adminGovt makes strides on consumer protection law
Melody Mashaire:Business Correspondent Government has made significant progress towards the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act which will result in the establishment of a court and a Protection Commission, a…
Masvingo secures 2 000ha for Command Agriculture
From George Maponga in Masvingo Over 2 000 hectares of land have been secured from individual farmers and irrigation schemes in Masvingo for maize farming during the 2016/17 agricultural season…
Fury admits to taking cocaine
LONDON. — Troubled world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has admitted taking cocaine, saying “I hope someone kills me before I kill myself,” in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine…
Mushore fluff haunts Harare
Innocent Ruwende: Municipal Reporter Harare City Council cannot appoint another town clerk until the courts deal with two pending matters which are before the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni…
385m kids wallowing in poverty
UNITED NATIONS. — Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, the World Bank Group and the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) said in a…
Religion helps Shkodaran
LONDON. — Shkodran Mustafi has opened up on how religion and being a Muslim has positive effects on his football. Arsenal’s summer signing was brought in for £35m from Valencia, and…
Early rains threaten late wheat
Elita chikwati Agriculture Reporter Late planted wheat is under threat from early rains and farmers have been urged to speed up harvesting to avoid losses. Some farmers with an early crop have…
Carlsson: King of drag racing
Collin Matiza and Tedious Manyepo PROFESSIONAL drag racer Leslie Carlsson is riding on the crest of a wave after he won the last race of the 2016 Telecel Drag Racing…
Reconsider GM ban, say experts
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Agriculture experts have urged Government to remove the ban on genetically-modified stockfeeds and allow confined field trials of GM cotton and other crops to boost production and…
Pesticides for use at planting and soon after planting tobacco
Plant Health Services Division, Tobacco Research Board Several insect pests, nematodes , bacteria and fungi , cause minor to severe damage to the roots, stem and leaves of tobacco plants at…