Continent needs to introduce credible industrial policies

ABUJA  — African countries need to introduce credible industrial policies and promote effective industrial policy organisations to enhance the structural transformation of the continent, says a new report jointly produced…

AU declares 2014 year of agric and food security

THE Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has said that the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government has declared the year 2014 to be the year of Agriculture…

Mat North biogas project shapes up

THE construction of biogas digesters for 500 farmers in Matabeleland North by the Zimbabwe Association of Pig Producers (ZAPP) working with the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) is now at an…

GMB to provide mobile grain depots

FARMERS in the country’s natural region 4 and 5 who gave heed to calls by the Government to grow small grain crops, got a bumper harvest this year and plans…

Reasons for introducing the right bull to your herd

ONE seemingly ignorant yet telling conversation I had recently with a communal farmer in a district in Matabeleland North has inspired this article. The farmer has a herd of about…

Time we demystify gender roles

Recently, I went to a well-established Harare primary school for a meeting with the headmaster to discuss various issues. While waiting for the headmaster I took a stroll around the…

My story: Helicopter crash pilot talks to Chronicle

Clemence Manyukwe News Editor— POLICE investigating a helicopter crash and subsequent burial of the wreckage near West Nicholson on May 4 have arrested two people. South African nationals Lawrence Botha…

Indigenisation re-alignment to boost investor confidence

Felex Share Harare Bureau— THE government’s likely re-alignment of empowerment laws is a major breakthrough for indigenous people, with measures being put in place to ensure Zimbabweans own 100 percent…

Ex-wife blocks tycoon’s wedding

Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter— A WEDDING ceremony for a prominent Victoria Falls businessman and his new lover turned into a circus on Friday as his former wife tried to…

Mining companies get reprieve

Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter— THE government will not cancel mining concessions given to some companies doing explorations in Matabeleleland North despite taking long to start extraction of the minerals,…

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