adminKeeping pace with climate change in crop development
Stephen Whitfield and Julian Ramirez-Villegas In a context of unprecedented climate change and food insecurity, adaptation in agricultural systems is critical in Africa. It is crucial to breed new varieties…
MDC-T deadlocked over polls
Zvamaida Murwira : Senior Reporter The MDC-T national council that met on Wednesday was deadlocked on whether to lift its election boycott stance which has seen the opposition party surrendering to…
Nyumbu in line for return
BULAWAYO. — Offspinner John Nyumbu could make a return to Zimbabwe’s Test side in a bid to balance out an attack that had to rely on part-time bowlers in the…
Controversy clouds athletics
RIO DE JANEIRO. — A year of unrelenting misery, of corruption, cover-ups, bans, appeals and doping, doping, doping, has ripped the heart and soul out of athletics, the sport that…
Mr and Ms Ironman dates set
Takudzwa Chitsiga : Sports Reporter THE dates for the 2016 Mr and Ms Ironman have been set and the event will be held on August 27 at the Long Cheng Plazza…
RBZ wants 50 percent more POS machines
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is targeting to boost the number of Point-of-Sale (POS) machines in the country by 50 percent by year-end. Zimbabwe currently has 20 000…
India donates US$1m, 500t rice
Tendai Mugabe : Senior Reporter Relations between Zimbabwe and India reached a new high yesterday after the New Delhi administration donated $1 million and 500 tonnes of rice to Harare for…
Floodgates open for AU Commission chair’s post
Lovemore Ranga Mataire : Senior Writer THE failure by the three candidates vying for the AU Commission chairperson’s post to garner the required two-thirds majority votes has flung the door open…
Zim Under-17 Week gets underway
THE eagerly-awaited Zimbabwe Under-17 Week 2016 is finally here, with six teams taking part in the tournament that gets underway today and runs up to Tuesday next week in Harare. Four…
fintech not disrupting Africa’s financial industry
African fintech is not disrupting the existing financial service providers. This is because, in many areas of the continent, there is nothing to disrupt. Across most of the continent, there is…