adminTea producers urged to diversify, add value
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau Small-scale tea producers have been urged to diversify and add value to their crop to enhance their earnings, which remain low despite rising prices on the global…
EU to contribute €400m to WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine facility
Lucy Parsons The European Commission (EC) has announced that it will contribute €400m to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 vaccine facility, COVAX. The COVAX facility is co-led by Gavi,…
More cyclones forecast to lash SADC
Sifelani Tsiko Agric & Environment Editor Thirteen tropical cyclones formed in the south-west Indian Ocean during the last rainy season and had some effect on southern Africa weather although only three…
Flu Study Highlights Difficulty of Achieving COVID-19 ‘Herd Immunity’
Bob Curley Researchers say women are more likely than men to get a flu shot. They add that whites and Asians also have higher rates of immunization. Getty Images In…
US Open on high alert after player tests positive
NEW YORK. — A number of US Open tennis players have been put in what one described as “a bubble in the bubble” after having contact with France’s Benoit Paire,…
Swim with communities to give devolution impetus
Lovemore Chikova Development Dialogue The recent appointment of provincial development coordinators is a huge statement by the New Dispensation on its seriousness with implementing the devolution concept. In fact, the devolution…
Eskom warns of more blackouts
PRETORIA. — South Africa’s power utility Eskom said yesterday that they are well and truly under pressure to provide the country with electricity this week, and announced that Stage 2…
Another black man killed by US cops
LOS ANGELES. — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a black man during a confrontation on Monday afternoon in South LA, sparking protests at the scene of the encounter.…
China’s trade fair to help starve off global economic recession
CAIRO. – China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) to be held in Beijing early this month is a good move to help resist the global economic recession amid…
Cop denied bail in US$78 000 bribery case
Court Correspondent Harare regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna yesterday dismissed a bail application by Detective Assistant Inspector Thomas Mabgwe who is facing bribery charges after being allocated two stands worth…