adminIt’s time to clean up Loga’s mess
WELCOME on board Norman Mapeza.
Chevrons win series in Scotland
ZIMBABWE Cricket prodigy Milton Shumba’s sensational half century turned the game on its head yesterday as the Chevrons recovered from a poor position to win the three-match T20I series against Scotland in Edinburgh.
Why we should care about dying indigenous weather systems
Since time immemorial, local people have used traditional weather and climate forecasting to guide them in making important decisions to enable them to cope and adapt to climate change-induced extreme weather variations. For many local communities in Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa, traditional weather and climate forecasting remains the most accessible and affordable source of weather and climate information. In this report, Sifelani Tsiko (ST), Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor speaks to Juliet Gwenzi (JG), a meteorologist and researcher in the Department of Space Science and Applied Physics at the University of Zimbabwe about why enabling policies and a myriad of other forward – looking initiatives are vital to save beliefs, practices and customs that connect indigenous weather forecasting systems to our collective past and the present.
Nation on course to achieve maize target
Maize deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have surpassed 900 000 tonnes for the period April to date, officials said, compared to the 138 000 tonnes of grain received over the same period last year.
Rehashing history won’t help MDC
LAST week, we had the opposition MDC-Alliance frantically trying to position itself as an entity that cares for the ordinary rural folk by convening a media briefing ostensibly to express their concern over the mining of granite in Motoko, which they claimed was displacing ordinary people from their ancestral lands.
AmaZulu rout Pasuwa’s Big Bullets
THERE was no joy for Zimbabwean football coach Callisto Pasuwa after his Malawian side Nyasa Big Bullets crashed out of the Champions League when they went down at home to South Africa’s AmaZulu on Saturday.
Dairbord to launch US$1,5m new plant
MILK processor, Dairibord Holdings, says it will commission a new US$1,5 million manufacturing plant in the second half of the current financial year.
Matabeleland livestock farmer with a difference
For Mangwe-based farmer Mr Mkhulunyelwa Nkomo, routine one-by-one follow-ups on his 500 cattle is normal practice.
Dandemutande, Facebook in Wi-Fi hotspot deal
WHOLLY Zimbabwean information communication technology (ICT) solutions provider, Dandemutande Investments, has collaborated with Facebook to launch Wi-Fi connectivity services in Zimbabwe.
Bako settles for silver in Gauteng
ZIMBABWE’S junior motocross champion rider Emmanuel Bako was left cursing his luck after he was forced to settle for second place in the 85cc Pro Mini Class during the fifth round of the 2021 South African National Championship series at Chestnut Hill Motocross Park at Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng on Saturday.