admin99-year leases for dairy farmers
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Government will consider issuing out 99-year leases to dairy farmers to promote production, and ensure self-sufficiency. This came out at the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers annual…
Beitbridge 17 freed on bail
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The 17 suspects who were arrested for staging protests in Beitbridge a fortnight ago and were charged for public violence, have been granted $50 bail each by…
‘Govt has capacity to pay civil servants’
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government has the capacity to pay all civil servants their salaries and a payment method has since been struck between the employer and employees, Parliament heard yesterday.
Africa endorses Mzembi’s candidature
From Isdore Guvamombe in Kigali, Rwanda It is confirmed, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Dr Walter Mzembi is now the official African candidate for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation…
Senior citizen (63) rapes niece (13)
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A 63-year-old Harare man yesterday appeared in court for raping his 13-year-old niece during his wife’s absence. The senior citizen was facing two counts of rape and…
Man battles for life after cigarette fight
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A Harare man is battling for his life at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after he was brutally stoned by his fellow colleague for refusing to give him…
Harmonise economic policies, says EAC
NAIROBI. — The East Africa Community (EAC) yesterday appealed to regional economic blocs to harmonise their trade policies in order to facilitate cross-border business.
Migrate to manual irrigation, farmers urged
Brenda Ziga Herald Reporter Government has challenged farmers to come up with ways of mitigating the effects of climate change by adopting irrigation schemes that promote the production of crops all…
Farmers should engage in conservation agriculture
Brenda Ziga : Features Correspondent Erratic rainfall and high input costs continue to hamper agricultural production. The challenges have had a negative impact on Zimbabwe’s status as the bread basket of the…
S. Sudanese protest against AU-backed regional force
JUBA. — Thousands of South Sudanese held peaceful demonstrations in the streets of Juba yesterday to protest against the Africa Union-endorsed regional force.