adminTobacco growers continue to increase
At least 86 751 farmers have registered to grow tobacco during the 2014/15 season, up from 83 668 that had applied by the corresponding period in 2013, the Tobacco Industry…
Shinso, Maskiri launch PaWenera
Entertainment Reporter Zim dancehall “father” Shinsoman and Maskiri will lead other youthful musicians at a show to mark the opening of new joint PaWenera Nightclub in Damofalls, Ruwa, tomorrow.
Proplastics gets new pipe making plant
PROPLASTICS’ new $1 million 400mm high-density polyethylene pipe making plant will enhance the company’s production capacity by 30 percent per month. This will translate to about 200 tonnes per month…
Zim off to firm response
CHITTAGONG. — Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Razar struck half centuries and powered Zimbabwe to a firm, if not strong reply, as they chased Bangladesh’s mammoth 503 on the second day,…
First Ebola treatment trials for west Africa
Geneva. — Global aid agency Doctors Without Borders said yesterday it would begin unprecedented trials on patients in west Africa to test Ebola drugs and the use of survivors’ blood…
Mannex rejoins Transit Crew
Entertainment Reporter Talented vocalist Emmanuel “Mannex” Motsi recently rejoined the granddaddies of reggae, Transit Crew, after a three-year separation and tonight he goes to Junction 24 for a show with…
China supports Africa in battle against Ebola
Ambassador Lin Lin Special Correspondent Ebola which first broke out in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone in March, has kept spreading in West Africa and even to countries such as the…
Govt to help fund dam construction
Jeffrey Gogo Business Correspondent GOVERNMENT will early next year issue a $300 million bond to help fund and speed up countrywide dam construction, a key defence against climate change and…
Zifa lose property
Caroline Magenga Sports Reporter THE Deputy Sheriff swooped on ZIFA House yesterday and attached office property at the beleaguered organisation. Office equipment comprising tables, chairs and cupboards were ferried away…
75 Boko Haram members killed
Johannesburg. — Hunters have killed at least 75 members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram in a northern Nigerian town, daily newspaper Premium Times reported yesterday.