White gold set for major rebound

With declining numbers of people growing cotton — a  key foreign currency earner for the nation — a  local company has unveiled a new cotton variety, which has  the potential of doubling yields relative to current seed varieties.

Muskwe finds home in Gems camp

FOR Adelaide Muskwe, the inspiration to represent Zimbabwe in a sporting team came from somewhat unorthodox means.

“I was sitting on the terraces, watching my twin brother doing what he knows and loves most. I felt an urge to one day do it for my nation too,” says Adelaide.

National housing backlog now at 1,4m

The National Building Society (NBS) is a self-sustaining entity that is delivering projects through partnerships with the private sector and to date has completed 840 housing units, which cost USD$17,1 million. Planned projects will add 9 125 more units.

Garbage chokes city in garbage as mess festers

As Government doggedly tries to inculcate the litter-free habit of cleaning the environment, most residential areas, particularly in and around the capital city, Harare, continue to choke in mounds of uncollected rubbish and illegal dump sites, as Harare City Council (HCC) management continues to dither.

Gold prices slip

GOLD slipped yesterday, pressured by technical selling after repeatedly failing to breach $1 300 this week, though US sanctions on Chinese telecoms company Huawei dented risk appetite and limited bullion’s…

Names and naming: Birds as weather forecasters

COSMIC and terrestrial zones are interlinked and intertwined; each communicates with the other, in particular, with the intervening zone. All the zones have a bearing on lives of both flora…

Bulawayo to celebrate 125 years in style

Vusumuzi Dube, Municipal Reporter THE City of Bulawayo will on 1 June be celebrating 125 years since its declaration as a town with a number of activities lined up as part…

Cop swindles wholesale of $500 alcohol

Sindisiwe Sibanda, Sunday News Reporter A ZIMBABWE Republic Police officer stationed in Bulawayo who defrauded a wholesale company of more than $500 last year has been sentenced to perform community service.…

Chief Ndiweni ‘disowns’ Chamisa

Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter  BELEAGUERED Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna was yesterday singing another tune when he said he is not in any way associated with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson…

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