adminFoliar fertilisers: Farmers want to understand
Senior Agriculture ReporterTHERE has been a proliferation of foliar fertilisers on the agricultural chemicals market in recent years. This has left many farmers struggling to understand why, how and when they should use them.
Paraquat herbicide faces ban
Senior Agriculture Reporter
ZIMBABWE will work towards exhausting all stocks of the paraquat herbicide in line with China’s research findings that the chemical is highly toxic and therefore unsuitable for continued use.
Ex Japanese PM apologises for wartime crimes in China
NANJING — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama yesterday apologised for Japan’s wartime crimes in China and expressed his hope that the tragedy would not be repeated. Hatoyama made theUS carries out 1st electrocution in years
Washington — An American who murdered two fellow inmates while serving a life sentence was put to death by electric chair, a first such execution since 2010, authorities said. Robert Gleason, a 42-year-oldRio Tinto CEO resigns . . . as firm announces US$14bn write-down
SYDNEY. — Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto yesterday announced a US$14 billion write-down on its Mozambique coal assets and ailing aluminium business, prompting its chief executive toZimra beats revenue target
Business ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority says gross inflows exceeded the 2011 target by 7 percent for the 12 months to December 31 2012, after the taxman raked in US$3,4 billion. In a statement, Zimra
Mimosa in road safety drive
Business Reporter
MIMOSA Mining Company yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe in an effort to reduce carnage on the roads. The signing formalised the