adminSugarcane awarded strategic crop status
Sugarcane has been given the status of a strategic crop that will allow significant expansion with hundreds of out-grower farmers primed to benefit.
Political crowd funding: A new fleece
When author and Irish nationalist, Jonathan Swift, established the first recognised crowd funding in the early 1700s as a way of providing loans to the poor, but creditworthy people in Dublin, little did he know that some unscrupulous political activists would later emerge and use the initiative to fleece unassuming people of their hard-earned cash.
Dubious NGOs at it again
MENDACIOUS non-governmental organisations that have often relied on soiling the image of the country to their Western handlers have been busy selling diplomats bottled smoke of so-called rights abuses in the country to get funding.
School reaps big from Pfumvudza
A primary school in Mhangura, which embraced the Pfumvudza/ Intwasa programme and planted maize on three hectares of land, expects up to 15 tonnes and will channel some of the proceeds towards the construction of a two-classroom block.
Of veld fire offenders, proposed 15-year jail term
IT is no rocket science that since ancient times, humans have known about fire and what it is capable of doing — both good and ugly.
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Rajput sees bright future for Chevrons
Harare Bureau CHEVRONS coach, Lalchand Rajput, believes his men’s positive show, in the T20I series against Pakistan, has provided a good platform to launch their quest to qualify for the…
Gweru shooting: Relatives move vehicles out of dealership
Relatives of the gun-totting Gweru businessman, Peter Dube (35) who on Friday shot four people, two of them fatally, after accusing his second wife of infidelity, yesterday said they were now living in fear and have since withdrawn all the vehicles at Dube’s Car dealership company in Gweru Central Business District following threats from the deceased peers and friends.
Nigeria reports zero COVID-19 deaths for 12th day
A slowdown in coronavirus infections continues in Nigeria as it reported on Sunday 51 new cases and no deaths – the 12th consecutive day with zero fatalities.
Marry Mubaiwa court application dismissed
Marry Mubaiwa’s application to be removed from remand over charges of attempting to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while he was in a hospital in South Africa was dismissed yesterday but Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje pressed the State to conclude investigations.
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‘Killer businessman’ employees remove vehicles from car sale
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief Employees of a Gweru-based businessman, wanted by the police for allegedly shooting four people resulting in the death of two last Friday, are removing vehicles…