rose to be a millionaire in Botswana
Banabasi Marambire grew up as an orphan in Zimbabwe with eight siblings. He endured long nights of hunger and was diagnosed with kwashiorkor disease when he was 14 due to poor nutrition.To sur...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | 3243 | by Staff reporter
'Belarus equipment to spur Zimbabwe agric'
The US$66 million agricultural equipment deal entered between Zimbabwe and Belarus last week is expected to further boost agricultural productivity, ensuring national food security and restoring Harar...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Paddy Zhanda arrested over horrific staff beating
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of Paddy Zhanda (40) for assault after a video of the horrific beating went viral on social media.Zhanda is son to business man and ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:27hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Causes of food inflation in Zimbabwe
The World Bank recently released a report of the countries hardest hit by food inflation in the world. Zimbabwe tops that list with food inflation of 353% in the month of August 2022, beating Lebanon ...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:11hrs | 1347 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa donates farming equipment, bus to Solusi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday donated an assortment of equipment that will help transform the Seventh Day Adventist-run Solusi University in Figtree, with the consignment including tractors with ploug...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Police target street vending pickup trucks
Police in Bulawayo has launched an operation to remove all pickup trucks being used for street vending, which are disrupting the smooth flow of traffic. Bulawayo Metropolitan province police s...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Road works breathe life into Matebeleland South economy
GOVERNMENT has stepped up the rehabilitation of critical roads in Matabeleland South province under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) with motorists praising the Second Republic for...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway project: A new big step in the right direction
AS we turn right off the Harare-Beitbridge highway - just before the intersection of the Harare and Bulawayo arteries five kilometres north of Beitbridge Border Post on the banks of the Limpopo River ...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Africa's food security relies on climate smart agriculture
THERE has not been a more demanding time for Africa to adopt modern agriculture methods than now. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, food security in Africa is threatened at all levels and farming ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:59hrs | 127 | by The Exchange
Mnangagwa knows price of bread - says Ministry
Information Ministry Permanent secretary Nick Mangwana on Wednesday released a clip of President Emmerson Mnangagwa grocery shopping, noting that the Zanu-PF leader used Zimbabwe dollars and was aware...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 20:32hrs | 2404 | by Staff reporter
Severe cold spell to hit Zimbabwe
THE Meteorological Services Department has warned of a cold front which is expected to move across Zimbabwe from today up to Saturday, with Bulawayo set to record a low of 6 degrees Celsius today....Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business people involved in potatoes smuggling in Botswana
ZIMBABWEAN business people are reportedly involved in the alleged smuggling of potatoes syndicate with South African farmers and Botswana business men fol...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 07:00hrs | 4665 | by Stephen Jakes
Chombo wins back repossessed farm
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatious Chombo has won back his Allan Grange Farm in Zvimba, which was repossessed by government through a phone call by Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka's messen...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:46hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda Holding's Rufaro lease take shape
SAKUNDA Holdings have started conducting feasibility studies on Rufaro Stadium with the energy giants yesterday visiting the facility together with officials from the City of Harare.The energy...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Chombo farm grab quakes foreign partner
A COMMERCIAL farm linked to former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo in Mashonaland West province has been earmarked for acquisition, NewsDay has learnt.New Alan Grange Farm in Raffingora is a ...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Deputy mayor in ‘smuggling' storm
CHITUNGWIZA deputy mayor Kiven Mutimbanyoka's business has been placed under investigation by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) following allegations that he smuggled fruits, vegetables and groce...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:28hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF war vets 'defect' to Zapu
Zanu-PF-linked war veterans in Matabeleland South province have reportedly defected to the opposition Zapu party in protest over measly stipends they get from government despite the sacrifices they ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:37hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Gono mourns Doug Munatsi
It is with great sadness that my family and I mourn the untimely death of a fine, seasoned banker and patriotic son of the soil, Douglas Munatsi in tragic circumstances not yet explained to the nation...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 24 | by Dr Gideon Gono
Farmer sues Cairns Foods over defective potato seed
CAIRNS Foods Limited has been sued for US$46 000 after allegedly supplying a farmer contracted to produce potatoes with defective seed.Patrick Makuzwa has approached the High Court seeking an ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Value addition: Driving the youth towards a post-harvest sustainable culture
Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ) together with Global Platforms Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya successfully held the International Youth Day commemorations under the theme "Transforming Food Systems: Y...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 7 | by Roselilly Ushewokunze
Zimbabwean young farmers lead the charge in agriculture
Agriculture in Zimbabwe is on an upswing and young people are the driving force. For example, the country is set to harvest 2.8 million tons of maize this year, triple the 2020 harvest, and making it ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 15:42hrs | 52 | by Audrey Simango
Open letter UK PM Boris Johnson, MPs, Councillors, Religious leaders, any other community leaders
I write this with concern about the current deportations of the Zimbabwean immigrants:...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 17:26hrs | 45 | by Chris Goshomi
Letter to Boris Johnson about the deportation of Zimbabwean immigrants
A letter to the Prime Minister (Boris Johnson), MPs, Councillors, Religious leaders, and any other community leaders who may have communities at heart.I wri...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 10:26hrs | 111 | by Chris Goshomi
Farmers need tractors, cattle have died
My rather heavy footsteps did not jolt the old farmer out of his deep thought, head rested on his bony knees, sort of mind comatose. The man was 'lost' in great thinking, pondering how he would tackle...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Nkiwane burial date set
THE late national hero, Abraham Nkiwane, will be buried tomorrow at his farm on the outskirts of Umguza District while burial arrangements for two other national heroes, Commander of the Zimbabwe Nati...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When dreams take one up Mt Everest
Green mealies, fresh broccoli, green beans, 'Eish'! Have just awoken from a near realistic dream where all the fresh horticultural products were coming out from our Irrigation plots at Chinehasha Irri...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Shun donor dependency: Govt
GOVERNMENT has urged citizens to shun donor dependency saying over-reliance on donors had led to infiltration by the country's detractors.Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterpri...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Non-productive farmers told to surrender land
Government is prepared to repossess land from farmers who are not fully utilising it and allocate it to deserving ones as it moves to strengthen the agricultural recovery plan ahead of Vision 2030....Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Growing up in the village
Back in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve the moon rose slowly, tentatively and imperceptibly, its soft rays breaking the virginity of the night. Slowly darkness gave w...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:40hrs | 13 | by Isdore Guvamombe-
Every child must at one stage stay at grandmother’s home
The eldest of us was Tapfuma, whose eggshell head made him look awkward. In our hierarchy Tapfuma was followed by me and then Obedience, a tall slim boy full of humour. The rest were toddlers. We so l...Published: 08 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | 16 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Taxi driver arrested for 'rape'
A Zvishavane pirate taxi driver (25) has been arrested for allegedly raping a married woman who was also on her menstrual period after giving her a lift from Zvishavane. The court heard that M...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Business escalates rice tax deadlock
ZIMBABWE'S retail and wholesale industries, under pressure from Treasury to pay a controversial tax on rice in retrospect, have approached President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Vice-President Co...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Crop hectarage increases by 23%
Farmers planted different crops on over 3,4 million hectares in the 2020/2021 agricultural season, driven by a good rainfall forecast, early distribution of inputs and capacitation of extension worker...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Farmers do not be a sitting duck to fraudsters
Harvest time is upon us, a time of plenty. Fraudsters are on the prowl looking for who to con, taking your agricultural produce without paying a dime for it. A colleague nearly lost a tonne of...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:11hrs | 3 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Old boys donate to Highlanders Rugby team
HIGHLANDERS Rugby Football Club received food parcels and a playing kit sourced by former players based in the United Kingdom (UK). The UK chapter of the Highlanders Rugby Old Boys Association...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean agriculture recovery in motion
ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:43hrs | 38 | by Dr John Basera
4 guards kill farm worker
FOUR security guards at Pote Farm, Bindura, who allegedly killed a farm worker for stepping on maize plants while picking potatoes, were yesterday remanded in custody to March 9.The guards, We...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Security guards kill farm worker
Four Bindura security guards at Pote farm who allegedly killed a farm worker who had stepped on maize plants while picking potatoes at the farm were arraigned before a Bindura magistrate yesterday....Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 08:43hrs | 8 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Kapenta fish are not juniors but mature fish
Kapenta in tomato soup, choose medium size kapenta since bigger size may have a compromised taste due to near maturity innards. Too small kapenta, the cooking motions and manouvres may get the...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:04hrs | 6 | by Tondo Murisa
Poor grain production hurting Zimbabwe economy
Zimbabwe has been a net importer of food for the past 2 decades and the country's import bill has increasingly featured grain imports with maize imports averaging 1.1 million Metric Tonnes (MT) per ye...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 13:18hrs | 21 | by Victor Bhoroma
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 44 | by Samantha Power
Zimra, CZR escalate rice tax standoff
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has maintained that the Zimbabwe Revenues Authority (Zimra) is failing to interpret laws in its move to charge 15% value added tax (VAT) on rice packaged ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Christmas fever grips Bulawayo
HUNDREDS of people yesterday thronged supermarkets in Bulawayo to make last-minute shopping ahead of Christmas Day today. Shop attendants said they recorded much business with many outlets res...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
New restaurant opens in Bulawayo
Check out this unique new establishment, The Good Place Restaurant, situated downtown of Bulawayo, offering a coterie of dishes that include western and traditional African menu.The restaurant...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:38hrs | 156 | by Jamela
Mnangagwa's wife launches school feeding scheme for Harare
ZIMBABWEANS should unite in fighting hunger in schools and ensure every learner acquires education regardless of social standing, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, has said.Speaking at ...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:37hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Fatal beating lands security guard in court
A SECURITY guard at a farm in Gwanda has appeared in court for allegedly beating up a man to death for stealing potatoes from a field. Torevesai Zhou (42) who works at Drummond Farm was not as...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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