Economics of the environment

Albert Nhamoyebonde
When the subject of the environment is broached, many people may just focus on pollution, sanitation, deforestation, veld fires and so forth, one of the major concerns should be what a country

Homosexuals have no place in African culture

Editorial Comment
There is a very disturbing trend on how some issues that concern African interests are being handled by the world’s mother body — the United Nations, and at the end of the day as the people of this

EMA gives tips

Agriculture Reporter
The Environmental Management Agency advises farmers to carry out correct agronomic practices at the right time to boost yields.

Conservation agriculture to boost food security

Agriculture Reporter
GOVERNEMNT with support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Common Market for East and Southern Africa has launched the Conservation Agriculture Up-scaling Framework for

Dried meat feud resolved in court

Court Reporter
A couple that took each other to court over dry meat, reunited after the magistrate asked the protagonists to stare into each other’s eyes and introspect. Mrs Jane Dapi had taken her husband of 25

Zim to lose free to air SA tv channels by mid May

MILLIONS of Zimbabweans will lose free access to South African TV channels by mid-May after a court closed a signal loophole that had also been exploited by half a dozen other regional countries.
South African TV signal carrier, Sentech, was last week found by the Johannesburg High Court to be

China donates US$14m goods

Agriculture Reporter
CHINA yesterday handed over a consignment of rice and wheat worth US$14 million to the Zimbabwean Government for distribution to the poor. The consignment comprised 9 722,85 tonnes of

Sharon Dee dumps Peter’s kids in UK

PETER Ndlovu’s ex-wife has dumped their two sons with his sister in England after the Zimbabwe Under 23 soccer coach refused to pay maintenance. South African singer Sharon Dee, real name Hlengiwe Dlamini, said she was driven to desperation after the former Coventry City and Mamelodi Sundowns star

Young Mighty Warriors want another victory

From Grace Chingoma in MAPUTO, Mozambique
THE Zimbabwe Under-20 women’s soccer team arrived here on Wednesday night for a date against Mozambique in a Fifa World Cup qualifier, first round, second leg match at Liga Macumulana Stadium

The natural mystique of Vic Falls

Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, rivers are sources of life and at times are life itself. Rivers are quiet. They don’t tell stories yet they know everything from women’s gossip to men’s waists.
Rivers have seen nude people, bathing even, yet they remain gagged.
The only sound you hear is the protest of the water as it gushes past rocks and plunge pools, meanders and hair-pin curves. This villager is in the Victoria Falls, where the Zambezi River has noisily attracted delegates from 176 countries the world over, for a general assembly.
Such is the power of the Zambezi that thousands of delegates will board planes and fly over boggy marshes, picturesque mountains

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