Wheat hectarage surpasses target

CLOSE to 90 000 hectares will be put under wheat this winter season, surpassing the national target by over 5 000 hectares, which raises the prospect that output will also be more than targeted.

ZBC can be a cash cow

IT was so refreshing to see a young lady, Ms Adelaide Chikunguru, recently being appointed substantive chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).

Ambition to succeed drives Kelvin Ben

THERE is an element of Greek tragedy to the ascension of Kelvin Ben to the top of Zimbabwe basketball.

The gods — in this case the Basketball Union of Zimbabwe — seem to have finally listened to the people and given the senior men’s coaching post to a young, vibrant and fresh mind.

Why won’t he marry me?

Dr Rebecca Chisamba-Mudzimba Half-brother not taking care of me HELLO amai, I hope I find you well. I am a 21-year-old man and I have an older half-brother. We have…

Porous tax systems — the bane of Mbare Musika

IT is just after 5am and Mr Jonah Chiwerere, a farmer from Uzumba parks his truck close to Matererini block of flats in Mbare waiting for colleagues who have gone shopping at the sprawling Mbare Musika market.

Abhorrent breach of trust

  A healthcare assistant working in a Covid-19 ward used a dead patient’s bank card to buy crisps from a vending machine 17 minutes after she died. Ayesha Basharat (23)…

Cheetahs’ Olympic bid ends

THE Cheetahs’ quest to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games ended in Monaco last night after back-to-back defeats to Ireland and fancied Samoa at the ongoing World Rugby Sevens Repechage tournament in France.

Addressing the entrepreneurship vacuum

Entrepreneurship Matters-Dr Kudzanai Vere The entrepreneurship terrain is continuously being diluted by lazy minds fond of copying and pasting ideas without refinement, improving or editing them. his is a group…

New system set to enhance public service delivery

What is the new personnel performance system? As the Second Republic pushes ahead with public sector reforms, which are needed for the attainment of “a prosperous and empowered upper middle-income society by 2030”, focus is not only on the performance of ministries but on civil servants themselves.

Rugby a saviour for Honde girls

IN the face of social vices, sport has proven to be the saviour for a girl from Honde Valley in the Eastern Highlands.

Growing up in a rural set-up where teenage pregnancies, forced early marriages and lately drug abuse are common, donning the national women’s rugby team jersey was somewhat a far-fetched dream for Trish Kandemiri.

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