adminCotton seed bales go up in smoke
AT least 85 bales of cotton seed, weighing over 25 tonnes were on Saturday morning burnt in transit along the Chinhoyi-Chegutu Road.
Interpol issues global alert over fake Covid-19 vaccine offers
The International Police Organisations (Interpol) has issued a global alert for organised crime groups attempting to defraud governments with fake offers to sell Covid-19 vaccines.
US$1m brings irrigation scheme to life
A partnership between Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has invested US$1 million for the revitalisation of the 65-hectare Tshikwalakwala irrigation scheme, which has not been operating for the past 15 years.
Govt identifying underutilised farms
THE Government has come up with a comprehensive criterion to identify land to accommodate more than 250 000 people who have applied, given that most of the farms have been taken up, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Specialist physician’s body repatriated to Uganda
The body of Dr Nelson Okwanga, a renowned specialist physician who died in Harare on August 11 after battling Covid-19, was expected to be flown to Uganda yesterday for burial.
Why Africa must move beyond aid
“Even if there were no aid fatigue, and with the best will in the world, and the most charitable governments in place in the so-called donor countries, there will never be enough aid to develop Ghana to the level we want . . . aid was never meant to be what would bring us to the status of a developed nation.” — Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana.
Zakaria courts arts centre partners
Legendary sungura musician Nicholas “Madzibaba” Zakaria is looking for partners to support his Nicholas Zakaria Arts Centre (NIZA) project in Chitungwiza.
City roads upgrade shows excellence at work
Excellence is simply in the DNA of the Second Republic, and denying this obvious fact doesn’t change the truth.
Sarupinda yet to get into action, Katsande in Sekhukune debut
FORMER CAPS United midfielder Blessing Sarupinda could be made to wait a little bit longer before he makes his debut in the South African Premiership football after he was not included in the Sekhukune United squad for the opening games at the weekend.