Zim exports pick up as world markets open

WHEN Zimbabwe and many other countries from around the world were forced into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, there were concerns from business on how this would affect the economy.

This came from the understanding that lockdowns resulted in reduced consumption of non-essential commodities.

Mat South running out of quarantine space

Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau AUTHORITIES in Matabeleland South have called on the Government to urgently avail more Covid-19 quarantine and isolation centres and to upgrade existing facilities to enhance their…

Bid to reverse farmers’ losses

Njabulo Bhebe, Business Reporter BULAWAYO start-up company Farmhut has completed more than 1 700 transactions for 556 farmers to reduce their post-harvest losses since the announcement of the national lockdown.…

Rhodies wanted Gagisa for a war trophy

Brigadier-General Abel Mazinyane I first met Stanley Nleya (Elish Gagisa), who died in Bulawayo on 16 June and was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Wednesday last…

Dr Nkomo: The triumph and paradox of the liberation agenda

Dr Obert Mpofu Early career timing and ideological wiring THE nationalist anti-colonial movement in modern Zimbabwe directly intertwines the ideological efforts and political charisma of the late Vice-President Dr Joshua…

Mat’land North starts testing for Covid-19

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter MATABELELAND North has started conducting Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests for Covid-19 after getting the nod to use GeneXpert machines at three hospitals. The province,…

Shot in the arm for Mzingwane High

Mthabisi Tshuma in Esigodini FORMER Mzingwane High School pupils have donated 148 chairs and desks to the school as part of efforts to enhance learning at the institution. The donation…

Dr Nkomo: A human being who became ‘super human’

ON 1 July 1999, Zimbabwe’s iconic revolutionary and politician Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo breathed his last. Dr Nkomo had served as the country’s Vice-President since 1990. On Wednesday, the…

Business Insights: Agribusiness is the real business to prosperity

George Nhepera Introduction ZIMBABWE being an agro-based country has 80 percent of its population depending on agriculture for a livelihood and a majority of the farmers are women. In addition,…

Local rugby players to benefit from World Rugby’s Food and Relief funds

Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter RUGBY players in some parts of the country will benefit from the 5 000 Euros recently availed to the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) by World…

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