adminEditorial Comment: Contract farming can transform agro-business
Tobacco is not just Zimbabwe’s largest single agricultural export and the main cash crop of tens of thousands of Zimbabwean farming families, it is also the best organised agro-industry, has developed systems that allow both farmers and buyers to flourish, conducts its own research, arbitrates its own disputes and, critically, does all this without any input from the taxpayer.
Spare a moment for the tobacco farmer
THE most recent statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) indicate that farmers had sold 28,2 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf with a value of US$64,4 million by the end of last week.
Plight of a roadside artist in Covid-19 pandemic
Matabeleland-based clay artist Bridget Mpofu says the coronavirus pandemic has affected her business and she has gone for weeks without customers.
Ziyambi chides MDC-A hypocrites
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has chided MDC-Alliance for making unproven claims that the country’s judiciary system was captured.
Parallel market rates a bubble: RBZ
The rapid rise in parallel market foreign currency exchange rates is symptomatic of a bubble as it lacks any fundamental basis and could lead to economic depression, says Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Dr John Mangudya.
Thief steals car from fuel queue
A DARING thief allegedly stole a car from a petrol queue at a filling station in Harare after tricking the owner that he could refuel easily.
A football god of our timel . . . Stix’s legacy could have been secured if he had played for Dynamos
A FORMER Young Warrior believes Stanford “Stix” Mutizwa’s legacy, as a football god and one of the two finest Zimbabwean footballers of all time, would have been firmly secured had he played for Dynamos.
No pay-cut for Warriors coach Loga
ZIFA have revealed that they will not ask Warriors coach to take a pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic since they are still in a comfortable financial position to meet his monthly salary as per contract.
Chimbetu’s ‘Africa Inaliya’ among top Africa Day songs
Africa Day symbolises African unity and the work that lies ahead to achieve this maxim. It is also a reminder of the destruction colonial powers meted out on the continent and its people, and the courage of liberation movements who fought the oppressors to achieve independence across the continent.
Munetsi reflects on challenges at Orlando Pirates
Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Marshall Munetsi spoke about the challenges of having to settle down in France whilst also looking back at his struggles under former coaches Muhsin Ertugral and Milutin Sredojevic.