admin15 000 cattle succumb to tick-borne diseases
The country has lost 15 000 cattle to tick-borne diseases, especially the January Disease (Theileriosis), with some households losing their entire herds in the worst affected areas, the Department of Veterinary Services has said.
Pep wary of title rivals
MANCHESTER. — Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City’s four main English Premiership soccer title rivals all have strong reasons to believe they can win the Premier League. The champions went back…
Political economy of commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe
Focusing on the post-2000 period after land reform, the research examines shifts in production and commodity marketing, showing how these have had an impact on commercialisation patterns.
Faf praises Proteas
HOBART — South Africa cricket captain Faf du Plessis has praised the way his team withstood the pressure of a must-win match to pull off a 2-1 ODI series win…
Hamilton unstoppable in Brazil
SAO PAULO. — New five-time world Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton steered his Mercedes to a nail-biting victory in Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, a triumph that clinched the constructors’ championship…
Poet shortlisted for award
Multi-talented writer Philani Amadeus Nyoni a.k.a. Pan has been shortlisted for yet another accolade – the prestigious African Writers’ Award in the short story category.
Ngezi Platinum in battle to retain players
HAVING already surrendered the fight for a maiden Premiership title, Ngezi Platinum Stars have moved to tie down their key players as they bid to win the championship next season.
The malevolent hypocrisy of selective sanctions
It would be expected that the United States and its allies would cease employing economic sanctions as a weapon of coercion because it was definitively shown that the suffering caused to innocent children was catastrophic to the point of genocide. But of course they didn’t stop. These people really enjoy imposing sanctions because they think it makes them look virtuous and powerful — and if sanctions kill kids, then too bad.
A story about a sense of the numinous
Before I could make sense of what was happening, I found that I could neither lift my feet off the ground nor walk. I was like one trudging by in concrete boots.
30ha of wheat go up in smoke
A MAZOWE North farmer, Cde Maidei Maswi, who is also Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central political liaison officer, last week lost 30 hectares of wheat that was ready for harvest to a veld fire. Cde Maswi of Earling Farm, Lot No. 15, said she was expecting a yield of at least 210 tonnes of wheat from the destroyed crop.