adminPioneer Column graves desecrated
Suspected fortune-seekers, including gold panners, have been accused of desecrating the graves of some members of Cecil John Rhodes’ Pioneer Column who are credited with the setting up of Zimbabwe’s first town, Fort Victoria (now Masvingo) in 1890.
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Indian cricket team may lose Nike logo after 14 years
THE Indian cricket team may soon have to let go of kit partner Nike, as the cricket board and the sportswear brand are locked in a tussle over contract renewal.…
Organic control of garden pests
Many gardeners have good intentions of growing their plants without using dangerous chemicals, but when their favourite rose bush or ripening tomatoes are attacked by a plague of pestilence, they buy an armoury of pesticides and attack the offending insects or fungi with anything they can.
Lockdown: From the ghetto to Murombedzi
When I first heard that a novel coronavirus of 2019 (Covid-19) had broken out in Wuhan, China, I thought it was one of those viruses that would soon disappear.
Maybe, it’s time Proteas looked to Chevrons
Several countries seem set to steal a march on South Africa by putting their men’s national teams into action, reasonably soon, following the global coronavirus shutdown.
Kwekwe requires US$3,7m for water plant upgrade
KWEKWE City Council requires US$3,7 million to rehabilitate its Dutchman’s Pool Water Treatment Plant if it is to continue supplying water to residents and companies in the mining town.
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GBV: The Covid-19 shadow pandemic
Andile Tshuma Somewhere in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic is another pandemic, gender-based violence (GBV). The United Nations has labelled it the “shadow pandemic”. There has been a global…
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Woman jailed over skin-lightening creams
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter A 41-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman has been sentenced to three months in jail for possessing prohibited and harmful skin lightening products in Victoria Falls. Iris Khumalo…
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Zim gold smuggled to Dubai via South Africa — Minister
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT has expressed concern over the smuggling of the country’s gold to Dubai via South Africa, and is putting in place measures to curb the…
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Share trophy if game is tied, Super Over not needed in ODIs
NEW Zealand batsman Ross Taylor would not mind teams sharing the 50-over World Cup trophy in the rare case of a tie as he strongly believes that Super Over is…