adminEditorial Comment: Farmers should be ready for planting season
There are strong indications that the rains are just around the corner and individuals who take farming seriously should be winding up preparations for planting. The farmers should have by…
Zimdef disburses $22,9m to tertiary institutions
Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) disbursed about $22,9 million to tertiary institutions across the country by the end of December last year for procurement of training equipment…
CSC doesn’t need foreign investor: Zhanda
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter AGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Deputy Minister Responsible for Livestock, Paddy Zhanda, says the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC) does not need a foreign investor to…
BCC disposes of ageing fleet, equipment
Business Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to dispose several of its ageing fleet of vehicles and equipment citing biting costs of maintaining such assets. The local authority’s latest…
US, Swiss Ambassadors clash over Zim relations
Nyemudzai Kakore Harare Bureau Switzerland and the US government yesterday differed sharply on how the international community should deal with Zimbabwe, with the former arguing it was time the world…
Klap, Ifani collaborate
Simbarashe Mutizwa Showbiz Reporter The sky is the limit for Kasi Lami Arts Platform (Klap) who recently collaborated with one of South Africa’s best rappers, Ifani Hayimani (real name Mzayifani…
Ending violence against women: A global responsibility
Lakshmi Puri Addressing violence against women, in all of its forms, is a global imperative and should be one of the international community’s top priorities, including in forthcoming intergovernmental processes,…
Kenyan preacher shot dead
Nairobi – Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa have shot dead a moderate Muslim cleric, a vocal opponent of the radical teachings of Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab insurgents, police…
Leaders meet over Burkina Faso crisis
African leaders are meeting to pressure the Burkina Faso army into keeping its promise to hand power back to civilians within a fortnight after the fall of president Blaise Compaore.
Tobacco hits 14,000ha
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter ABOUT 14,000 hectares have been planted for the 2014/15 tobacco season compared to 12,772 hectares planted during the same period last year. Latest statistics from the…