Preparation for summer cropping season starts

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has said it has started preparing for the coming summer cropping season and distribution of inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme will start in…

Govt funds MSU indigenous fruits research

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT is funding Midlands State University (MSU) indigenous fruits and herbs research and 14 students are conducting the research. The outcome of the research is…

$22m needed for tollgate upgrade

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) needs about US$22 million to upgrade all temporary tollgates countrywide to improve revenue collection. This comes amid allegations of…

Winter profits elude curio vendors

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter WHEN Government recently allowed the partial re-opening of the tourism industry, there was hope among curio vendors that they might soon be back in business.…

COMMENT: Be wary of rubble-rousers in order to contain Covid-19

The spike in Covid-19 cases calls for concerted efforts from each and every Zimbabwean in order to contain the pandemic that is threatening to wipe out mankind. There is therefore…

Remembering Mkapa – Peacemaker, diplomat and gifted negotiator

Correspondent Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has said locking out Mr William Ruto and Ms Martha Karua from the post-elections violence mediation team in 2008 helped secure a power-sharing agreement…

Joy and pain for Warriors exports

Eddie Chikamhi, Harare Bureau WARRIORS goalkeeper, Martin Mapisa, moved a step closer to the Spanish La Liga while defender Teenage Hadebe’s Yeni Malatyaspor was relegated from the Turkish Super League.…

Adhere to standards & ensure affordability, PPE firms told

Business Reporter THE Minister of Industry and Commerce, Dr Sekai Nzenza, has directed manufacturers and importers of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to subject their products to standards certification while urging…

Covid-19 robs prisons of drama production

Joel Tsvakwi, Showbiz Correspondent The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Bulawayo Metropolitan province’s rehabilitation programmes including a drama the prisoners were working on, have been thwarted by the Covid-19…

Laws to impound lockdown violators’ vehicles gazetted

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has gazetted a statutory instrument authorising law enforcement officers to impound vehicles being used to violate lockdown restrictions with owners or drivers of the vehicles…

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