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Underground stream floods Harare Town House
A major disaster is looming at Town House as the basement has been filled up with water seeping through from an underground stream that flows under Julius Nyerere Way.The city's historical doc...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Luveve Road rehab nears completion
REHABILITATION works along Bulawayo's Luveve Road are progressing well with the local authority saying they are now 85 percent towards completion with over US$700 000 having been used to date....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to implement climate change proofing Agricultural practices
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to plan thoroughly and elevate their agricultural practices as mitigation measures to cou...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 22 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Umzingwane villagers cry foul over donors suspending food relief after crops failure due to water logging
In what might be described as donor syndrome, villagers in parts of Umzingwane district have cried foul that they are experiencing serious food shortage a...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's maize harvest to hit 20-year high
Zimbabwe is expected to harvest 2,7 million tonnes of maize during the 2020/21 summer cropping season, the highest yield in 20 years, the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment report shows. ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Risks of flooding increasing
Significantly higher rainfall continues to fall throughout the country with most areas already surpassing 300mm, says the Meteorological Services Department in a mid-season outlook which further predi...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Farmers face water logging
A NUMBER of farmers in Matobo are facing water logging challenges in their fields due to excessive rainfall that has been pounding the district for the past few weeks and are worried that their crops ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
$6m ethanol project takes shape
The National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) is targeting to complete the construction of two ethanol storage tanks with capacity of 6 million litres at its Mabvuku Depot in Harare by en...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru in private cemetery plan
A GWERU-BASED private land developer has submitted a proposal to partner proprietors of Harare's Glen Forest Memorial Park and set up an upmarket burial site at the council-owned Mutasa Cemetery....Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge seeks $300k to upgrade terminus
BEITBRIDGE Town Council (BTC) has applied to the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing seeking approval to borrow up to $300 000 towards constructing a modern bus terminus in...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cash crisis biggest headache in Zimbabwe
THE prevailing cash challenges are the major problem affecting rural households in the country, the latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) report has said.The 2017 Rural L...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso dates FC Platinum in ZNA Charities Semi-Final at Luveve Stadium
Bulawayo giants Highlanders Football Club will this Sunday, 12 March 2017 take on FC Platinum at Luveve Stadium in the second semi-final of the Commander ZNA Charities Soccer Shield.The match ...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 11:37hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Barbourfields Stadium waterlogged after heavy rains
THE poor drainage system at Barbourfields Stadium has forced the cancellation of the potentially explosive ZNA Commander's Charities Shield semifinal match between Highlanders and FC Platinum set ...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Incessant rains affecting horticultural produce
FARMERS in Umguza have lost a significant amount of horticulture produce and crops to the excessive rains that have pounded most parts of the country in recent weeks, a situation that farmers say ...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Early crops to be affected by incessant rains
EARLY crops in light and clay soils are likely to be affected by the incessant rains that the country has been receiving with some plants already showing signs of yellowing and rotting due to wate...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Water logging affects cotton farming
THE adage, it never rains but pours, aptly describes the predicament of Gokwe cotton farmers.Farmers in both Gokwe North and South were left counting their losses after the heavy rains that po...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nyanga rainfall breaks record
The eastern highlands have this month received rainfall in excess of 100 millimetres, with Nyanga breaking the record set in 1959.The Meteorological Services Department Senior Officer, Jonatha...Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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